Tag: Middlesex County College

  • Middlesex County College Foundation names executive director

    Middlesex County College Foundation names executive director

      Lisa Kelly has been named executive director of the Middlesex County College (MCC) Foundation. Kelly was most recently the chief development officer at the Metropolitan YMCA of the Oranges and led annual $2 million campaigns for its seven branches, as well as a $3.9 million capital campaign, according to information provided by MCC. “I…

  • Middlesex County College student paints mural in honor of Dr. King

    Middlesex County College student paints mural in honor of Dr. King

    Middlesex County College student Yazmin Wilkins, of Woodbridge, was one of about a dozen students from the college’s Democracy House service learning program to participate in a Jersey Cares’ mural painting activity at Quibbletown Middle School in Piscataway on Jan. 20. The event brought together more than 100 volunteers on the Dr. Martin Luther King…

  • Middlesex County College student-athletes excel academically during Fall 2019 semester

    Middlesex County College student-athletes excel academically during Fall 2019 semester

    The Middlesex County College Athletics Department has announced that 59 student-athletes finished their Fall 2019 semester with a grade point average of at least 3.0 or higher. Of the 161 Blue Colts student-athletes, 59 had GPAs of 3.0 or above. Twenty-four of those had 3.50 GPAs or higher, and four student-athletes had perfect 4.0 GPAs.…

  • Middlesex County College students named to the Dean’s List for Fall 2019

    Middlesex County College students named to the Dean’s List for Fall 2019

    A total of 1,311 students from Middlesex County College were named to the Dean’s List for Fall 2019.     Avenel Allison Angulo Bryan Barros Ashley Bivens Destiny Bruno Daniela Cruz Arshdeep Dhaliwal Alyssa Gregor Jordan Gutierrez Kahela Haroon Fatima Imtiaz Hamza Inayat Samantha Jacome Mohammad Karim Zindzi Kariuki Daniel Khazanovich Matthew Lasek Nicholas Michael…

  • Former athletes, coaches named to MCC’s inaugural Athletic Hall of Fame

    Former athletes, coaches named to MCC’s inaugural Athletic Hall of Fame

    EDISON – The Middlesex County College (MCC) Athletic Hall of Fame Committee announced the names of the inaugural class of the Blue Colt Athletic Hall of Fame. The first class will consist of Robert Edmonds (track and field), Dave Meads (baseball), Jill Romanovsky (softball), John Sacchi (wrestling coach) and Robert Zifchak (athletic administrator). “We are…

  • Middlesex County College Foundation donors connect with student scholars

    Middlesex County College Foundation donors connect with student scholars

    Scholarship recipients met their benefactors at the Middlesex County College (MCC) Foundation annual Scholarship Reception. The program allowed those who donate to foundation scholarships to connect with students, learn about their goals, and understand how scholarship support has assisted them. Approximately 300 people attended the event on Nov. 7, according to information provided by MCC.…

  • Veterans Club at Renaissance at Monroe helps student vets at Middlesex County College

    Veterans Club at Renaissance at Monroe helps student vets at Middlesex County College

    PHOTO COURTESY OF THOMAS PETERSON   The Veterans Club at Renaissance at Monroe expanded its support of student-veterans by adding $4,000 to its fund to help student-veterans attending Middlesex County College. The fund assists student-veterans in purchasing books and educational supplies at the MCC Bookstore, and student-veterans in need of emergency support. Seated, from left:…

  • Metuchen resident retires from MCC Board of Trustees

    Metuchen resident retires from MCC Board of Trustees

    Eileen Palumbo of Metuchen, who is retiring from the Middlesex County College Board of Trustees after 13 years of service, was honored at the Oct. 16 board meeting. Palumbo was appointed as a trustee in 2006 and has served as treasurer. A retired human resources executive with Johnson & Johnson, she chaired the college’s Human…

  • Students, leaders attend rally at Middlesex County College to promote 2020 census, election

    Students, leaders attend rally at Middlesex County College to promote 2020 census, election

    Middlesex County Freeholder Director Ronald G. Rios joined New Jersey Secretary of State Tahesha Way and fellow community leaders for a rally at Middlesex County College in which they urged students to become involved in elections and in the upcoming 2020 census. The event, in honor of Constitution Day on Sept. 17, is a kickoff…