1. BERGEN COUNTY ANNOUNCES EMERGENCY FOOD DISTRIBUTION AT OVERPECK COUNTY PARK
County and Partners Respond as Federal Shutdown Leaves Residents Without SNAP Benefits or Paychecks LEONIA, NJ – As the federal government shutdown stretches into its fifth week, Bergen County will host an emergency food distribution event on Thursday, November 6th at Overpeck County Park in Leonia to assist SNAP recipient ...
by post on 11/03/2025 10:42 am - Story - 495 Hits

2. BERGEN COUNTY MOBILIZES EMERGENCY FOOD EFFORTS AMID FEDERAL SHUTDOWN & SNAP DISRUPTION
Hackensack, NJ – Due to the ongoing federal government shutdown, nearly 42,000 residents in Bergen County who rely on SNAP benefits will not receive them on time in November. In response, the Bergen County Office of Food Security is working closely with municipal and nonprofit partners to organize emergency food ...
by post on 10/30/2025 10:49 am - Story - 369 Hits

3. Take a Tour at Bergen’s Spring Open House
PARAMUS, N.J. – Prospective students and their families will have the opportunity to explore Bergen Community College programs, facilities and resources at the institution’s spring open house on Thursday, April 3. The expansive campuswide event will take place from 3 to 6 p.m. at the College’s main campus at 400 ...
by post on 03/17/2025 01:19 pm - Story - 7,651 Hits

4. Bergen Cerullo Center Tops Two-Year Tutors
PARAMUS, N.J. – The Association for the Coaching and Tutoring Profession has selected the Bergen Community College Cerullo Learning Assistance Center to receive the “Learning Center of Excellence Award” for two-year institutions, recognizing it as the nation’s best among its peers. ACTP serves as a professional organization for academic coaches, student ...
by post on 03/12/2025 05:39 pm - Story - 8,620 Hits

5. Bergen Poverty Summit Features Pulitzer-Prize Winner
PARAMUS, N.J. – The federal government estimates that nearly 37 million people in the United States live below the poverty line, with 9.7 percent of the New Jersey population and 6.6 percent of the Bergen County population among them.
by post on 03/04/2025 05:55 pm - Story - 6,750 Hits

6. Scholarship Sends Professor to Spain
PARAMUS, N.J. – Bergen Community College Professor Cesarina Vinas has received the Don Quixote de La Mancha scholarship from the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU), which will facilitate a teaching experience for her in Spain.
by post on 12/12/2024 09:13 am - Story - 12,993 Hits

7. High Schoolers Get a Head Start on College
PARAMUS, N.J. – This spring, 53 students from the Applied Technology High School (ATHS) on the campus of Bergen Community College completed their studies and graduated with associate degrees … one month prior to earning their high school diplomas.
by post on 11/25/2024 07:29 pm - Story - 26,185 Hits

8. Feds Select Bergen for $2.97 Million Grant
PARAMUS, N.J. – The federal government has awarded Bergen Community College a $2.97 million grant to develop support programs that will help students remain enrolled and positioned to earn associate degrees.
by post on 09/24/2024 05:23 pm - Story - 18,664 Hits

9. Doors Open at Bergen for Open House
PARAMUS, N.J. – Bergen Community College will host an open house for prospective students and their families on Thursday, October 10 at the institution’s main campus at 400 Paramus Road in Paramus. The event, which will take place from 3 to 6 p.m., will offer attendees an opportunity to learn ...
by post on 09/20/2024 05:30 pm - Story - 12,850 Hits

10. What’s in a Name? Much More for a Hispanic-Serving Institution
PARAMUS, N.J. – When Bergen Community College President Eric M. Friedman, Ph.D., arrived on campus in 2021, he quickly learned that students, faculty and staff prized the College’s standing as a federally designated Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI) as a point of pride in Bergen’s overall identity.
by post on 07/10/2024 09:52 pm - Story - 38,218 Hits

11. OFFICIAL STATEMENT FROM BERGEN COUNTY EXECUTIVE JIM TEDESCO
HACKENSACK, NJ – County Executive Jim Tedesco issues the following statement in response to MTA Chairman Janno Lieber claiming congestion pricing will reduce traffic and improve air quality:
by post on 04/28/2024 08:56 am - Story - 12,523 Hits

12. Students Learn, Belong and Succeed at Bergen
PARAMUS, N.J – Bergen Community College will welcome prospective students and their families to the annual spring open house on Thursday, April 18 from 3 to 6 p.m. at the institution’s main campus at 400 Paramus Road in Paramus.
by post on 03/28/2024 04:38 pm - Story - 16,873 Hits

13. TEDESCO DELIVERS 10th ANNUAL STATE OF THE COUNTY ADDRES
“We will continue to achieve on behalf of our residents and communities.”
by post on 03/04/2024 03:59 pm - Story - 30,332 Hits

14. Tree Time: $250k Planting Grant Promotes Sustainability
PARAMUS, N.J – Bergen Community College has secured a $250,000 state grant to renew its main campus tree population decimated by a changing climate, disease and invasive insects. The College secured the grant through the “Trees for Schools” program administered through the Sustainability Institute at the College of the New ...
by post on 12/18/2023 12:58 pm - Story - 28,391 Hits

15. Student Secures Coveted Federal Internship
PARAMUS, N.J. – Bergen Community College student Askar Mirza has secured a federal internship through the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU) National Internship Program (HNIP).
by post on 09/14/2023 11:53 am - Story - 18,584 Hits

16. Feds Award Bergen $4.5 Million to Grow Agriculture Education
PARAMUS, N.J. – The federal government has awarded Bergen Community College a five-year, $4.5 million grant to help contribute to the growth of future food, agriculture, natural resources and human sciences (FANH) professionals.
by post on 06/23/2023 08:44 am - Story - 53,728 Hits

17. Bergen New Bridge Medical Center Offering Bivalent COVID & Flu Vaccines
Community is urged to make appointments as winter and the holidays approach (Paramus, NJ) – Paramus, NJ – Bergen New Bridge Medical Center is urging the community to get vaccinated or get boosted to prepare for the holidays and winter months to prevent unnecessary exposure to COVID and the ...
by post on 10/13/2022 04:46 pm - Story - 21,975 Hits

18. Bergen Tuition-Freeze Extended Through Aug. 1
PARAMUS, N.J. – Bergen Community College has extended its popular “inflation-busters” tuition freeze initiative through Aug. 1, giving students additional time to register for fall 2022 classes under the fall 2019 tuition rate ($146.50 per credit for Bergen County residents). The College’s latest student affordability program has already encouraged 4,743 ...
by post on 07/07/2022 09:04 am - Story - 32,540 Hits

19. Support Assists Students to Study Abroad
PARAMUS, N.J. – The Bergen Community College study abroad program, previously recognized by the federal government as one of the top producers of Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship awardees, has secured two new opportunities for students who may possess barriers to studying abroad.
by post on 06/01/2022 03:04 pm - Story - 33,108 Hits

20. Inflation-Busters: 2019 Tuition Rate Frozen Through July 1
PARAMUS, N.J. – The COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on personal finances has prompted Bergen Community College to deploy numerous strategies at making education more affordable. Among them, the College leveraged nearly $5 million of federal pandemic relief funds to satisfy the outstanding balances of students with past-due tuition bills.
by post on 05/24/2022 07:43 am - Story - 30,477 Hits

21. $4 Million of Relief Funds Support Tuition-Free Summer Classes at Bergen
PARAMUS, N.J. – Expanding the tuition assistance program that resulted in recognition from the federal government and First Lady Jill Biden, Ed.D., Bergen Community College will offer degree-seeking students the opportunity to take up to six credits of summer classes tuition-free. Most students who enrolled at the College during the ...
by post on 05/02/2022 02:34 pm - Story - 28,741 Hits

22. Bergen Welcomes Student Affairs Leader to Cabinet
PARAMUS, N.J. – Bergen Community College has hired longtime Ocean County College student support services leader A.J. Trump, Ed.D., as vice president of student affairs. Trump represents the latest executive hired by the College as second-year President Eric M. Friedman continues to build a comprehensive leadership team.
by post on 03/23/2022 05:13 pm - Story - 22,863 Hits

23. U.S. Postal Service Has Delivered More than 270 Million COVID-19 Test Kits to American Households 
1.2-day average to deliver a test kit package from USPS to a home Over 68 million test kit packages (4 tests per kit) shipped to households across all states, Tribes, territories; each package contains four individual COVID-19 test kits 
by post on 03/02/2022 03:07 pm - Story - 42,245 Hits

24. BERKELEY COLLEGE PART OF NEW INITIATIVE BY MANHATTAN CHAMBER: “LEARNING TRACKS FOR BUSINESS SUCCESS” 
JANUARY 27, 2022 – Today, the Manhattan Chamber of Commerce launched Learning Tracks for Business Success, a new initiative designed to help small and medium-sized businesses streamline operations, adopt best practices, boost revenues and expand market opportunities during a critical time in New York City’s economic recovery. 
by post on 01/28/2022 08:06 pm - Story - 49,648 Hits

25. Feds: Bergen “Does it Right” in Supporting Students
Bergen Community College President Eric M. Friedman, Ph.D., U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona, Ed.D., First Lady Jill Biden, Ed.D., Bergen Managing Director of Learning Assistance Services Khairia Fazal and Dean of Student Support Services Jennifer Migliorino-Reyes, Ph.D.
by post on 01/21/2022 09:14 pm - Story - 49,071 Hits