Communication a Calling Card for Bergen
PARAMUS, N.J. – Bergen Community College has captured two National Council in Marketing and Public Relations Paragon Awards - the highest honor for excellence in strategic communication at community colleges.
NCMPR, an affiliate of the American Association of Community Colleges, garnered nearly 1,600 submissions from 205 community and technical colleges from across the country this year, with Bergen placing first in the recruitment/marketing program category and second in the postcard category. Bergen Assistant Director of Public Relations Jessica Fargnoli, Ed.D., accepted the College’s Paragons at NCMPR’s 50th anniversary national conference in New Orleans, Louisiana last month.
“After nearly a decade of securing honors from NCMPR, Bergen has earned a reputation as one of the nation’s top colleges for creative and effective strategic communication,” she said. “We have an incredible team that has made communication one of the College’s most important and laudable assets.”
Bergen secured the gold Paragon for a comprehensive campaign to increase awareness and applications for scholarship opportunities through the Bergen Community College Foundation and the silver for a postcard promoting 2024-25 Bergenstages theatre performances. Including Bergen, NCMPR only recognized two New Jersey community colleges with Paragons this year.
Bergen’s Office of Public Relations, which will soon rebrand as the “Office of Marketing and Communications” to reflect the expansion of the department’s portfolio of responsibilities, has secured 20 NCMPR Paragons and Medallions for excellence in categories such as newsletter, video programming, communication success story campaigns and advertising during the last decade. Last year, Bergen earned its first Paragon Award in the interior signage/display category and earned an institution-record four awards in the Medallion regional recognition program.
Based in Paramus, Bergen Community College (www.bergen.edu), a public two-year coeducational college, enrolls more than 13,000 students at locations in Paramus, the Philip Ciarco Jr. Learning Center in Hackensack and Bergen Community College at the Meadowlands in Lyndhurst. The College offers associate degree, certificate and continuing education programs in a variety of fields. More students graduate from Bergen than any other community college in the state.
Photo Caption: Bergen Assistant Director of Public Relations Jessica Fargnoli, Ed.D., accepted two Paragon awards on behalf of the College.
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