Bergen Community College: Five Faculty Earn Emeritus Rank

Press release from Bergen Community College:

May 6, 2025

Lou Ethel Rolison, Ph.D.; Philip Dolce, Ph.D.; and Carlo Annese, Ph.D.

“Bergen Community College has a storied history of excellence in its faculty ranks,” she said. “The professor emeritus program recognizes those individuals who became the ‘best of the best’ by making an indelible impact on the College community and student learning.”

The professor emeritus class of 2024-25 includes a founding faculty member, Marzocco, who began teaching at Bergen when the institution first began offering classes in 1968. The inductees’ disciplines span from English to history and the sciences, with Annese and Jiang making significant contributions to the College’s developmental English and American Language Program courses of study. Others helped connect Bergen to the national consciousness, with Dolce distinguishing himself as one the country’s top experts on the topic of the suburban landscape and Roliston spearheading initiatives that brought speakers such as Maya Angelou, Jhumpa Lahiri and Ta-Nehisi Coates to campus.

With the latest inductees, only 74 faculty members have earned the rank of professor emeritus in the College’s near-60-year history. As part of their membership in the elite group, inductees join the Professor Emeritus Association under the Bergen Community College Foundation and receive special access to College events, activities and resources.

Based in Paramus, Bergen Community College (www.bergen.edu), a public two-year coeducational college, enrolls more than 13,000 students at locations in Paramus, the Philip Ciarco Jr. Learning Center in Hackensack and Bergen Community College at the Meadowlands in Lyndhurst. The College offers associate degree, certificate and continuing education programs in a variety of fields. More students graduate from Bergen than any other community college in the state.

Based in Paramus, Bergen Community College (www.bergen.edu), a public two-year coeducational college, enrolls more than 13,000 students at locations in Paramus, the Philip Ciarco Jr. Learning Center in Hackensack and Bergen Community College at the Meadowlands in Lyndhurst. The College offers associate degree, certificate and continuing education programs in a variety of fields. More students graduate from Bergen than any other community college in the state.

This press release was produced by Bergen Community College. The views expressed here are the author’s own.