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Perspective, 1976 March
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Perspective was a newsletter published every two weeks to keep the campus informed about current activities. It ran from 1972 to the 1990's.
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Holtzman, Elizabeth, Commencement, Moed, Martin, Harrison,Goldin, Who's Who, Bicentennial flags, Human Services, Queens clergy, Committee on College Restructing, Continuing Education courses, Shenker, Joseph, Brady, Dorothy, Wittek, Emil
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Perspective, 1989 January
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Perspective was a newsletter published every two weeks to keep the campus informed about current activities. It ran from 1972 to the 1990's.
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E-Building, Tradition Dinner, LaGuardia Lecture Series, Business Computer Major, Enrollment, Groundbreaking, Construction, Hurricane Gilbert Relief Drive, External Affairs, Center for Business Careers and Values, LaGuardia and Wagner Archives, Horn, Dan, Shenker, Joseph, Moed, Martin
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LaGuardia Community College Media Studies News: Episode 2
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This week the our news team takes a look back at the history of LaGuardia Community College.
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Celentano, Holly, 40th Anniversary of LaGuardia Community College, Katopes, Peter, Mellow, Gail, Shenker, Joseph, LaGuardia, Fiorello, Enrollment
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Sandra Watson
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Sandra Watson Director of Family Staff (at time of interview) talks about her experience in the Division of Adult and Continuing Education and as a counselor in the Veterans Program
(00:46) Sandra Watson spoke about the founding of LaGCC in the early 1970s -- a period when people struggled during the Civil Rights movement and CUNY was in position to respond – at a time for women and people of color wanted to come into the institution -- it was a time after the Vietnam War.
(2:23) Goes on to describe the student body
(2:47) Talks about her coming to LaGuardia Community college as a vocational counselor for the Veterans Programs.
(4:05) Came to LaGCC in 1974 and said it was a very exciting place. Talks about the Great Hall, Leonard Saremsky who would drive up in his motorcycle right up to the door; tennis courts in the back; partitions separating the space, no offices – a feeling of oneness.
(4:47) Talks about Joseph Shenker’s age and the overall young staff.
(5:43) The Division of Adult and Continuing Education was written in the Governance Plan – the arm to reach out to the community – a community that was very diverse.
(6:53) Speaks about Adult and Continuing Education creating programs which would later be turned into degree programs – The Dean of Adult and Continuing Education was Ann Marcus, Sandra spoke about different faculty lines in Adult and Continuing Education and support for President Shenker.
(8:18) Sandra said, most of the people in the division ran program areas and knew how to write grants.
(8:47) Mentions the Single College Concept
(9:38) “We were told we could fail, we could try, we could experiment”
(11:22) Discusses the Veteran’s Program and says it was one of the most challenging programs she ever worked in. Talks about how the counseling and workshops were organized
(14:14) Mentions that the Veteran’s program was not funded for the first time in 24 years (1996), in her opinion due to the sharp conservative political turn in government
(15:11) Talks about how ACE programs were funded, developed and community involvement in the process. Discusses the Deaf Program
(17:55) Speaks about Fern Kahn
(18:19) Speaks about collaborating with funding agencies and city agencies
(19:19) Goes in depth about the Deaf Program and its diversity
(22:31) Discusses the continual need for space in the college, the Great Hall, moving offices
(25:44) Speaks about changes in the college now and before, and innovation and LaGCC.
(30:11) She also discussed changes and development of programs for changes and the community. Sandra spoke about Queens and the development of programs and going to the community – Children’s College was built.
(30:11) Mentions the change of the ESL program – credit and non-credit programs.
(36:11) She discussed the college and its growing older.
(37:04) Sandra says she comes to a place where she works with social problems and social change – happy to be here. The institution is for the students.
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, 25th Anniversary, Oral History, Watson, Sandra, Veterans Affairs, Adult and Continuing Education, Program for Deaf Adults
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LaGuardia Community College (New York, N.Y)
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In Transit, v.1, n.2, Spring 2006
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In Transit The LaGuardia Journal on Teaching and Learning, Spring 2006, v.1, n.2
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Computer literacy, Cultural pluralism, Literacy, College Now, Citizenship, Career education, ePortfolio, English language--Study and teaching--Foreign speakers, Education--Immigrants, Libraries, Occupational therapy, Mathematics--Study and teaching, Business and technology, Boris, Edna
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LaGuardia Community College
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In Transit, v.3, Fall 2008
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In Transit The LaGuardia Journal on Teaching and Learning, Fall 2008, v.3
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Education--Immigrants, English language--Study and teaching--Foreign speakers, ePortfolio, College Now, Education, Cooperative, Education (Continuing education), Nursing--Study and teaching (Associate degree), Cultural pluralism, Bukowski, Charles, Creative writing (Higher education), Young, Susan
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LaGuardia Community College
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Perspective, 1974 February
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Perspective was a newsletter published every two weeks to keep the campus informed about current activities. It ran from 1972 to the 1990's.
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Governance Plan, Shenker, Joseph, Middle College, Human Rights Day, Dr, Martin Luther King, Jr. Ceremonies, Peltz, Fillmore K, Shenker, Joseph
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Perspective, 1975 January
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Perspective was a newsletter published every two weeks to keep the campus informed about current activities. It ran from 1972 to the 1990's.
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Higher Education Task Force, Music Department, Army Pictorial Center, OSHA, Speech Clinic, Student Services, The English Language Center, College Senate elections, Cooperative Education, Leff, Elaine, Davidson, Donald, Gallingane, Gloria
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