Following years of hard work, dozens of exams and thousands of hours of clinical training in local health care facilities, 87 graduates of Brookdale’s Nursing Program received some well-deserved recognition on Feb. 5 during the Fall 2018 Nursing Pinning Ceremony. The ceremony, held in the Collins Arena, offered graduates the opportunity to reflect on their experiences in one […]
Dozens of students packed into the Student Life Center in Lincroft on Jan. 30 for a mind-bending performance by nationally acclaimed comedian and mind-reader Eric Dittelman. Dittelman, who rose to fame as a fan favorite and semifinalist on the 2012 season of “America’s Got Talent,” has appeared on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show,” in the pages […]
Six of William Shakespeare’s most iconic heroines will share the stage this February as The Performing Arts Center at Brookdale Community College presents “When Shakespeare’s Ladies Meet,” running from Feb. 9 – 11 and Feb. 16 – 18 on the college’s Lincroft campus, 765 Newman Springs Road. The light-hearted comedy, authored by Charles George, imagines […]
Following a frigid, blustery winter break, Brookdale students had the opportunity to thaw out and gear up for the spring term on Jan. 16 during the biannual “Warm Up to Another Semester” program, hosted in the Student Life Center. The event, sponsored by Student Life and Activities, featured free five-minute massages, hot tea and coffee […]
Dozens of Brookdale students were able to tour local businesses and network with working professionals and Brookdale alumni this fall as part of the new “Learn @ Lunch” series, sponsored by the Office of Career and Leadership Development (CLD). The free initiative, spearheaded by CLD assistant director Anne LaPorta, provides students with lunch, transportation and […]
Brookdale Community College students and employees rallied together in support of local families this holiday season, collecting and donating 500 gifts and more than $5,000 as part of the college’s 24th annual Giving Tree program. The initiative, organized by Brookdale’s Employee Volunteer Connection (EVC) and held from Nov. 13 to Nov. 30, allowed students, employees […]
Between final exams, work obligations, holiday pressures and application deadlines for transfer universities, December can be a stressful month for Brookdale students. From Dec. 12 to 14, however, those pressures took a backseat to free massages, pinata bashing, coloring stations, therapy dogs, and other stress-free activities during Fall 2017 Anti-Stress Week. The biannual initiative, sponsored […]
Representatives from 20 of the largest and most respected local healthcare organizations came together to meet with students and collect resumes on Dec. 13 during Brookdale’s biannual Healthcare Career Opportunities Day in Lincroft. The free event, sponsored by Continuing and Professional Studies (CPS), allowed Brookdale healthcare students and alumni to meet one-on-one with Monmouth County […]
Current and former members of Brookdale’s Physics and Astronomy Club took their education to new heights this semester by launching a homemade, camera-equipped probe into the stratosphere. Automotive engineering major and club co-president Anthony Mauro joined former club president and current Rutgers University mechanical engineering major Roland Riim to build and deploy the probe, dubbed […]
As thousands of new students prepared to close the first chapter of their Brookdale journey this month, eight Brookdalians were busy writing one final scene. First-year students Abner Betancourt, Kimberly Fawcett, Sarah Higgins, Olha Kika, Yaef Martinez, Phillip Roland, Ryan Sydor and Mike Walsh were invited to perform in front of a capacity crowd of […]
