Registration for the Fall 2025 Semester Opens Wednesday, September 10th, 2025.
Semester Dates: Thursday, September 25th, 2025 – Friday, December 19th, 2025
Parking and Directions to Classrooms
Lois E. Marshall Institute for Learning in Retirement (ILR) at Bergen Community College serves the intellectual and social needs of a vibrant community of lifelong learners ages 55 and over. Since 1999, the ILR has been offering non-credit programming for a nominal fee to its members through a peer-to-peer learning model.
Courses are taught by fellow members and experts from the larger community in a wide range of topics including literature, history, science, studio art, current events, personal finance for seniors, music, foreign language, health, yoga, art history, meditation, and more. Both in-person and online courses are available. ILR members also enjoy additional membership benefits, as well as events on campus.
ILR program offers courses on BCC’s main campus in Paramus and online. In the near future, the ILR plans to offer courses at BCC’s Hackensack location, the Philip Ciarco Jr. Learning Center.
Each semester, the ILR looks to grow our course offerings. Should you want to teach a course, please reach out to us at [email protected]. Please note, ILR Instructors are entitled to free membership during their teaching semester.
Contact the ILR
Main Number: (201) 447-7156
General Email: [email protected]
Technology Building, TEC-116, Paramus Campus
400 Paramus Rd, Paramus, NJ 07652
ILR Program Supervisor: Alissa Villalba-Hasson
[email protected] | (201) 879-8825
