Congressman Donald Norcross Delivering Camden County College Commencement Address

An alumnus who is the first Camden County College graduate to be elected to the United States House of Representatives will deliver the keynote address at this year’s Camden County College graduation ceremony.

Donald Norcross, a Democrat who represents the 1st Congressional District of New Jersey, will address the Class of 2015 during the College’s 47th annual commencement exercises on May 16.

Norcross also will be honored with the Camden County College Outstanding Alumnus Award in recognition of his decades of public service. He received an associate in science degree in criminal justice from CCC in 1980 and the College’s Civic Leadership Award in 2009.

Joining Norcross in addressing the graduates will be U.S. Department of Labor Deputy Secretary Christopher P. Lu and student speaker Rana Elmekadem.

The event will begin at 10 a.m. in the Truman Courtyard on CCC’s Blackwood Campus, which is located at College Drive and Peter Cheeseman Road in Gloucester Township.

More than 1,700 associate degrees and academic certificates will be conferred, and approximately 5,000 attendees are expected.

Norcross, a native and resident of Camden, has represented more than 730,000 residents of South Jersey in Congress since 2014. He currently serves on the House Armed Services Committee and the House Budget Committee. Further details about Norcross are available on his Congressional website at http://norcross.house.gov.

Previously, Norcross served in both the New Jersey General Assembly and the New Jersey Senate. There, he championed efforts to increase the region’s economic competitiveness and number of family-sustaining jobs.

His work helped usher in reforms that improved higher education access for local students, established New Jersey as a research and medical sciences education hub, overhauled the state’s antiquated bail system and created a program for local governments to set aside contracts for businesses owned by or employing veterans.

Norcross spent nearly 20 years as president of the Southern New Jersey AFL-CIO and also served as assistant business manager of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 351 and vice president of the Southern New Jersey Building Trades Council.

He volunteered on the United Way of Camden County Executive Board and with the Union Organization for Social Service, The Home Port Alliance for the USS New Jersey, the Camden County Democratic Committee and the Democratic National Committee.