PARAMUS, N.J. – Use your words wisely. Bergen Community College student Nina Russo, of Lodi, did exactly that when she ‘talked’ her way to the top – winning the president’s award for best speaker – at the institution’s eighth annual speech competition April 23. Competing against 82 other students for $3,000 in scholarships sponsored by the College’s foundation, Russo (left) accepted the first place award from Jane Phelps, professor and competition director. The student’s speech examined the impact of technology on sleep deprivation.
Based in Paramus, Bergen Community College (www.bergen.edu), a public two-year coeducational college, enrolls 16,000 students at locations in Paramus, the Philip J. Ciarco Jr. Learning Center in Hackensack and Bergen Community College at the Meadowlands in Lyndhurst. The College offers associate degree, certificate and continuing education programs in a variety of fields. More students graduate from Bergen than any other community college in the state.
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