Tag: Brookdale Community College
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Brookdale students will graduate on May 12
More than 2,100 students will graduate from Brookdale Community College during the college’s 47th annual commencement ceremony on May 12 on the Lincroft campus. According to a press release, 2,141 students are expected to graduate, with diplomas to be handed out during a 10 a.m. ceremony and a 3 p.m. ceremony at the Robert J.…
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Three honored for commitment to education
BY MICHAEL BENAVIDES Staff Writer LINCROFT- Brookdale Community College and the Brookdale Alumni Association will honor three individuals for their continued excellence in the field of education at the 32nd annual Barringer Awards dinner. The Barringer Awards dinner will be held at 7 p.m. on May 5 at The Mill at Lakeside Manor, 101 Old…
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A Women’s Conference scheduled for April 21 at Brookdale
A Women’s Conference, which will provide a wide-range of topics, will be staged on April 21 at Brookdale Community College in Lincroft. The event will run from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m. and will be held at the college’s Warner Student Life Center on Arena Drive. The conference will feature a keynote address by Emme…
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Shore Region Interfaith Prayer Breakfast at Brookdale
The Pilgrim Baptist Church of Red Bank, along with a Coalition of Community Partners, will sponsor the 2017 Shore Region Interfaith Prayer Breakfast at 9 a.m. on May 17 at Brookdale Community College. The event will take place at the school’s Student Life Center in Lincroft and it will feature exhibits and presentations on community wellness…
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JCP&L power line proposal has moved on to the courts
By VASHTI HARRIS Staff Writer Monmouth County residents have spoken and now the controversial giant electrical proposal by Jersey Central Power & Light (JCP&L) has entered the courtroom. The project, which JCP&L has entitled the Monmouth County Reliability Project (MCRP), is now in the stage of evidentiary hearings that have begun on April 4 and will continue…
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Brookdale to celebrate Shakespeare’s birthday on April 20
Brookdale Community College will celebrate the 453rd birthday of William Shakespeare with the seventh annual Shakespeare Read-A-Thon on April 20. The Read-A-Thon, which will start at 6 p.m. and run until 8 p.m., will be held in the college’s Performing Arts Center, 765 Newman Springs Rd., Lincroft. Parking for the event will be in Lot…
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Monmouth County residents continue to voice their concerns over JCP&L project
By VASHTI HARRIS Staff Writer LINCROFT– Monmouth County residents came out in force once again to voice their opposition over the giant electric proposal by Jersey Central Power & Light (JCP&L). The second public hearing in the proposed Monmouth County Reliability Project (MCRP) was held on March 29 before an estimated crowd of well over…
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Brookdale student earns top honors in New Jersey
Brookdale Community College student Kelsey Giggenbach of Howell has been named New Jersey’s top achieving community college student as part of the All-USA Community College Academic Team competition. Giggenbach, 20, has been named a 2017 New Century Scholar, joining 51 top scorers from across the United States, Canada and internationally. She will receive a $2,000…
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‘Game of Thrones’ language creator at Brookdale April 6
David J. Peterson, master language creator for the HBO series “Game of Thrones” and Marvel’s “Thor: The Dark World,” will hold a free presentation on the art of invented languages at 7 p.m. on April 6 at Brookdale Community College in Lincroft. Peterson, who has also created languages for Syfy’s “Defiance” and authored the book…