Tag: Middlesex College
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Residents of Middlesex Juvenile Detention Center receive education from Middlesex College
Middlesex College students and Middlesex Juvenile Detention Center (JDC) residents are being uplifted by an expansion of R.I.S.E – Reaching Individual Success through Education – a program serving an underserved population in the detention center. Thanks to recent grant funding from the Middlesex College Foundation and the New Jersey Governor’s Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention…
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Middlesex County hosts ‘Leading Locally in the 4th Industrial Revolution: The Future of Automation’
The second event for this year’s Middlesex County Business Series, “Leading Locally in the 4th Industrial Revolution: The Future of Automation,” will explore how unprecedented advances in autonomous technology, artificial intelligence, food innovation and more are disrupting traditional business models and impacting personal and professional lives. As the county and the community lead together, panelists…
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Middlesex College launches new associate’s program in Health and Fitness
By REBECCA HERSH Correspondent Middlesex College is launching a new Associate of Science degree program – Health and Exercise Science (HES.AS) – just in time for the new academic year this fall. “The health and fitness fields have been expanding rapidly as the population has taken a renewed focus on their health and well-being. Graduates…
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Constantino returns to New Jersey roots as Middlesex College’s new athletics director
Rocco Constantino has been named the new director of athletics at Middlesex College. Constantino brings to his new role two decades of experience in education and athletics. For the past 15 years, he has worked in athletics administration on the NCAA, junior college, and high school levels. Most recently, he served as the athletics director…
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Middlesex College announces COVID-19 student debt relief
Middlesex College is implementing a new Student Debt Amnesty program to forgive approximately $1.8 million of qualified student balances incurred during the pandemic, impacting nearly 2,300 students. Under the program, all current outstanding balances incurred from March 2020 through summer 2021 will be forgiven, providing students the flexibility to enroll for a future term, according…
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Middlesex College, Jewish Family Services receive funding to provide resources to juvenile detention centers during pandemic
Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal highlighted an effort by the Juvenile Justice Commission (JJC), in conjunction with the Governor’s Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (JJDP) Committee, that awarded more than $85,000 to two community-based organizations to provide resources to county-operated juvenile detention centers during the public health emergency through the Detention Center Support Initiative. In…
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Middlesex College creates new men’s volleyball team
Middlesex College has received a $10,000 grant from the NJCAA Foundation and First Point Volleyball Foundation to start a new men’s volleyball program beginning in Spring 2022. The college was among 15 two-year institutions chosen for the grant by the NJCAA Foundation and First Point Volleyball Foundation, according to information provided by Middlesex College.…
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7 Years later, James Monroe Elementary alumni return to Middlesex College, their home for 3 months as children
EDISON – It was a cool Saturday evening in March 2014 when a discarded cigarette caused the destruction of James Monroe Elementary School in Edison. Fire engulfed the building, creating a six-alarm inferno. The next day, Middlesex College President Joann La Perla-Morales offered space to house the school, and by the following Wednesday, James Monroe…
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Edison Arts Society presents scholarship to Kendall Park art student
Angela Aoun received the Angelo Orlando Scholarship presented by the Edison Arts Society. Aoun, a resident of the Kendall Park section of South Brunswick, is a student at Middlesex College. “Angela is a star of the department, creating thoughtful and innovative works in all of her studio classes,” Susan Altman, fine arts professor and assistant chair…
