Bloomfield College is taking registrations for accelerated courses in the Supply Chain Management certificate program which is beginning on May 12, 2008. The courses are designed to meet the ever-growing, highly specialized field of materials management. A student can earn a certificate in Supply Chain Management and may later apply the course credits towards a bachelor’s degree in business administration.
The SSS*STAR awards ceremony honoring students for the 2007-2008 academic year was held at Seńorita’s Restaurant on May 2, 2008. SSS*STAR is a federally funded comprehensive academic support program created to help students stay in college until they earn their baccalaureate degree. The program is designed to enhance academic performance and increase retention and graduation rates. Most of the STARS are first generation college students in their families. The program is available at more than 900 colleges and universities nationwide.
The weather has warmed, the Capstones are almost over, finals also are almost over, and college students everywhere are thinking Spring!
The new Learning Resource Center opened its doors in January 2008, welcoming students for the spring semester. In keeping with Bloomfield College’s tradition of celebrating achievement, the official ribbon cutting ceremony took place on April 11, 2008.
The Educational Opportunity Fund (EOF) is one of the nation's most comprehensive and successful state-supported efforts to provide access to higher education for those students who do not have the financial resources or academic standing for standard admissions. The EOF assists residents who are capable and motivated but lack adequate preparation for college study. Supporting students to achieve success and graduate from college, the EOF offers a wide array of campus-based outreach and support services.
The idea of having dinner with their favorite professor was the brainchild of Edwin Nunez '99 and his wife Kimberly Grell-Nunez '98, and Paula Craig '84, Humanities division secretary. Nunez often thought about the impact his professors had on his life, and how this was also true for many other alumni/ae of the division.
Carolyn Patty Blum, a visiting fellow at Kellogg College at the University of Oxford and an expert in the field of refugee law, was the guest lecturer for the Cyrus H. Holley Professorship in Applied Ethics program on April 15, 2008. Held in the Van Fossan Theatre, Professor Blum offered insight to U.S. policy concerning the use of torture in the current war on terrorism.
Mosaic Dance Theater Company in association with Westminster Arts Center presents Dances of Time and Tradition, a dazzling array of dance works celebrating the rich dance traditions of the Near East. From the ancient to the contemporary, from the folkloric to the interpretive, the vibrant, original choreographies by Samara feature a combination of new works as well as existing pieces from the repertoire.
At a luncheon sponsored by the Presbyterian Nurses Alumni Association on March 27, 2008, several nursing alumni returned to speak with students, faculty, alumni, and guests about their experiences in life after college.
Ten fifth graders who are involved with the SCEEP (Suburban Cultural Education and Enrichment program) and their tutors from the Glen Ridge Congregational Church arrived at Bloomfield College on April 3 to scope out college life. The program sponsored by the Protestant Community Centers Inc. in Newark, pairs elementary school children from Newark with SCEEP centers for tutoring and mentoring. Bloomfield College has a SCEEP program on campus that hosts fourth graders from Sussex Avenue School every Friday.
The evening of April 6, 2008 was full of applause as students were given awards and scholarships as a result of their academic acumen and hard work. The awards were conferred by professors and deans during the ceremony which packed the Van Fossan theater with students, families, and friends. Following the ceremony, a celebratory dinner was offered in the Westminster Arts Center.
On Tuesday, April 15 at 2:15 p.m., Holley Lecture Series will welcome Carolyn Patty Blum in the Van Fossan Theater in the Westminster Arts Center. Ms. Blum is an adjunct professor at Columbia University Law School and a visiting fellow at Kellogg College and the University of Oxford. Her specialty is human rights and refugee law.
April 8, 2008 – 33 students from Korea arrived at Bloomfield College on Monday, April 7, 2008 after a 19-hour flight from their home country. These students will be studying nursing science at the college’s prestigious Presbyterian Division of Nursing for the next four months. In an agreement with seven Korean Colleges, these young men and women receive funding to live and study through the Korean ministry of education. Bloomfield College has received the largest amount of funding from the Korean government among the U.S. colleges and universities for this program.
On Sunday, March 30, several honor societies held ceremonies to induct qualified students as members based on their proficiency in their chosen majors. The Bloomfield College chapters of Delta Mu Delta, Kappa Delta Pi, Psi Chi, and Alpha Chi, led by student and faculty members welcomed a total of 69 students who have proved to be worthy of membership through their scholarship and dedication to their chosen fields.
The Bloomfield College Board of Trustees and President Richard A. Levao announce the 2008 recipients of honorary doctorate degrees. This year's recipients are: Harold “Stumpy” Cromer: Entertainer, Choreographer, Teacher;Joseph J. Levin, Jr.: Co-founder and General Counsel, Southern Poverty Law Center; The Honorable Thomas H. Kean: Former Governor of New Jersey; Dr. Nahm Sik Lee: President, Jeonju University (Korea).
Bloomfield College’s long history of global education has a new chapter. On March 20, 2008, Dr. Kang Il Lee, president of Daejeon Health Sciences College, and Dr. Dong Chan Lee, international program director of same, visited with Bloomfield College President Richard Levao and Dr. Peter Jeong, vice president for technology and professional studies.
“So we live together in these bubbles that touch, and we call that diversity, but we don’t know each other. And when that bubble breaks for just a second and we’re face to face with each other, it’s very, very hard to hear that reality.” (Van Jones)
4th Wall Musical Theatre, the professional theatre company in residence at Westminster Arts Center, continues its 2007-2008 season as one of the state’s most cutting edge musical theatre companies with Philemon, written by Harvey Schmidt and Tom Jones, the duo behind hits such as I Do, I Do, 110 in the Shade and The Fantasticks.
The Association for Independent Colleges and Universities of NJ (AICUNJ) sponsored a student lobby day in Trenton on Monday, March 10, 2008. Five students and two staff members from Bloomfield College descended upon the statehouse to ask legislators to reconsider Governor Corzine’s budget cuts to higher education. The students also had the opportunity to sit in on committee meetings and learn more about the legislative process in New Jersey.
Bloomfield College is now accepting applications for the Kellman VIII course in Humanities for the fall of 2008. The Kellman course is an off-campus program held at Bethany Baptist Church in Newark, NJ, which provides free college-level classes to low-income adults. The course is a multidisciplinary approach which examines the theme “What is justice?” through philosophy, literature, and history.
Bloomfield College has added a new partnership to its current list of international collaborations. On February 13, 2008, three professors from Pai Chai University in Daejeon Korea: Dr. Mun Soo Lee, Dr. Byung Tae Kim, and Dr. Choon Shik Zang visited Bloomfield College and signed an agreement with the College’s president, Richard A. Levao.
The Van Fossan Theatre was packed with family and friends who attended the Dean’s List ceremony on Sunday afternoon, February 17, 2008.The afternoon began with a welcome by Marion Terenzio, vice president for academic affairs. Dr. Terenzio spoke of potential and promise; the potential found inside each student as they strive to do their best, and the promise made by all to support them in their journey.
Patrick Combs, a career development speaker and writer, had a flight of fancy one day. Having received a check in the mail for $95,093.35 as part of a promotional package for a get-rich-quick method, he decided to see what would happen if he deposited the check in his account.
Black History Month at Bloomfield College is a month of events, celebration, and learning about the many contributions of African-American people and culture to the mosaic of American life. During February, the college has several events to foster a greater understanding of these contributions.
To increase voter education about Super Tuesday and increase voter registration for the November presidential election, Bloomfield College held mock primary elections on Monday, February 4, 2008. Red, white, and blue balloons festooned the campus with students encouraging their colleagues to vote in the mock election for the candidate of their choice.
As part of an ongoing project called Democracy Matters @ Bloomfield College, events are scheduled to educate the Bloomfield College community about the presidential candidates and the voting process.
The Bloomfield College Baseball team is conducting a food drive to restock the dwindling reserves at the Human Needs Food Pantry in Montclair. The Human Needs Food Pantry provides food, clothing and other services to people in need who live in Montclair, NJ and other neighboring communities in Essex County.
4th Wall Musical Theatre, the professional theatre company in residence at Westminster, returns for three nights with an original musical Heaven Knows as part of the company’s M.I.D (Musicals-in-Development) Stage Series.
With coffee, bagels, and muffins to greet them, 35 new students met with Maria Dyer, director of the Center for Student Leadership and Engagement to learn about the “ins and outs” of Bloomfield College.
On Saturday, January 19th at 11:00 a.m., Aladdin will make his wish on the Robert V. Van Fossan stage. Excitement abounds in this classic story of a boy who longs for adventure and finds it in the form of an old lamp.
What do you get when you mix amazing songs from operas with the sounds of a killer rock band? A unique experience of classical musical performed with a rock orchestra for a thrilling evening of music. In concert after concert, The Rock Opera Orchestra has been wowing audiences of all ages and receiving standing ovations. As you are, no doubt aware, the popularity of "classical crossover" is skyrocketing, but Alexander Kariotis and the Rock Opera Orchestra redefines the genre.
Two important additions have been made to the Bloomfield College Board of Trustees. Ernesto L. Butcher Hon. ’05, deputy executive director of operations for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, and Rosemary Iversen who is returning to the board.
December 10, 2007 - What do you get when you put college students and elementary school children in a room with balloons, music, food, and face painting? Lots of laughter, lots of dancing, and many smiles!
December 7, 2007 - According to Webster, a capstone is a crowning achievement, point, element, or event. This was truly the case at the Fall 2007 Capstones presented by the seniors in the Creative Arts and Technology (CAT) department on Wednesday, December 5 in the Van Fossan Theatre.
Fatima Cantos knows where she is going. Her drive, her altruism, and her sense of self propel her to constantly raise the bar for herself and those around her. It is not just the number of activities in which she is involved, but it is the passion and leadership that she brings to each that has earned her a Bloomfield College Portrait of Excellence for November 2007.
December 3, 2007 - The SCEEP tutoring program from the Career Services Office and Team Infinite are collecting gently used and new umbrellas to benefit the clients of Straight and Narrow, a rehabilitation program based in Paterson, NJ.
November 30 2007 – The M.O.C. Musical Theatre presents Titanic The Musical setting sail at 8:00 p.m. on Friday, November 30, Saturday, December 1; at 2:00 p.m. on Sunday December 2; and again on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, December 6, 7, and 8 all at 8:00 p.m.
November 19, 2007 – During a lunchtime session, BC students had the opportunity to learn about credit cards, credit ratings, credit scores and credit scams. Sol Carbonell, an associate with Consumer Action (www.consumer-action.org) helped students navigate the fine print and gave them insight to responsible credit ownership. Her presentation included important messages such as how to spot fraud, identity theft, reading a credit report and how to gain and maintain good credit.
November 14, 2007 - Emmy nominated actor, singer, and writer Renoly Santiago was the guest speaker in Professor Perry Schwarz’s English 224 “Newspaper Writing” class on Monday, November 12, 2007. The students had the opportunity to learn about the life of an actor in preparation for conducting interviews for media in their future careers.
Westminster Arts Center is pleased to host South Mountain TheaterWorks, Inc. as they return to the Arts Center after an incredible Opera performance in September with something completely different: BROADWAY BROADS, A Revue. Over a dozen of New Jersey’s finest performers celebrate the careers of Broadway’s brightest female stars through the songs that made them famous.
On Friday, November 9 Bloomfield College hosted the best-selling author, Jeannette Walls as a guest speaker for students, faculty, staff and neighboring community. Her memoir, The Glass Castle, was chosen by the Orientation reading committee as a summer reading for incoming freshman. The Glass Castle is a memoir of Jeannette Walls’ childhood that recounts her experiences of being homeless and living without adequate food and clothing. The Walls children learned to take care of themselves thanks to - and often in spite of - their free-spirited mother, and their brilliant, but often drunk and destructive father, as well as others who became part of their young lives.
The Division of Humanities hosted its Second Annual “Hangin’out with Humanities Ice Cream Social” on Wednesday, November 7, 2007. The event began last year as means to engage new students. Upper classman and undeclared majors were also invited to meet members of the Humanities division.
The Westminster Arts Center at Bloomfield College is thrilled to continue their Family Series with the return of the award winning company, Crabgrass Puppet Theatre, with a brand new show.
Bloomfield College would like to congratulate all the students who achieved Deans’ List status during the 2007 Spring Semester, 2007 Weekend Winter and Spring Trimesters and the 2007 Summer Sessions. They were honored at a Ceremony on Sunday, October 28, 2007 at 1:30 pm in the Van Fossan Theatre.
The Westminster Arts Center at Bloomfield College is pleased to present Bill Bowers in It Goes Without Saying on Thursday, September 27 & Friday, September 28 at 8:00 pm.
South Mountain Theater Works joins the family at Westminster Arts Center this season with several, diverse musical concerts. They begin their 2007-2008 season this weekend with a concert of favorite opera arias, duets and ensembles. L'Amour: Opera's Love Songs.
Bloomfield College participated in the Newark Bears Annual College Night held on September 14th at the Bears and Eagles Riverfront Stadium in Newark. At the game, representatives from area colleges were on hand to provide prospective students with information about their respective institutions.
The Westminster Arts Center at Bloomfield College is pleased to kick off our jam packed season with the talent of Jeanie Bryson, daughter of jazz legend, Dizzy Gillespie and songwriter, Connie Bryson on Friday night, September 7th. Also, our Family Series begins on the following Saturday morning with Yates Musical Theatre performing “Beauty & the Beast”.
Internationally renowned percussionist, composer and bandleader, Max Roach, Hon. ’93, passed away at age 83 in New York City on July 16, 2007. A special friend of Bloomfield College, Roach was a recipient of an Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters at the College’s 1993 Commencement in recognition of his lifetime achievements in American music.
Bloomfield College has been awarded a $10,000 grant by the New Jersey Council for the Humanities to support the continuation of the Bloomfield College Kellman Course in the Humanities. The Bloomfield College Kellman Course in the Humanities is an off-campus program held at Bethany Baptist Church in Newark, New Jersey, that provides a free college-level class to adults who may not have been able to pursue higher education.
The Westminster Arts Center is excited about September at Bloomfield College and announced a jam packed 2007-2008 Season with something for everyone. “This season, the Arts Center will be displaying all aspects of the arts from music to theatre to dance with some familiar faces from the area as well as adding some new artists to our line-up from New Jersey as well as from across the country,” said Managing Director, Gregory Allen.
4th Wall Musical Theatre, a professional theatre company performing at Westminster Arts Center, had a surprise visitor at Saturday evening’s performance of the musical Nine when original Italian author, Mario Fratti, attended and was impressed with the theatre company, the performance, and the beautiful Van Fossan Theatre.
Bloomfield College honored the Class of 2007 graduates at its 134th Commencement Ceremonies on Thursday, May 24, 2007. President Richard A. Levao and Vice President of Academic Affairs Dr. Marion Terenzio awarded bachelor degrees to 262 students under a tent on the College’s quad surrounded by over 50 flags representing the countries in which the graduating students were born.Commencement speakers who were acknowledged for their service to the common good and awarded honorary degrees from the College included, Executive Director, NJN Public Television, Elizabeth Christopherson; Managing Director and Co-Chairman, Investment Banking, Lazard Ltd., William M. Lewis, Jr.; Renowned Inventor, Entrepreneur, Author and Futurist, Ray Kurzweil; and President, Universidad Inca Garcilaso de le Vega (Lima, Peru), Dr. Luis Cervantes Liñan.
The President’s Dinner (formerly known as the honorary degree dinner) was held on May 23, 2007 at the Forest Hill Field Club in Bloomfield to honor the four Honorary Degree Recipients this year, Executive Director, NJN Public Television, Elizabeth G. Christopherson; World renowned Inventor, Entrepreneur, Author and Futurist, Ray Kurzweil; Managing Director and Co-Chairman, Investment Banking, Lazard Ltd., William M. Lewis, Jr.; and President, Universidad Inca Garcilaso de le Vega (Lima, Peru) Dr. Luis Cervantes Liñan.
On May 23, 2007 the College held its Baccalaureate Service at the Bloomfield Presbyterian Church On The Green to recognize students graduating with honors. Baccalaureate traditionally serves as a ceremony in which the degree is blessed in a non-denominational service.
The Presbyterian Division of Nursing held its annual Nurse's Pinning Ceremony for the College’s graduating nurses on May 23rd at the Bloomfield Presbyterian Church on the Green. In total, there were twenty four traditional students and three registered nurse students who graduated this academic year.
While many arts organizations in New Jersey are struggling to keep their doors open because of financial difficulties, the arts in Bloomfield are very much alive and blossoming.At the 2nd Annual Bloomfield Arts in Bloom, an event hosted by the Westminster Arts Center at Bloomfield College on Thursday, June 7, 2007, ten local Bloomfield art organizations came together, not only to announce their upcoming seasons, but to also take advantage of the opportunity to meet one another and collaborate on artistic events in the future.
The Bloomfield College Board of Trustees and President Richard A. Levao announce the 2007 recipients of honorary doctorate degrees; World renowned Inventor, Entrepreneur, Author and Futurist, Ray Kurzweil; who will receive an honorary doctorate degree at the College’s Baccalaureate Ceremony held on Wednesday, May 23, at 4:30pm at Bloomfield’s Presbyterian Church on the Green; Executive Director, NJN Public Television, Elizabeth G. Christopherson; Managing Director and Co-Chairman, Investment Banking, Lazard Ltd., William M. Lewis, Jr.; and President, Universidad Inca Garcilaso de le Vega (Lima, Peru)Dr. Luis Cervantes Liñan, all of whom will receive honorary doctorate degrees at the College’s 134th Commencement Ceremony, which will take place on Thursday, May 24, at 9:30 am on the College’s quadrangle.
Professor and Historian, Dr. Clement Alexander Price will serve as keynote speaker for the closing ceremonies of the Kellman VI Course in the Humanities at Bloomfield College on Friday May 18th at 6:00 p.m. in the Robert V. Van Fossan Theatre.
Two company teams, Team B (B-Evolution) and Team A (Team Acceleration) from the Business Capstone class, BUS 401 Business Policy, at Bloomfield College recently earned multiple Top Global Top 25 rankings from Business Strategy Game (BSG) Online during the weeks of April 9th, April 16th and April 30th.
The Honorable Bill Pascrell, Jr. (US Congress – District 8) has submitted a statement into Congressional Record honoring Andre Dabney’s achievements at Bloomfield College. Dabney, who resides in Plainfield, New Jersey, is a senior music production major and co-captain of the Men’s Deacon Basketball Team at Bloomfield College (Bloomfield, NJ).
Bloomfield, NJ, March 13, 2007 – Bloomfield College (Bloomfield, NJ) announced Friday the first major expansion of its footprint in over 100 years. The College, which has experienced an increase in enrollment and applications, plans to erect a new state-of-the-art residence hall on three parcels of land it has just acquired in downtown Bloomfield to accommodate its growing number of students, including international students.
Bloomfield College has launched a new Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL) Instructor Certification Program to prepare students to teach English overseas. This intensive, 100-hour TEFL program offers a combination of online and on-site training leading to jobs teaching English overseas and an internationally recognized TEFL/TESOL Instructor Certification.
Dr. Mary Briody Mahowald, Professor Emerita at the University of Chicago, will deliver the 2007 Holley Lecture on Ethics at Bloomfield College. The lecture “Aren’t We All Eugenicts?: Ethical Implications of Genetics” will be held on Wednesday April 18, 2007 at 7:00 p.m. in the Robert V. Van Fossan Theatre.
Bloomfield College and IDEA (International Debate Education Associationhttp://www.idebate.org/about/index.php), an organization which develops, organizes and promotes debate and debate-related activities in communities throughout the world are pleased to announce the 6th Annual International Summer Debate & Citizen Journalism Institute; an expanded three week summer institute that encompasses Citizen Journalism and Creative Arts and Technology (http://campus.bloomfield.edu/cat/ ) on the campus of the United World College of the Adriatic, in the historic town of Duino, Italy from July 1-21, 2007.
The New Jersey State Board of Nursing has announced the results of the 2006 National Council Licensure Examination for Registered Nurses (NCLEX-RN). Bloomfield College has achieved a 100% pass rate for our first-time test takers; the graduating class of 2006.
Bloomfield College and Investors Savings Bank Charitable Foundation (ISBCF), the philanthropic arm of Investors Savings Bank, recently announced a grant of $100,000 given in support of the development of the new Center for Academic Development (CAD), a 12,500 sq. ft building currently under construction on the Bloomfield College campus.
Six members of the Bloomfield College Student Government Executive Council held a forum to educate their audience about the system of voting in the U.S. and each of the presidential candidates’ platforms concerning the issues. The forum was held in the Deacon’s Den on Thursday evening, January 31, 2008.
The New Jersey Theatre Alliance and Westminster Arts Center at Bloomfield College will present Running Rabbit Family Theatre’s production of Rapunzel on Saturday, March 15 at 11:00 am. This performance is part of the 11th Annual Family Week at the Theatre, a yearly event that provides free and discounted theatre programming during the second week of March. This performance will be offered at "buy one child’s ticket for $8 and get one for FREE". Adult tickets are $10. For more information or to make a reservation, call the box office at 973-748-9008 ext 279.
