CLAC Newletters Summer 2015

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Q: What degree did you

graduate with from Bergen?

A: I graduated with an A.S. in

Engineering Science.

Q: You are pulled over on the

side of the road for this in-

terview. What school are youon your way to?

A: The Colorado School of

Mines.

Q: What degree are you pur-

suing?

A: A B.S. Chemical Engineer-

ing.

Q: And what do you want to do when you graduate?

A: I want to go on for a PhD in pharmaceucal engineering, and work in pharma, doing research. I’m

Interested in non-invasive tumor treatments and beer methods of drug delivery. I’d also like to

work the corporate side to make connecons. This eld means a lot to me because there was cancer

in my family. I can’t be a doctor because I can’t stand the sight of blood, so this is the next best thing.

Q: What did going to Bergen mean to you?

A: Bergen presented me with many opportunies, and I was involved in many things. I was Vice Presi-

dent of Phi Theta Kappa and the STEM student union. I met a lot of good friends. I also received the

Jack Kent Cooke Foundaon Scholarship.

Q: And, of course, you were Valedictorian of your class. How was that signicant to you?

A: It meant a lot to me because I came here three years ago. Immediately, I was learning science in a

new language. I feel like [earning Valedictorian is] a big achievement. I could never have done it in

the Ukraine because of corrupon. Here, I can get my educaon paid for. It’s something I couldn’t

dream of in the Ukraine.

See page 2 for more of this interview

Henry & Edith Cerullo LearningAssistance Center

Tutoring Center ~ Math/Science Walk-In Center ~ Writing CenterEnglish Language Resource Center ~ Tutoring Center at the Meadowlands

S U M M E R 2 0 1 5 V O L U M E 9 , I S S U E 2

CLAC STAFF

Khairia Fazal, Managing

Director of Learning Assis-tance Services

Margaret Maria Roidi,Manager of the CLAC

Candice Kaup Scioscia, Tutorial Supervisor

Madhvi Shah,Mathematics TutorialSupervisor

John Findura, WritingCenter Tutorial Supervisor

Paul Fisher, Basic SkillsTutorial Supervisor

Linda Araya, STEMTutorial Supervisor

Rosa Franco, Office Ser-vices Supervisor

Michael Valvano, Evening& Saturday Supervisor

Elizabeth Pierce, Evening& Saturday Supervisor

Marilyn Pongracz, ELRCSupervisor

Dale Egan, ELRCAssistant Supervisor

James Carberry, Tutorial& Testing Supervisor atthe Meadowlands Campus

Gerswin Reynolds, Assis-tant Tutorial & TestingSupervisor at Meadow-lands Campus

Stephanie Franco, Assis-tant Tutorial & TestingSupervisor at the Mead-owlands campus

I N S I D E T H I S I S S U E :

BCC Valedictorian 1

BCC Valedictorian cont’d 2

Academic Achievement 3

4 Year Schools 4

Q&A with Mariia Alibekova: CLAC Tutor Named BCC Valedictorian



P A G E 2

Q: What did being a tutor mean to you?

A: I found out that I could actually help people, especially with science. Science is hard for everybody. It gave me a

great deal of sasfacon to hear of students’ success. It’s cool when they would come back with an A or a B. It helped

me share ways of understanding and make a dierence where it’s really needed.

[Editor ’ s note: Mariia worked in the tutoring center from her second semester—Fall 2013—unl her last—Spring

2015.]

Q: Did you ever aend a tutoring session as a student?

A: Of course! I got help with Calc 2 and Organic Chemistry. I was having a huge amount of trouble with Calc 2. [Tutor]

Kevin Bohlin helped me understand it beer and helped me get an A. Aending as a student enriched my knowledge

and enabled me to help with the same subject later on in my me at Bergen.

Q: What will you take away from your me as a tutor that you will use in your life?

A: I want to try to be a tutor in my new school in Colorado. Tutoring helped me to become more able to communi-cate. Because I’m socially awkward as an engineer.

[Editor ’ s note: At this point in the conversaon it was pointed out to Mariia that this sounded like a stereotype and

that she didn’ t need to reduce herself to that cliché. However, she insisted and further embraced her claim.]

Q: This is possibly the most important queson of all…

A: OK, I’m ready.

Q: Who is your favorite ninja turtle and why?

A: Michelangelo—I like his name the best.

Q: Is that the only reason why? Because he’s the party animal

of the group, which I think says a lot about you.

A: [Laughter]

Q: I think that says it all. Finally, what will you miss most about Bergen and the CLAC?

A: I love Bergen. It’s where my favorite professor, Dr. Chapman, reinforced my love of Chemistry. I’ll miss the Math

and Science Walk-In—a very interesng place to be. You got to walk around and talk to all the tutors and students,

working on dierent things all the me.

Q: Those are all the quesons I had for you. Is there anything you’d like to add?

A: I don’t usually talk about myself unless people ask, but…

Q: Yes?

A: No, that’s it.

Oh! Well, thank you so much for taking the me to answer our quesons. We wish you the best of luck in Colorado

and we hope to hear of your achievements in the future.

H E N R Y & E D I T H C E R U L L O L E A R N I N G A S S I S T A N C E C E N T E R



P A G E 3V O L U M E 9 , I S S U E 2

Every year our tutors perform

exceponally well in academ-ics and extra-curricular acvi-

es.

It is this well-roundedness that

makes our tutors parcularly

notable. Our tutors’ versality,

academic excellence and am-

bion is what makes the CLAC

the number one tutoring cen-

ter among community colleg-

es in the country!

To be able to help the student

body with their academic wor-

ries and then take care of their

own school work is truly a

feat. It gives us great pleasure

to recognize what they have

accomplished.

Danielle Viscon— Recipient Phi Al-

pha Theta Scholar-

ship (Rutgers)

Mahew Casey—

Selected for BeaconConference for his

paper, “The Binary

Nature of Parody in

Vladimir Nabokov’s

Lolita”

Pavel Sokolov— Published his

mathemacal

theorem

in the “Bergen

Scholarly Journal,”

graduated with a

4.0 GPA, and

received an

honors Diploma

Monika Micha-

luk—The 23rd

Annual Young

Playwrights

Fesval of Ber-

gen County

award present

for “Perfect

Match”

Tutor Academic Accomplishments

24th Annual Tutoring Awards Ceremony

Pictured (L-R): Margaret Roidi, Beth Pierce, Khairia

Fazal, Bernard MBock, Michael Valvano, Paul Fisher

The CLAC held its 24th Annual Tu-

toring Awards Ceremony on Fri-

day, May 22nd in the Technology

Building. The ceremony was

aended by over 150 guests, in-

cluding tutors, faculty, administra-on, Board members, and Mr. and

Mrs. Stephen Cerullo and Mr. and

Mrs. Kenneth Cerullo.

The ceremony began with welcom-

ing remarks from Khairia Fazal,

Managing Director of Learning

Assistance Services, and Dr. Wil-

liam Mullaney, Vice President of

Academic Aairs. Students Julie

Atkinson, Joe Curley, and Luis A.

Rojas Cabrera spoke about how

their me in the CLAC has helped

them in their academic journeys.

Tutors Kevin Bohlin and Monika

Michaluk spoke about how being

tutors has aected and enriched

their lives. Faculty liaisons Andrew

Panyko and Dr. Louis Scala spoke

of their work with the Math and

Science Walk-In students and their

rewarding roles as faculty liaisons.

The following awards were distrib-

uted:

Henry Cerullo Most Promising Stu-

dent: Krisna Vignali

Edith Cerullo Most Promising ESL

Student: Amal Boutlouj

Adam Feigenbaum Awards:

Akunna Ihemaguba and Gregory

Maniago

Robert Neil Ender Memorial

Awards: Kevin Bohlin and Tyler

Vassallo

RAS Technology Awards: Marcin Lojtek and Arielle

Patrice

Best Newcomer Tutor: Enxhi Xhydollari

Students’ Choice (Tutoring Center): Bernard Mbock

Students’ Choice (ELRC): Samia Habashee



MISSION STATEMENT

The Cerullo Learning Assistance Center(CLAC) is committed to providing qualityacademic support accessible to all BergenCommunity College (BCC) students. TheCLAC comprises the Tutoring Center,Math Walk-In Center, Writing Center,English Language Resource Center, andthe Tutoring Center at the MeadowlandsCampus; all centers offer various ave-

nues of tutorial assistance to address thediverse needs of our student population.A dedicated and trained staff of Peer andProfessional Tutors work together in anurturing environment to foster inde-pendent learning while guiding studentsthrough their educational journey at BCC.

Newsletter

By

John Findura

We look forward to hearingfrom you. Please forward

your comments to [email protected]

VISIT US ON THE WEB

www.bergen.edu/tutoring

Henry & Edith CerulloLearning Assistance

Center

Tutoring Center &Writing Center

Pitkin L-125

Math Walk-In Center Pitkin L-131

Phone: 201-879-7489

Fax: 201-879-4619

English Language

Resource Center

Ender Hall E-156

Phone: 201-879-5292

Tutoring Centerat the MeadowlandsLyndhurst Campus

LYN-202

Phone: 201-879-7867

SUMMER HOURS OF OPERATION:

Monday 9:00 am — 8:00 pmTuesday 9:00 am — 8:00 pmWednesday 9:00 am — 8:00 pmThursday 9:00 am — 8:00 pm

Friday 10:00 am — 3:00 pm

The Learning Assistance Centeroperates under the leadership of theVice President of Academic Affairs,

Dr. William Mullaney

Tutors Accepted to (insert name of presgious school here)!

Like so many tutors that came before, our cur-

rent peer and professional tutors connue to

excel academically. Our peer and professionaltutors who have graduate this past Spring and/

or will be matriculang a new instuon in the

Fall are listed below.

Cynthia Baleser— (A.A. Bergen) Presco Col-

lege, Major: Counseling Psychology

Arielle Patrice— (A.S. Bergen) Columbia Univer-

sity, Major: Computer Science

Tara Farber—Mercy College, Major: English Lit-

erature (MA)

Danielle Viscon— (A.S. Bergen) Rutgers– New-

ark, Major: Psychology, Minor: pre-health

Jake Coleman— (A.S. Bergen) Rutgers, Major:

Biotechnology

Greg Maniago— (A.S. Bergen) Ramapo College,

Major: Mathemacs

Nicholas Drywa— (B.S. Montclair State Universi-

ty) Montclair State University, Major Physics

(M.S.)

Bernard Mbock—(A.S. Bergen) Rutgers, Major:

Mechanical Engineering

Gokce Polack— (A.S. Bergen) Rutgers, Major:

Biomedical Engineering

Pavel Sokolov— (A.S. Bergen) UC Berkeley,

Major: Mathemacs

Streven Galarza (A.S. Bergen) Rutgers, Major:

Civil Engineering

Vincent Maresca— (A.A. Bergen) Seton Hall

University, Major: Diplomacy/Internaonal

Relaons

Rawan Alhau—(A.S. Bergen) Rutgers-

Newark, Major: Chemistry/Math

Lorraine Coco— Seton Hall University, Cer-

cate: Graduate Studies in Seminary’s The-ological Educaon for Parish Services

Alexis Bravo—University of Maryland, Major:

Polical Science/Broadcast Journalism

Louis Torres Jr.—(A.S. Bergen) Rutgers-

Newark, Major: Accounng

Chrisna Goefron (A.A.S. Bergen) Parsons

School Of Design, Major: Design and Tech-

nology (BFA)

Vincent Horna— (A.S. Bergen) The College ofNew Jersey, Major: Business Administraon/

Markeng

Demir Radoncic— (A.S. Bergen) New York

University, Major: Mathemacs

Klodiana Shkembi— (B.S. Monclair State Uni-

versity) MSU, Major: Pure and Applied

Mathemacs (M.S.)

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