Stratford Patch
Stratford Native and HCC Student Receives National
Recognition
Brandon T. Bisceglia was one 1,600 nominees;
only winner from Connecticut.
May 11, 2011
Stratford native and Housatonic Community College
student Brandon T. Bisceglia has received national distinction, being
named a Coca-Cola New Century Scholar in the All-USA Community College
Academic Team competition.
Bisceglia, a journalism major and former editor-in-chief
of the Housatonic Community College newspaper Horizons, received
the award in April in a ceremony in New Orleans. He was one of 50 college
students from throughout the country to receive the $2,000 award.
“I was both surprised and flattered when I learned I received the award,” he
said. “It was certainly an honor.”
“Now I have to live up to it,” he
chuckled.
Bisceglia’s achievement was recognized in the April 11 edition
of U.S.A Today, which co-sponsored the competition along with
the Coca-Cola Foundation, the Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation, the Phi
Theta Kappa Honor Society and the American Association of Community
Colleges.
Bisceglia, who was nominated for the award by HCC President
Anita T. Gliniecki, was one of 1,600 students nominated from across
the country. He was the only student from Connecticut to receive one
of the 220 awards.
A student in HCC’s Honors Program, Bisceglia is president of
the college’s Phi Theta Kappa chapter, and treasurer of the Friends
of the Environment Club. He also worked as a journalism intern in the
college’s public relations office.
The 29-year-old Bisceglia, a 2000 graduate of Stratford
High School, plans to move on to a four-year college when he graduates
from HCC in May. He lives in Fairfield with his wife, Valeria.
