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, (continued on page 22)