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Perspective, 1977 November
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Description
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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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Day Care, Bellamy, Carol, Shenker, Joseph, Dietary Technician Program, Gymnasium, Commencement, Manes, Donald R., Alumni Association, Art Department, Jamaican Culture and Heritage, Beame,Abraham, Leff, Elaine, Shenker, Joseph--Weaver, James
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Perspective, 1974 June 28
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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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Bond, Julian, Shenker, Joseph, Board of Higher Education, Commencement, Occupational Therapy Program, College Senate, Shenker, Joseph
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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, 1974 February
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Description
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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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Fiorello's Flute, 1979 January
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Fiorello's Flute was the student newspaper of LaGuardia Community College, running from 1974 to 1981. It superseded The Bridge.
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Science Department--Shenker, Joseph, Student Council, Student Services, Womens Week, Student Clubs, Placement office, Career Resource Center, Student Activities, Shenker, Joseph, Talent show, Pat, Mary, NYPIRG, Nader, Ralph, Cooperative Education
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LaGuardia Community College (Long Island City, N.Y.)
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Umoja Kwaguvu
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Umoja Kwaguvu was the Coordinator of Student Activities, a long time staff member and a Family Institute Adjunct. He was involved in organizing many events in the early college years.
Timestamp summary of interview [Follows Gil Muller interview on VHS tape]:
(41:37) Professor Umoja Kwaguvu began to work in LaGCC in 1972, starting in the Veterans Program teaching English, and then moving to Student Services in 1974.
(43:40) Covers organizing theatre shows, student parties and flyering the college buildings for events
(45:03) “The Main building was like a factory and there was a little room there they called Student Activities.”
(46:00) Talks about all night movie festivals that were organized, the mix of students and faculty at the events
(49:33) “We could do almost anything we wanted to do. Bureaucracy had not set in yet.”
(51:12) Describes African American Reading Marathon – President Shenker said we were to do something for the 1976 Bicentennial. The event had people continuously reading from February 1st-8th for 200 hours straight.
[Archivist Note: Institutional Archives has photographs of the African American Reading Marathon in the photograph collection]
(58:38) Became fulltime Coordinator in Student Activities in 1976.
(58:53) Describes organizing trips to: Stratford, Connecticut; Montreal, Canada; Jamaica; Brazil; Europe (London, Paris, Rome). Trips were focused on opening students up to the world, many who never left New York City before
(01:02:53) Student Services had a performing arts Marathon in the late 1980s/early 90’s. LaGuardia was a regional representative at the Bob Hope Talent Show in 1977/78
[Archivist Note: Institutional Archives also has photographs of the Bob Hope Talent Show in their photograph collection]
(01:05:30) Talks about having prominent figures visiting the college including: the comedian Dick Gregory, Judge Bruce Wright, Yolanda King (Dr. King’s daughter), and Attallah Shabazz (Malcolm X’s daughter).
(01:13:29) Direction and guidance for events and programs came from the Director of Student Activities – Leo Newball
(01:16:20) Talks about the change of events that happened when Student Activities became Student Life
(01:80:00) Describes his experience working with students and the changes in the student body, and political in.
(01:21:31) Covers the 1989 student takeover and other protests, where students occupied parts of the campus in protest over rising tuition. Describes the students as militant but non-violent during these events.
(01:23:40) He discussed what he thought made LaGCC different – "Students get training fit for work – see them professionally doing their work – anywhere you go you find LaGuardia people"
(01:25:10) End
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Kwaguvu, Umoja, Kwaguvu, Umoja, 25th Anniversary, 25th Anniversary, Oral History, Oral History
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LaGuardia Community College (New York, N.Y)
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The Progress Note 1980 Winter
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Description
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The Progressive Note
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Shenker, Joseph, Alumni, Moed, Martin, New York Education Council, NYSOTA (New York State Occupational Therapy Conference), Self Assessment Services, Faculty News, Goldman, Isidora
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Cooperative Times, Summer 1986
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Description
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Cooperative Times was the newsletter of the Cooperative Education division at LaGuardia Community College.
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Equitable Bag Co., E-Building, Office Technology department, International High School, Vassar Summer Institute, Sunnyside Home Care Project, Traditional Dinner, Cooperative Education, Williams, Dorrie, Shenker, Joseph
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