Politics & Government

Menendez to Give Camden County College Commencement Address

It will be the U.S. senator's third public visit to Gloucester Township in less than a year.

U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez (D) will deliver the commencement address at Camden County College's graduation ceremony on Saturday, May 19.

The graduation speech will mark the senator's third public visit to Gloucester Township since October.

Menendez held a press conference at the municipal building in October to discuss a federal grant that promoted local green energy initiatives and on March 5 visited Camden County College to tout his private-public jobs training proposal.

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Menendez, who holds bachelor's degrees in political science and urban studies from St. Peter's College and a law degree from Rutgers University, became a U.S. senator in early 2006 when he was picked by Democrats to complete Jon Corzine's term. Corzine had been elected governor in 2005.

Menendez was elected to the U.S. Senate for a full six-year term in November 2006. He is seeking re-election this year.

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Mendendez was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives for 14 years, and previously served in the New Jersey Senate and Assembly, as mayor of Union City, and on the Union City Board of Education.

This year's graduating class is Camden County College's 44th.


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