Morristown Native Honored with Surgical Technologist Pin

Submitted by Ilene Greenfield, Director of Media Relations at Berkeley College

Diana M. Ramirez of Morristown in Morris County, NJ, recently received a Surgical Technologist pin. The student is a graduate of the Surgical Technologist (ST) program at Dover Business College, now Berkeley College, in Dover.

“Graduates of this program have completed rigorous training and are prepared to meet the growing demand for Surgical Technologists in hospitals, physicians’ offices, outpatient care centers and ambulatory surgical centers,” said Joseph Charleman, MA, CST, CRCST, LPN, Berkeley College Chair, Surgical Technologist and Surgical Processing Technician programs, School of Health Studies.

Graduates of the ST program are eligible to take the Certified Surgical Technologist (CST) National Certification Exam, administered through the National Board of Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting.

On Monday, July 1, Dover Business College students began classes as Berkeley College students, the result of a planned merger recently approved by the U.S. Department of Education. The students will continue in their clinical and certificate programs at the Clifton and Dover, NJ, locations.

A leader in business education for more than 80 years, Berkeley College is accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education and enrolls more than 7,700 students — including over 800 international students — in its Baccalaureate and Associate degree and Certificate programs. The College has six New Jersey locations — Woodland Park, Paramus, Woodbridge, Newark, Clifton and Dover.  In New York there are three locations — Midtown Manhattan, Brooklyn and White Plains. Berkeley College Online also offers full degree programs. Programs are offered in more than 20 career fields. The website address is www.BerkeleyCollege.edu.