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Vincent Banrey
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Mr. Vincent Banrey graduated from the college in 1977 and at the time of the interview was Associate Director of the Student Health Office.
Timestamp summary [Interview follows the interview with Enock Charlotin on VHS tape]:
(22:19) Introductions and discusses coming to the college as a student because of the Cooperative Education Program and his impressions of the college as a student.
(24:41) “The college wasn’t very big so there was a sense of people knowing each other”
(25:00) Describes the layout of the building, covering the cafeteria, “Sangria Junction,” and the multi-purpose Great Hall.
(28:40) Discusses the different faculty and staff that helped him as a student and the counselors the college provided
(31:20) Banrey discussed the closeness of the college in the early years and knowing people from different departments
(32:53) Covers the Cooperative Education Program and mentions how the Writing for Business and Coop Seminar courses helped him prepare for writing resume and interviews.
(36:07) Had an internship at the Brooklyn Navy Yards. He was a Research Analysis Assistant.
(37:11) Talks about how internships helped him decide his career path.
(40:00) Goes into the growth of the college, construction and the changing physical space of the college and changing administrative structure.
(45:12) Covers the different support services and student resources on campus and how they have changed and grown over the years
(48:32) Talks about changes in the student body and points out the large number of veterans who attended the college in the 1970’s, coming from Vietnam and benefiting from open admissions
(51:35 ) In reference to the question “what makes LaGCC distinct,” Banrey said, “The slogan that was used – LaGuardia Works – because it cares about the people.”
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, 25th Anniversary, Oral History, Students, Great Hall, Cooperative Education, Banrey, Vincent
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LaGuardia Community College (New York, N.Y)
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9/11 Community Poster - Top
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This is the top half of a hallway size poster set up for people at LaGuardia Community College to write down their own reflections on the events and immediate after math of 9/11. The poster was hung in a hallway from September to end of October 2001.
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September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001
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LaGuardia Community College
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Enock Charlotin
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Enock Charlotin was a student in the Cooperative Education program and talks about his experiences immigrating from Haiti and attending the college.
Timestamp summary interview:
(1:23) Enock Charlotin came to attend LaGCC in 1989 after his sister referred him to the Cooperative Education program.
(2:48) After being accepted, talks about his motivations and how LaGCC supported his goals
(3:08) In 1980, he had decided he wanted to learn more about computers and his parents sent him to New York from Haiti, talks about that experience
(4:05) Had Professor Washington for his first course Intro to Computers. Describes Professor Washington as a teacher and role model about
(5:06) Talks about the quality technology resources at the college and being ahead of other colleges
(6:48) In regard to the social setting here at LaGCC – “your friends were from different backgrounds and we were all students we could talk to one another.”
(7:43) Charlotin discussed the counselors and how that worked with the Coop Ed PROGRAM
(9:32) Talks about his first internship at UAPC/University Application Processing Center in Brooklyn and his current work at UAPC at LaGuardia.
(11:20) Talks about the Coop Seminar and guidance he had received.
(14:05) Most of the teachers here at LaGCC take the time with students. Goes on to describe several areas and departments of the college that he had help from when he was a student here.
(15:20) Was a member of a student club, mentions Ed Hollis, Luis Merchant of Student Services.
(19:03) Spoke about the opening of the E building, how that made the college bigger, and how in his opinion made the college more professional and attractive to more students.
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, 25th Anniversary, Oral History, Charlotin, Enock, Cooperative Education, Students, Immigration
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LaGuardia Community College (New York, N.Y)
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