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Title: International Insights 1998 Spring
Subjects: Dominican Republic, South American, Dreams for Distant for Distant Shores, A students dream and achievement, Fulbright, Hamada, George, Bowen, Raymond
Publisher: LaGuardia Community College

Title: Raymond Schoenberg, Registrar
Description: Photograph of Raymond Schoenberg
Subjects: , Schoenberg, Raymond
Publisher: LaGuardia Community College

Title: Raymond Schoenberg
Description: At the time of the interview, Raymond Schoenberg was Director of the Registrar Office. He talks in depth about the college’s early years and how the campus developed over the years. Timestamp summary of interview (follows John Hyland’s interview on tape): (45:23) Raymond Schoenberg started at LaGCC in its first semester in Fall 1971. Talks about his career at Hunter College and seeing the sign for Community College Number 9 and his first meeting with Mary Ryan, Assistant to the Dean of Faculty, Freeman Sleeper, Dean of Faculty, Raymond Bowen, Associate Dean of Faculty, and Janet Lieberman, Assistant Dean of Faculty. (47:54) Sees starting at a new college as an opportunity. (48:40) Talks about the Great Hall which had an area to the side for the Registrar Office, it was also used for classes, for tennis and registration, anything that required a large area and it was were all the action was at the college. (50:35) Mentions how faculty would drive their motorcycles into the back of the building and park their bikes in the Great Hall until they left. (51:11) Talks about working during the summer of 1971 and how the Registrar had needed paper. They received paper from the College of Staten Island with the Staten Island logo and had to remind students for several years that LaGCC was not in Staten Island and it was in Queens. (52:38) Says what was unique about LaGCC all the offices would put their feelings and input into the college. Talks about luncheons at a restaurant on Queens Blvd to discuss the policy of the college. (56:00) Mentions that the College Senate was called the Academic Programming Committee. (56:29) Speaks about technology in the workplace and in the Registrar Office at the time and compares his experience to that at Hunter College. (01:00:39) Schoenberg discussed the changes over the years at the Registrar Office. He had left the Registrar in 1983 – he spoke about the functions of the Registrar office. (01:05:06) He also spoke about the college and service with students and the procedures with computers and technology. (01:11:55) Discusses grades and students and the mail and calling systems. (01:12:29) Talks about the college’s need to grow and the different buildings such as the Satellite Building (Sony Building), Center 3 Building, and the L and P Building (01:12:58) He discussed wider CUNY growth in headcount which continuously grows and says there is a tremendous demand on space. (01:20:43) He discusses the importance of Cooperative Education and students. And the word on the street was LaGuardia cared. (01:24:20) Ends on graduation and changes in credits needed to graduate. Schoenberg mentioned technology and student mobility. He also discusses change in later years.
Subjects: , 25th Anniversary, Oral History, Schoenberg, Raymond, Registrar, Great Hall, M-Building
Publisher: LaGuardia Community College (New York, N.Y)

Title: President Raymond Bowen
Description: President Raymond Bowen was president of the college from 1989 to 1999. He talks about his earlier career at the start of the college as Associate Dean and developing the curriculum. Also covers Middle College High School and going to Baltimore to start another Cooperative Education program. Timestamp summary of interview: (00.00) Introduction and talks about career before coming to LaGuardia Community College (2:17) First heard of Community College Number 9 and came in as an Associate Dean (4:59) Talks about planning the curriculum starting from scratch and going to Brooks, the restaurant by Court Square, to sit down and talk about how they wanted to plan out the curriculum. Also goes over the grant for the helicopter ride at the first orientation. (5:47) Describes the conditions of the M-Building before the college was opened and the work done to get the college ready to receive students. (7:24) Talks about the atmosphere of the early years of the college, especially the close relation between faculty and students (9:02) Gets George Hamada to come to the college to set up the Science Department. Also asks Ralph Garrett to join the college and set up the Extended Day Division (10:02) Talks about creating the Mortuary Science program and discusses the Nursing program. (12:42) Sets up a program in the Sony Building and describes “collaboratives” which involved professors team teaching different courses. (15:32) Talks about Division Chairs stopping the cluster teaching. (18:27) Goes into faculty initial concerns over Middle College students using the college’s space. Also describes bringing the Middle College model to Memphis, Tennessee with Janet Lieberman and Cecilia Cullen, and similar faculty concerns they faced there. (19:45) Leaves LaGCC, and helps set up the Cooperative Education Program in Baltimore, Maryland. (20:36) Covers the LUCED Program [?] and money brought to the college for economic development. (21:38) Describes the diversity and changes in the student body. (23:40) Talks about the Pluralism Taskforce and incorporating pluralism into the curriculum. (25:40) Mentions that 80 percent of graduates go on to get their Bachelor’s degree. Finishes with summary remarks on the interview and his outlook on the future of the college.
Subjects: , 25th Anniversary, Oral History, Bowen, Raymond, President's Office
Publisher: LaGuardia Community College (New York, N.Y)

Title: Perspective, 1990 April
Description: Perspective was a newsletter published every two weeks to keep the campus informed about current activities. It ran from 1972 to the 1990's.
Subjects: Tradition Dinner, Middle College High School, Early Childhood Learning Center, LaGuardia, Marie, International High School, Math Team, Children's Theater, Bowen, Raymond, Dukakis, Olympia, Gouletas, Evangeline, Gregory, Claudia, Horn, Dan

Title: Perspective, 1989 September
Description: Perspective was a newsletter published every two weeks to keep the campus informed about current activities. It ran from 1972 to the 1990's.
Subjects: Bowen, Raymond, Commencement, The Liberty Partnership Program, Office of Communications, Program for Deaf Adults, Nolan, Catherine, Program for Business, Vassar program, Theater program, Middle College High School, Cuomo,Mario

Title: The Bridge, 1990 Spring
Description: The Bridge is the student newspaper of LaGuardia Community College. Following Fiorello's Flute, it started in 1982 and continues to run today.
Subjects: Student Protests, Bowen, Raymond, Student Activities, Student Visas, Job Placement Center, College Association, Budget Cuts, Cohen, Ann, Gazzola, Judith
Publisher: LaGuardia Community College

Title: The Bridge, 1990 Fall
Description: The Bridge is the student newspaper of LaGuardia Community College. Following Fiorello's Flute, it started in 1982 and continues to run today
Subjects: , Bowen, Raymond, Library, Program for Deaf Adults, Bowen, Peter, Recycling Program, Spain, Louise, Parker, Terry, Art Department, Student Government
Publisher: LaGuardia Community College (Long Island City, NY)

Title: The Bridge, 1997 Spring I
Description: The Bridge is the student newspaper of LaGuardia Community College. Following Fiorello's Flute, it started in 1982 and continues to run today.
Subjects: 25th Anniversary, Town Hall Meeting, Honors Ceremony, Budget Cuts, College Association, Student Activities, Recreation Department, AIDS, Math Lab, New Science Study Hall, NASA, Davis, Marilyn, Hall of Flags, Bowen, Raymond
Publisher: LaGuardia Community College

Title: International Insights 1999 Spring
Subjects: Moroccan Training, International High School, Foreign Student Office, Sino-American Conference, Williams, Dorrie, Bowen, Raymond
Publisher: LaGuardia Community College

Title: LaGuardia Insider 1997 Winter
Subjects: University of Santa Domingo, Technology in higher education, Family College, ID card, Morretto Gustavo, Hall of Flags, Mellow, Gail, Construction: 25th anniversary, Williams, Dorrie, Lieberman, Janet, Elliot, Richard, Bowen, Raymond

Title: LaGuardia Insider 2000 Winter
Subjects: Bowen Raymond, Queens Urban Partnership, American Sign Language, Matthews, Roberta, Bowen, Raymond

Title: LaGuardia Insider 1998 Spring
Subjects: Middle College High School, Sussman,George, Paramedic program, information Technology, HIV/AIDS, 5K Race, Cunningham, Cecilia, Hamada, George, Lieberman, Janet, Surita, Mukhtar, Schneider, Estelle, Bowen, Raymond, Benjamin, Grace

Title: LaGuardia Insider 1999 Spring
Subjects: Internation education, Internationl High School, Queens Urban Partnership, College Now program, Taxi Drivers Institute, Marketing Posters, The Bridge Newspaper, Middle College High School, Charter Schools, Strategic Plan, Lucca, Louis, Hernandez, Yvette, Lieberman, Janet, Saunders, Will, Bowen, Raymond

Title: Cooperative Times, March 2000
Description: Cooperative Times was the newsletter of the Cooperative Education division at LaGuardia Community College.
Subjects: Cooperative Education--Bowen, Raymond, Graduates