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- Title
- 2011 Innovative Leadership Award - President Mellow, Ed Koch, John Vest and Monica Morales
- Description
- 2011 Innovative Leadership Award - President Mellow, Ed Koch, John Vest and Monica Morales
- Subjects
- , Mellow, Gail, Koch, Edward, Vest, John, Morales Monica, Innovative Leadership Award
- Publisher
- LaGuardia Community College
- Title
- Perspective, 1973 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
- Williams, John A., Hamilton, William, Photography exhibits, Hamilton, William
- Title
- Perspective, 1974 November 27
- 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
- Parking, Who's Who, Basketball-The Flyers, Prohibiting classroom smoking and eating, Williams, John A., LaGuardia Writing Workshop
- Title
- Perspective, 1975 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
- 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
- Title
- The Gadfly 2011
- Description
- Subjects
- , Illusion (Philosophy), Hume, David, Urmson, J. O., Literature--Philosophy
- Publisher
- LaGuardia Community College (Long Island City, NY)
- Title
- Fiorello's Flute, 1976 June 1
- Description
- Fiorello's Flute was the student newspaper of LaGuardia Community College, running from 1974 to 1992
- Subjects
- Math Department--Stevenson, John O., Voting, Student Clubs, Student Exchange, Student Activities
- Publisher
- LaGuardia Community College (Long Island City, N.Y.)
- Title
- Fiorello's Flute, 1977 May 6
- Description
- Fiorello's Flute was the student newspaper of LaGuardia Community College, running from 1974 to 1981. It succeeded The Bridge.
- Subjects
- Art Department, Student clubs, Student Council, Radner, Gilda, Student Activities
- Publisher
- LaGuardia Community College (Long Island City, N.Y.)
- Title
- Fiorello's Flute,1980 April 8
- Description
- Fiorello's Flute was the student newspaper of LaGuardia Community College, running from 1974 to 1981. It succeeded The Bridge.
- Subjects
- Talent Show, Moed, Martin, Recreation Department, Students with Disabilties, CUNY budget cuts, Social Science Department, Registration, Military draft, Health Fair, Choir, Teach in, Music Program, Student clubs, Student Activities, Financial Aid
- Publisher
- LaGuardia Community College (Long Island City, N.Y.)
- Title
- LaGuardia Insider 1996 Spring
- Subjects
- Family College, ACE, 25th Anniversary, Watson, Sandra, Cyril, Janet, Buckley, John, Boris, Edna, Carson, Barbara, Kahn, Arlene, Williams, John, Watson, Sandra, Heitner, Joan, Gottlieb, Michael, McMillian, Freeman, Kydd, Janice, Polizzi, Frances, Hamada, George
- Title
- LaGuardia Insider 1997 Spring
- Subjects
- 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
- Title
- Cooperative Times, Summer 1986
- Description
- Cooperative Times was the newsletter of the Cooperative Education division at LaGuardia Community College.
- Subjects
- 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
- Title
- President Shenker and Father John Paulas
- Description
- President Shenker and Father Paulas at an event
- Subjects
- , Shenker, Joseph, Father Paulas, John
- Publisher
- LaGuardia Community College
- Title
- Jason Owen 1
- Description
- A portrait of Mr. John Vogt, Regional Director of Operations for White Castle with a work member from White Castle are standing in front of the White Castle on Queens Boulevard in Long Island City, New York
- Subjects
- , Fast food restaurants--United States, Long Island City (New York, N.Y.), Black-and-white photography, Portrait, Vogt, John, Alumni
- Publisher
- LaGuardia Community College
- Title
- Johnny Tsang 1
- Description
- Mr. John Vogt, Regional Director of Operations for White Castle holding his LaGuardia Community College ID card from the early years of the college
- Subjects
- , Fast food restaurants--United States, Long Island City (New York, N.Y), Vogt, John, Alumni
- Publisher
- LaGuardia Community College
- Title
- Johnny Tsang 3
- Description
- Mr. John Vogt, Regional Director of Operations for White Castle standing behind the counter in White Castle speaking to a customer
- Subjects
- , Fast food restaurants--United States, Vogt, John, Long Island City (New York, N.Y.), Alumni
- Publisher
- LaGuardia Community College
- Title
- Andy Saluga
- Description
- Andy Saluga was the College's first Recreation Coordinator Timestamp summary of video: (0:00)Andy was very active when he attended college at Western New York State in 1968 to early 1970s. He was involved in the Student Government and in civil rights. He had decided to leave the college because of issues at the university and may have been shutting down. (2:57)He had worked in construction in the 1970s and was then offered a teaching assistant position at an elementary school. He had liked to help people. (3:38)Andy had attended a special program at Hunter College in 1974 and then came to LaGuardia to attend a program here at the college. Andy didn’t realize there was a college here. He met Fern Khan and Rich Homes a counselor here at LaGCC. The college had been convenient for him to attend from where he was living. (5:36) Andy began to take courses here at LaGCC in education. He had liked the diversity here at the college. In 1976, the Main building was under construction “The Great Hall” was also under construction. It had been used for recreation. (6:36) Andy had graduated with an Associate degree in Education and received encouragement from professors. (7:46)The college had been much smaller and faculty, counselors and Cooperative Education staff all worked together as a team. Andy had worked at the elementary school with 1st and 2nd graders, and had attended college in the evening. The Board of Education was in fiscal crisis and cuts were being made which would not allow Andy to keep his position at the elementary school. Andy was offered an hourly position at LaGCC and had worked with Professor Irwin Feifer. (13:49) The college was awarded a grant and Andy was able to keep his position. He had worked at the Career Resource Center and was hired as a staff member. He had worked with students to provide them with information. In 1977, Andy was appointed to the professional staff and continued his work at the Career Resource Center. (16:08) The college had celebrated its 10th Anniversary and he had worked with the Recreation department on the 10K Race. Andy had been recommended to work at the Recreation department in the 1980s and had joined the department. In the early years of the college, there had not been a recreation facility. They had used “The Great Hall” as the site for recreation. In 1977, there was a new recreation facility. (18:02) Recreation was a voluntary program. The college didn’t offer physical education courses. The LaGCC Recreation department opened 6 days, morning until night and the opportunity to visit is all day long and the pool is also open. (19:48) LaGCC stressed for space so the Recreation area was used as a social space. (21:06) “With increases in enrollment members of the college were asked to talk about any dreams they had for the college. The Recreation department gave the idea of the swimming pool, to the college space committee. Because of 31st Street being closed, we were able to have the swimming pool. We could not have a fitness center in the E building, but the swimming pool was very popular a good decision.” (24:06)Various activities would go through cycles, roller skating during the disco era. Basketball, handball, indoor soccer the Recreation department tried to respond to needs. (25:35)The weight room had intimidated people who didn’t know about weight training, especially female users were not comfortable. Plans were made for a fitness center to have more women using the facilities, they wanted to draw women to the facility. (27:41) “[LaGCC] is always the place to be – the attitude is all things are possible. People of LaGCC are very special and remarkably diverse.” (31:20) “People work hard here at [LaGCC]. [LaGCC] has a sense of community as we get bigger and older I hope we can maintain that.” (32:05) Total time
- Subjects
- , 25th Anniversary, Oral History, Saluga, Andy, Recreation Department
- Publisher
- LaGuardia Community College (New York, N.Y)
- Title
- Gil Muller
- Description
- Dr. Gil Muller was Special Assistant to the President at the time of the interview and overall a long time member of the English Department. he talks mainly about the development and changes in the English Department. Timestamp summary of interview: (1:18) Dr. Gil Muller said he had interviewed for LaGCC in the Winter of 1970 here in New York City at the annual Modern Language Association Meeting. At the time, Muller had lived in Berkeley, California and had taught overseas after graduate school. (6:25) Talks about first seeing the college and meeting President Joseph Shenker (6:34) “It was a very raw factory – it was a college in the making.” (7:26) Muller went back to Berkeley, California and received a formal letter to appoint him as Assistant Professor in Division of Language and Culture. (8:30) Talks about the college orientation in the summer of 1971 to plan for the opening of the College (10:10) They were creating a college from scratch. (10:43) Talks about Prof Harvey Weiner another English professor from the start of the college (11:24) Muller spoke about the courses they had created and spoke about one week Intensives. Talk’s about Professor Judy Gomez “Utopian Society” course in Staten Island, NY and Professor Sarah Barbara’s “Wilderness Experience” course in the Catskills of New York. (14:41) Muller spoke about the helicopter ride – circle tour around Manhattan and Long Island City. (17:00) Describes teaching in an environment where construction was happening all round the building. (17:51) Talks about The Great Hall and its many functions (administration, counseling and teaching.) (18:41) Describes the “founding” faculty members of the college, especially their youth and President Shenker’s age. (19:20) Muller talks about the work environment and long hours worked. Mentions open admissions. Talks about off campus food and meeting spots, specifically Brooks Restaurant (20:53) Spoke about the first fiscal crisis (1975/1976). Muller talks about the tenure and discusses President Joseph Shenker and George Groman. (24:30) Talks about the hiring of professors and hiring a diverse group of faculty members. Talks about bringing John A. Williams and Richard Price to the college. Discusses adjuncts at the college. (30:27) Discusses the English department and its courses. (31:48) Talks about the creation of the Faculty Council, college governance and splitting the English Department from the Humanities Department (34:12) Discusses students that were attending LaGCC and changes in the English department’s mission (37:48) Muller spoke about what he thought made LaGCC different – and how the college has adjusted its mission. Ends at 40:30
- Subjects
- , 25th Anniversary, Oral History, Muller, Gil, English Department
- Publisher
- LaGuardia Community College (New York, N.Y)
- Title
- John Hyland
- Description
- John Hyland was a professor in the Social Sciences and an early faculty member. He was very involved with the PSC Union (0:28) John Hyland is a long time member of LaGCC. He started at LaGCC in 1972. (0:42) Professor Hyland discusses the faculty in the beginning of LaGCC. Says it was a very lively faculty and there was a sense of LaGCC being a different college (2:48) Professor Hyland speaks about past faculty of LaGCC. He mentions Tom French who was involved in the student movement of the 1960s and John Cato involved in civil rights activities. Talks about his past as a priest and involvement in community organizing and the welfare rights movement. (4:16) Professor Hyland did his PhD on the formation of LaGuardia Community College. (5:11) Mentions Prof. Lenny Saremsky, (Leonard Saremsky) who was in the Math department. (7:47) Discussed the curriculum, the notion of innovation in the college, and Intensive courses related to the urban environment. He also spoke about the Main Building and about the surrounding area of businesses and companies. (8:43) Professor Hyland described how Intensives were taught. (9:37) Speaks about Social Science department and early faculty interest. (10:28) Talks about the organization of academic departments. The Social Science department started as Personality and Behavior and then became Social Science. (11:58) “LaGCC was established as a Cooperative Education College and [it] was, in some ways, one of the defining characteristics of the college.” (13:09) Talks about how faculty worked collaborated to coordinate teach courses and the Satellite College (14:49) Discusses a course on community control of public education for paraprofessionals. (16:33) Speaks about the curriculum for the Social Science department and Introductory courses. Talks about creating textbooks to fit student’s needs. (24:21) Discusses the fiscal crisis in 1975 and how the college shut down for two weeks. (27:19) Speaks about the late 1980s and 1990s fiscal crisis and it effects. (29:42) Discusses student enrollment and diversity in the early years and the 1980s. (34:06) Says there was a strong population at LaGCC of female students, women going to college and women and the workforce. (34:44)Says there was a variety of programs and Cooperative Education was a very strong component at the college and very community oriented. (36:20)Goes over student internships. (41:52)He said the fiscal crisis had taken its toll on innovation at the college, and how that makes the college distinctive.
- Subjects
- Hyland, John, Hyland, John, 25th Anniversary, 25th Anniversary, Oral History, Oral History
- Publisher
- LaGuardia Community College (New York, N.Y)