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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: Sandra Watson
Description: 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.
Subjects: , 25th Anniversary, Oral History, Watson, Sandra, Veterans Affairs, Adult and Continuing Education, Program for Deaf Adults
Publisher: LaGuardia Community College (New York, N.Y)

Title: NYPH Staff photo
Description: "I am an adjunct Professor of Nursing at LAGCC and also a bedside nurse. I cared for adult patients admitted to the New York Presbyterian Hospital ICU where I work. In the attached photo, I am the guy [on the left] with his right thumb up."
Subjects: COVID-19 Experience, New York Presbyterian Hospital, Nurses, Nursing Program

Title: The Bridge, 1982 November
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: , Tuition, Campus Safety, Cooperative Education, Accounting Resources Center, Vassar College program, Mathematics Department, Health Center
Publisher: LaGuardia Community College (Long Island City, NY)

Title: The Bridge, 1983 March
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: , Budget Cuts, Aviation High School, Subway, TAR, Bookstore, IRS, Student Government, Campus Safety, Cooperative Education, Bilingual Education, Baker, Ella, Black History Month, Vietnam, Theatre, The Rolling Stones, Poetry, Williams, John, The Adult Basic Education Program/new program for deaf and non-deaf students consists of workshops and courses, Writing Center, Rodriguez, Migdalia, Human Services Department, Student Government, Cafeteria, Student Activites, Recreation Department, Chess, 10K Race
Publisher: LaGuardia Community College (Long Island City, NY)

Title: The Bridge, 1988 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: Tuition, Campus Safety, Cooperative Education, Accounting Resources Center, Vassar College program, Mathematics Department, Health Center, Williams, John
Publisher: LaGuardia Community College

Title: The Bridge, 2017 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: , Marshall, Helen, Sanctuary Coalition, The Latin Culture Symposium, Photography Program, Poetry Workshop, Creative Writing Read-a-Thon, Amazigh Film, Berdy, Sean, Queens Correctional Facility, Trump, Donald, President's Society, Rios, Federico, Immigration
Publisher: LaGuardia Community College (Long Island City, NY)

Title: Perspective, 1973 January
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: , Black History Week, Employee Blood Credit Program, Continuing Education courses, Education-Senior Citizens, Grants, Commencements
Publisher: LaGuardia Community College (Long Island City, NY)

Title: Perspective, 1976 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: Construction, Extension Program teaching, Gymnasium, Essay winners, Palmer, Rose