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Page 2 THE VILLADOM TIMES I, II, III & IV • December 25, 2013
Agreement offers smooth landing
for community college students
Villadom Happenings
Dance benefit announced
The Ramapo Indian Hills Dance Group will sponsor its
second annual benefit on Friday, Jan. 10. The event will be
held at 7 p.m. in the Ramapo High School auditorium on
George Street in Franklin Lakes. “Something to Dance For,”
will feature dancers and choreographers from Ramapo and
Indian Hills high schools. Proceeds will benefit the Gift of
Life program. Admission is $10. The cost for seniors is $8.
Scholarship competition announced
Don Bosco Prep’s Chapel Concerts has announced its
fourth Young Artists’ Scholarship Competition to celebrate,
recognize, and reward the talent, commitment, and disci-
pline of young performers. This competition offers local
high school musicians an opportunity to perform during
the 2013-14 season of Don Bosco Prep’s Chapel Concerts.
The first place winner will also receive a $1,000 scholar-
ship to be used toward music education.
The competition is open to United Stated citizens and
legal non-citizens who are full-time high school students,
reside in New Jersey, and demonstrate proficiency in vocal
or instrumental music. Solo artists and ensembles perform-
ing in all styles of music will be considered.
Musicians should submit an application with a prelimi-
nary audition DVD by Jan. 15, 2014. Twenty-five finalists
will be selected to audition live and will be notified by mail
by Jan. 31. Final auditions will be held March 8. Applicants
will be judged by a panel of experts on talent, technique,
musicianship, skill, interpretation, presentation, and pres-
ence. Applicants compete against a standard of excellence,
rather than against each other. Performers should bring
their own accompanists.
Of the 25 finalists, 10 winners will be selected to per-
form at Don Bosco Prep’s Chapel Concert on April 12.
For a scholarship competition brochure and application, or
for additional information, contact Toni Bilotti Cecere at
tcecere@donboscoprep.com or visit www.donbosoprep.
com/ Events/Chapel Concert Series.
Alumni Reunion Chapel Concert set
Don Bosco Prep, 492 North Franklin Turnpike in
Ramsey, will host an Alumni Reunion Chapel Concert on
Saturday, Jan. 4. The concert will be held at 7:30 p.m. in the
Mary Help of Christians Chapel in Saint John’s Hall, and
will feature musicians and vocalists who have graduated
from Don Bosco. Tickets are $15 and will be available at the
door. Seating is general admission. For more information,
visit www.donboscoprep.com click on Arts/Chapel Con-
cert Series or call (201) 327-8003, extension 188.
Chamber hosts January events
The Mahwah Regional Chamber of Commerce will host
Business after Hours on Thursday, Jan. 9. This networking
event will be held from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at Strategic Off-
Site Technology Center located at the Crossroads Corpo-
rate Center, One International Boulevard in Mahwah. All
first-time attendees will be able to introduce themselves
and their businesses, and SOTC will offer a technology
journey with their engineers, developers, trainers, consul-
tants, advisors, and fully virtualized state-of-the-art plat-
forms. The cost is $20 for Chamber members and $35 for
non-members. Refreshments will be served.
On Jan. 13, Amanda Missey, director of Bergen LEADS,
will be the guest speaker at the Chamber’s luncheon. The
event, open to members and non-members, will be held
from noon to 2 p.m. at Ramapo College of New Jersey’s
Trustee Pavilion, 505 Ramapo Valley Road in Mahwah. The
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Dean Dr.
Michael Williams and Bergen President Dr. B. Kaye
Walter toured the College’s Emil Buehler Trust Aviation
Education Center after signing the transfer agreement.
Thanks to an agreement signed last week, students
from Bergen Community College will be able to transfer
their credits to Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in
Daytona Beach, Florida. Embry-Riddle, which has been
recognized for its aeronautical degree programs, will
accept at least 64 credits from Bergen, the state’s largest
community college.
“It’s quite an academic achievement for us to be enter-
ing into an agreement of such depth with a college of
such renown as Embry-Riddle,” said Dr. William Mul-
laney, Bergen’s vice president for academic affairs.
Under the terms of the agreement, students who
earn an associate of science in professional studies
(aviation administration option) or natural sciences (air-
craft operations option) from Bergen will transfer into
Embry-Riddle’s bachelor of science in aviation business
administration (air transportation major) program. After
transferring to Embry-Riddle, students will need to com-
plete 54 credits in order to earn a bachelor’s degree.
Bergen’s aviation courses were launched in 2012,
buoyed by the opening of the College’s Emil Buehler
Trust Aviation Center, which includes airplane and heli-
copter simulators. Grants totaling $2 million from the
Emil Buehler Trust funded the creation of the center and
the program. Courses include introduction to aeronau-
tics and aviation safety.
The latest agreement caps a busy fall for Bergen offi-
cials, who inked the “BCC-FDU Scholars Program” in
luncheon is sponsored by the Volunteer County of Bergen
County. Missey will discuss the benefits and rewards for
adults who participate in this 10-month learning and lead-
ership adventure. The cost for Chamber members is $35
and $50 for non-members.
Advance registration for both events is preferred; an
additional $5 processing fee will be charged if paid the day
of the event. Refreshments will be served. For reservations
and other information, call the Chamber office at (201)
529-5566 or visit Mahwah.com.
Hearing workshop set
Total Hearing Care will offer a special hearing workshop
on Thursday, Jan. 9 and Friday, Jan. 10 in its Midland Park
office at 600 Godwin Avenue, Suite 7. Those who attend
will receive a free hearing screening, and certified staff
members will present a demonstration of the new Oticon
Alta hearing device and the ConnectLine. The public is
invited. To make a reservation, call the office at (973) 939-
0028. Heskins to discuss ‘Royal Stitching’
Randi Paul Heskins will present “A Royal Stitching
Adventure: Earning a Certificate in Hand Embroidery from
the Royal School of Needlework” to the Bergen Chapter of
the Embroiderers’ Guild of America on Monday, Jan. 13.
The program will be held at 9:30 a.m. in the Red Barn at the
Guardian Angel Church, 320 Franklin Turnpike in Allen-
dale. The public is invited.
YWCA offers Vacation Day program
YWCA Bergen County is offering its Vacation Day pro-
gram for children in kindergarten through sixth grade on
Jan. 20. The trip to FunPlex in East Hanover will include
transportation, unlimited foam frenzy and bumper cars, 20
game tokens, pizza, and soda.
The Vacation Day program provides full-day care from
7:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. on designated school holidays. Based
at the YWCA’s 112 Oak Street, Ridgewood facility, the
program is supervised by the YWCA’s trained child care
staff. The fee is $55 per child per day for families that par-
ticipate in YWCA Before or After School programs, and
$75 for non-participating families. Advance registration is
required. To register, call (201) 444-5600, extension 352 or
visit www.ywcabergencounty.org for details and registra-
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Dean Dr. Michael
Williams and Bergen President Dr. B. Kaye Walter
October. That agreement remains unique in that FDU
will offer participating students a 40 percent tuition
reduction and featured the creation and management
of a dedicated FDU office at Bergen’s main campus in
Paramus. Bergen maintains more than 40 articulation agree-
ments with four-year schools.
Bergen Community College (www.bergen.edu) based
in Paramus is a public two-year coeducational college,
enrolling nearly 17,000 students at locations in Paramus,
the Philip J. Ciarco Jr. Learning Center in Hackensack,
and Bergen Community College at the Meadowlands in
Lyndhurst. The college offers associate degree, certifi-
cate, and continuing education programs in a variety of
fields. tion forms.
YWCA Before and After School Programs are offered
at schools in Allendale, Cresskill, Dumont, Old Tappan,
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