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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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Raymond Schoenberg
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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.
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, 25th Anniversary, Oral History, Schoenberg, Raymond, Registrar, Great Hall, M-Building
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LaGuardia Community College (New York, N.Y)
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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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LaGuardia Insider 1997 Spring
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University of Santa Domingo, Theater program, 25th Anniversary, Natural and Applied Sciences Department, Mathematics Department, COPE, Gallo,Jose, Co-operative Education, International High School, 25th anniversary, Hall of Flags, Gottlieb, Michael, Deer-Sterling, Carolyn, Elliot, Richard, Farrell, Catherine, Melick, John, Bowen, Raymond, Eicholz, Gunther
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LaGuardia Insider 1997 Winter
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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
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LaGuardia Insider 2000 Spring
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Mellow, Gail, Sunnyside Chamber of Commerce, Beame Abraham, Technology in high education, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Education in prisons, Adult and Continuing Education, Library, Web-based instruction, Agbim, Ngozi, Cyril, Janet
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