Education

TRENTON, N.J. -- The New Jersey Council of County Colleges (NJCCC) has named three Bergen Community College students to the 2020 New Jersey All-State Academic Team, awarding one with a top scholarship from the Coca-Cola Foundation.

“While we were unable to host a celebration in-person this year due to the current pandemic, the state’s community colleges are committed ...

PARAMUS, N.J. — Bergen Community College held its 50th Commencement Ceremony virtually on Monday night.

More than 10,000 people watched the proceedings on YouTube, which included a graduating class of more than 2,000 students and their families, friends, and interested onlookers from around the world.

While BCC’s graduation ceremony has been traditionally staged at MetLife ...

PARAMUS, N.J. — Bergen Community College student Luis Cedeno Vera, of Hackensack, will receive up to $40,000 per year from the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Scholarship to earn his bachelor's degree. 

Vera has become the twelfth student at the college since 2008 to earn the distinction. In a pool of about 1,500 applicants hailing from 331 community colleges around the country, ...

NEW JERSEY -- While school districts across the state have been planning alternatives to traditional high school graduation ceremonies, any plans that school districts had in the works appear to violate Governor Murphy’s Executive Order No.107, which directs New Jersey residents to stay at home and prohibits public gatherings.

In a letter to school administrators, NJ State Police Colonel ...

HACKENSACK, N.J. — As the lockdown for the coronavirus pandemic continues, the voting process for this year’s school board election, which state officials announced last month would be delayed and conducted entirely via mail-in ballots, has now begun. 

Vote by mail ballots began arriving in the mail yesterday; completed ballots must be postmarked by election day, Tuesday, ...

HACKENSACK, N.J. —  As the coronavirus pandemic reaches a health crisis of epic proportions forcing millions of Americans to stay indoors for our safety, there’s one important lesson such setbacks teach us about life: the power of self-reflection. And with that comes self-expression. 

Many children (and adults alike) are all too often consumed with the uncertainty tied to ...