Tag: Brookdale Community College

  • Hazlet launches the Explorers Program with Brookdale Community College

    Hazlet launches the Explorers Program with Brookdale Community College

    By STEVEN VIERA Staff Writer HAZLET—This fall, a group of teenagers is doubling-down on freshman year by starting both high school and college at the same time. Thanks to a partnership between Brookdale Community College and the Hazlet Township School District, six incoming students who will begin their freshman year at Raritan High School will…

  • Sports shorts

    Sports shorts

    The Brookdale Community College Foundation’s Education Open Golf Outing will be held this year Sept. 15 at Eagle Oaks Golf and Country Club in Farmingdale. This annual event helps raise funds for the “Building Minds, Building Futures” scholarship Fund. This year’s honoree is Peter Grandich, president/CEO of Peter Grandich and Co., which provides business, retirement…

  • Brookdale women’s soccer team looks to set itself apart

    Brookdale women’s soccer team looks to set itself apart

    By Tim Morris Katie Amundson is taking the same approach to Brookdale Community College’s women’s soccer season that she has the last three years. “I don’t bring up last year,” she said. “We start from scratch. It’s a whole new team. “This team has to make their own story.” The story of Brookdale’s women’s soccer…

  • Brookdale contract negotiations remain stalled

    Brookdale contract negotiations remain stalled

    LINCROFT — The Faculty Association of Brookdale Community College has announced that due to stalled contract negotiations by the BCC Board of Trustees, department chairs and assistant chairs resigned their positions effective immediately on Aug. 22. Faculty are taking this action in response to a lack of good-faith bargaining as the association attempts to reach…

  • Bus route changes to improve commutes for students, residents

    Bus route changes to improve commutes for students, residents

    LINCROFT — Officials from Brookdale Community College, Monmouth County Planning Board, Monmouth County Board of Chosen Freeholders and NJ Transit announced on Aug. 16 that bus route adjustments designed to improve commutes for area residents and college students will begin Sept. 3. The adjustments, announced during the Brookdale Board of Trustees’ monthly public meeting in…

  • Brookdale to host paralegal information session Aug. 24

    Brookdale to host paralegal information session Aug. 24

    LINCROFT — Community members are invited to a free information session on the paralegal profession at 5 p.m. Aug. 24 at Brookdale Community College’s Larrison Hall, Room 208, 765 Newman Springs Road. Attendees can meet with college faculty, ask questions about the paralegal field and learn about Brookdale’s award-winning, two-year training program, which prepares students…

  • Golf outing to raise money for scholarships

    Golf outing to raise money for scholarships

    Community members and business people are invited to tee off in support of local students at the 37th annual Education Open Golf Tournament to be held on Sept. 15 at the Eagle Oaks Golf and Country Club, Howell. The event, hosted by the Brookdale Community College Foundation, will feature golf on an 18-hole championship course,…

  • Culinary Center to host Open House Aug. 4

    Culinary Center to host Open House Aug. 4

    ASBURY PARK — Residents interested in a career in the culinary or pastry arts are invited to a free Open House at 6:30 p.m. Aug. 4 at the Culinary Education Center, 101 Drury Lane, Asbury Park. Attendees will be able to meet with Culinary Education Center faculty and tour the center’s professional-grade facilities, which include…

  • Brookdale sets Automotive Service and Technology open house

    Brookdale sets Automotive Service and Technology open house

    By KAYLA J. MARSH Staff Writer LINCROFT — Brookdale Community College will serve as the host to an Automotive Service and Technology open house at 6 p.m. Aug. 9 for those who are interested in a possible automotive career or learning how to work on a car. The free open house will take place in Room 102…