Hudson COunty Community College FoundationS 23rd ANNUAL HOLIDAY fUNDRAISING GALA

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Pictured from left:  Ara Karakashian, Acting Associate Dean, Business, Culinary Arts, Hospitality Management Division; HCCC President Dr. Chris Reber; College Lecturer Marissa Lontoc; Dr. Nicholas Chiaravalloti, Vice President of External Affairs & Senior Counsel to the President; and Mirta Sanchez, Assistant to the Vice President for Planning and Development at the dinner basket pickup station at the College prior to the HCCC Foundation Annual Holiday Gala.

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HCCC Trustee/Foundation Director Karen Fahrenholz picking up a dinner basket at the College prior to the HCCC Foundation Annual Holiday Gala.

About Hudson County Community College

Hudson County Community College serves more than 18,000 credit and non-credit students annually. The College offers more than 60 degree and certificate programs, including award-winning English as a Second Language, STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics), Culinary Arts/Hospitality Management, Nursing and Health Sciences, and Fine and Performing Arts. The HCCC Culinary/Hospitality Management program was ranked number six in the U.S. by Best Choice Schools. Over 94% of HCCC Nursing program graduates passed the NCLEX first time out, placing the program’s graduates in the top tier of two- and four-year nursing programs nationwide. In 2017, the Equality of Opportunity Project ranked HCCC in the top 5% of 2,200 U.S. higher education institutions for social mobility.

HCCC has partnerships with every major four-year college and university in the greater New Jersey-New York area and beyond, accommodating seamless transfer of credits for further undergraduate and graduate education.