Tag: Brookdale Community College
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Monmouth County News Briefs, March 31
JAR of Hope, a foundation researching a cure for a fatal children’s disease called Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, has just received good news. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved an Investigational New Drug (IND) application to begin clinical trials of a compound called JAR914. Since September 2019, JAR of Hope has helped to fund…
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Monmouth County News Briefs, March 10
The presidents of Kean University, Union, and Brookdale Community College, Lincroft, have signed an agreement bringing Brookdale into the Pathway to Kean program, providing students with access to an affordable path for achieving a four-year degree. Brookdale is the county college of Monmouth County. Pathway to Kean, launched last year, offers students who do not…
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Examiner News Briefs, March 3
Township Committee members in Upper Freehold Township have authorized decreases in three contracts for improvements to local roads that will result in final payments of $829,533, $787,215 and $769,445. On Feb. 4, committee members authorized the decreases with Asphalt Paving Systems for road improvement projects that began in 2019. The original contracts were in the…
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Monmouth County News Briefs, March 3
The administration of Gov. Phil Murphy has announced plans to spend $1.2 billion in federal COVID-19 relief funds to address the academic and mental health impacts of the pandemic on New Jersey students and educators, according to a press release from the New Jersey School Boards Association. As part of an initiative the governor is…
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Monroe Township Police Department welcomes five new officers
MONROE – The township welcomed five new police officers, bringing the Monroe Township Police Department’s complement to 66. The new officers graduated from the Cape May Police Academy on July 2, 2020. Police Chief Michael Biennas and Mayor Stephen Dalina introduced the officers on Feb. 24. Biennas said “the new class of recruits joins a…
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Brookdale Community College becomes stigma-free zone
Administrators at Brookdale Community College, Lincroft, have declared the college campus to be a stigma-free zone. According to a press release from the college, one in four adults experiences a diagnosable mental illness every year. One in seven adults experiences a diagnosable substance use disorder every year. Many of these individuals do not seek help…
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Monmouth County News Briefs, Feb. 3
Brookdale Community College administrators have announced they will not increase tuition and fees for the next academic year. Dr. Henry Cram, chairman of the Board of Trustees, said, “The trustees recognize the severe and far-reaching financial hardships caused by COVID-19. By keeping tuition and fees unchanged for this upcoming academic year, we hope to help…
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Monmouth County partners with Monmouth Medical Center, Brookdale to provide vaccination site
The Monmouth County Board of County Commissioners held a joint press conference with representatives of Monmouth Medical Center, an RWJBarnabas Health facility, and Brookdale Community College on Jan. 22 to announce their partnership to provide a vaccination site at Brookdale Community College’s Robert J. Collins Arena in Lincroft. “I am very excited to announce the…
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Brookdale Community College partners with University of Delaware
Brookdale Community College administrators have signed a new partnership agreement with the University of Delaware (UD). This new articulation agreement allows for Brookdale Human Services, Pre-Social Work Associate Degree graduates with a grade point average of 2.5 or higher to be automatically accepted into the baccalaureate program at UD, according to a press release. Brookdale…