HEWITT Dr. Maria C. Fressola, of Hewitt, an Associate Professor of Nursing at Bergen Community College, was recently approved as a Certified Nurse Educator by the National League for Nursing. Fressola received the certification after passing a highly competitive and rigorous examination to distinguish herself as one of only 287 Certified Nurse Educators in the United States. The Certified Nurse Educator designation validates her expertise in both the fields of nursing and of education. “The Certified Nurse Educator Program serves to recognize excellence in the specialized area of nursing education,” said Dr. Gary F. Porter, Academic Vice President of Bergen Community College. “I congratulate Dr. Fressola on her achievement; we are proud to have her as a member of our faculty. Her expertise is an asset to the nursing program and to the college.” Dr. Fressola is a graduate of Teachers College, Columbia University (M.A., M.Ed., and Ed.D.), Pace University (B.S.), and Misericordia Hospital School of Nursing (Diploma). In addition to Bergen Community College, she has also taught at Ramapo College, Fairleigh Dickinson University, and Kean University, and has been an educator and administrator at numerous area hospitals including: Bronx Municipal Hospital and St. Barnabas Hospital in the Bronx, New York Hospital Cornell Medical Center in Manhattan, and Memorial General Hospital in Union. She continues to work as an Emergency Trauma Nurse for the Hackensack University Medical Center.