Tag: Brookdale Community College
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Brookdale administrators and Rider University announce agreement
Administrators at Brookdale Community College, Lincroft, recently signed a new program-to-program transfer agreement with Rider University, Lawrenceville. The agreement facilitates the transfer of credits toward a bachelor’s degree at Rider. It also provides guaranteed admission for Brookdale students who earn an associate’s degree into five additional Rider programs, according to a press release. “Our partnership…
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Brookdale student earns Gilman scholarship; will study in Costa Rica
Brookdale Community College has announced that Destiny Jarvis of Freehold has been selected to receive the Benjamin J. Gilman Scholarship to study abroad. “I am still kind of in shock about winning the scholarship. It doesn’t feel real. Without receiving the Gilman, I don’t know how else I would have been able to study abroad.…
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Brookdale did a great job with graduation
It was one of the hottest, most humid days of this summer, taking unimaginable detail management and many hours to accomplish. But most of all, it took courage and an unwavering determination to provide students who had earned their college degree with a proper graduation ceremony, all during a pandemic. This was the July 30…
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Brookdale Community College students awarded scholarships
Brookdale Community College students Aidan Deluca, Cathleen Kane and Valeska Yaninas have been named 2020 Coca-Cola Leaders of Promise Scholars and were awarded a $1,000 scholarship to Brookdale, the county college of Monmouth County. Deluca, Kane and Yaninas are all members of Phi Theta Kappa (PTK), the international honor society of two-year colleges. The Coca-Cola…
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Brookdale Community College holds memorable 50th graduation ceremony
Brookdale Community College, the county college of Monmouth County, held a memorable 50th graduation ceremony at its campus in the Lincroft section of Middletown on July 30. With the ongoing 2020 coronavirus pandemic, the in-person commencement adhered to the state’s face covering and social distancing guidelines as graduates and their family members remained in their…
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Chris Singleton: Love needs to be taught
Former professional baseball player Chris Singleton used to have two goals in life – to play Major League baseball and to purchase a Range Rover for his mother. Unfortunately, Singleton, who is from South Carolina, did not have the opportunity to give his mother a luxury vehicle. That was because Singleton’s mother and eight other…
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Brookdale Student Success Navigators available for Monmouth County
Brookdale’s Community College Opportunity Grant (CCOG) Navigators are available to meet with community and non-profit organizations throughout Monmouth County at their respective locations and events to provide information about New Jersey’s CCOG program and tuition-free higher education at Brookdale for students who meet the CCOG criteria. Presentations can be tailored to the specific needs of…
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Twelve Angry Jurors production at Brookdale Performing Arts Center next month
The Performing Arts Center at Brookdale Community College will present Twelve Angry Jurors from Feb. 14 through Feb. 22 on the Lincroft campus. John Bukvec, a theater professor at Brookdale, is the director. The production is based on Reginald Rose’s Twelve Angry Men, first seen as a television special in 1954, followed by the film…
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In the Service: Kevin D. Lewis
U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Kevin D. Lewis graduated from basic military training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, San Antonio, Texas. The airman completed an intensive, eight-week program that included training in military discipline and studies, Air Force core values, physical fitness, and basic warfare principles and skills. Airmen who complete basic training also earn four…