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NJ Senator Cory Booker Will Provide Bergen CC Keynote Address

The college announced Wednesday that the former presidential hopeful will deliver the address at the online graduation, slated for May 18.

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Cory Booker, then a Democratic Presidential Candidate, attended the "First In The West" event In Las Vegas. Booker will give the keynote address at Bergen Community College.
Cory Booker, then a Democratic Presidential Candidate, attended the "First In The West" event In Las Vegas. Booker will give the keynote address at Bergen Community College. ( David Becker/Getty Images)

PARAMUS, NJ — New Jersey Senator Cory Booker will deliver the keynote address at Bergen Community College's online graduation, the college announced in a Wednesday news release.

The ceremony, scheduled for Monday, May 18 at 5:30 p.m., will be streamed live on YouTube.

"Sen. Booker represents an inspirational leader from whom our graduates can aspire to become," said Bergen Board of Trustees Chair Gerard L. Carrol, in a statement. "Further, he's a 'hometown hero' for Bergen County, growing up in Harrington Park and graduating from Northern Valley Regional High School at Old Tappan, making his story one that our graduates can relate."

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Booker, New Jersey's first African-American senator, sought the Democratic nomination for president earlier this year.

Originally slated to take place at MetLife Stadium, the commencement ceremony was moved to YouTube due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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