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- Title
- Dorrie Williams
- Description
- Dorrie Williams at the time of the interview was Associate Dean of Cooperative Education. He talks about establishing the Cooperative Education program at the College, the changes in the college, and the future of work. Timestamp summary of VHS interview: (1:16) Talks about work experience at IBM before coming to LaGCC, finding out about the college and coming in for an interview. (2:27) Meets with Sheila Gordon at the new college, and said he thought he went to the wrong address – “it was not a college”. Goes on to describe the M-Building in its original condition as an empty factory. (5:57) He also meets with Gordon’s co-worker Ben Baim. There were only 2 people and the secretary that made up Cooperative Education. (6:50) They could not hire Williams until they hired the Dean of Cooperative Education – The Dean would make the final decision – but they would recommend Williams to the Dean. (7:29) After an interview with Dean Harry Heinemann Williams was hired and started working on May 1, 1971. (7:55) Williams said, that summer there was lots of work in terms of recruiting. (8:52) He said, Cooperative Education was on the 3rd floor of the Main building, along with all of the other college offices. (9:19) President Joseph Shenker (Williams also mentions Dr. Rose Palmer) had mandated the Cooperative Education program for all students and built the mission of the college around the concept. (10:56) LaGCC had a division of Cooperative Education at the Deans level – reporting directly to the President. (12:28) They had looked around the country at other established Cooperative Education programs at Antioch College in Ohio, and Northeastern University in Boston. Also looked at BMCC’s (Borough of Manhattan Community College) program in the CUNY system. (13:40) Talks about hiring new staff and the general excitement at the college- coming right out of the 60s (15:31) Williams spoke about the history of the idea of cooperative education history starting from the University of Cincinnati – LaGCC looked at all theories and spoke about how to attract students in Western Queens. (17:49) Speaks about the curriculum and relevant education. (18:48) Williams discussed technology and the work environment beginning to change – “We as a society had to better prepare our future workers.” (21:35) He said they all sat down, himself, Dean Heinemann, Sheila Gordon, Ben Bain, and other members and agreed to build a marketing plan. (23:17) Williams said they were lucky to have companies here in the Metropolitan Area - they had established a brochure for Cooperative Education. (29:00) Talks about contacting CEOs or Human Resources managers in the first few years of the college “We would send literature of who we were and what we needed and would get back to them.” (41:43) Williams discussed the changes over the first 25 years of the college– society having evolved, the college growing, and changes in student demographics, especially in the end of the 1970s to the mid-1980s. (50:26) Williams discussed the year 1990 and the changing future of work (52:33) Discussed students learning to work and interact with others. (55:16) Summarizes the Cooperative Education program and how the college served as a model for Coop Education worldwide.
- Subjects
- , 25th Anniversary, Oral History, Williams, Dorrie, Cooperative Education
- Publisher
- LaGuardia Community College (New York, N.Y)
- Title
- Perspective, 1985 Fall
- 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
- Middle College High School, Program for Deaf Adults, E-Building, Continuing Education, Community History Program, Cuomo, Mario, LaGuardia, Fiorello, Rawson Street Station, LaGuardia apple, Theater program, CUNY Campaign
- Title
- Perspective, 1981 Spring
- 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
- Enrollment, Speakers Bureau, Community History Program, Williams, John, Construction, Food Service Management, Animal Technology, Renovation, University Faculty Senate, Professional Staff Congress, Gallingane, Gloria
- 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, Education-Senior Citizens, Grants, Commencement
- Title
- Fiorello's Flute, 1976 April 19
- Description
- Fiorello's Flute was the student newspaper of LaGuardia Community College, running from 1974 to 1981. It succeeded The Bridge.
- Subjects
- Middle College High School, Continuing Education, Student Clubs, Bicentennnial Festival, Photo contest, T.A.R., Cooperative Education, Afro-American Culture Club, CUNY Caws Contest Winners, Recreation Center, Intercambio Cultural Club, Daycare Center, CUNY Budget Cuts, Kwanguvu, Umoja, Shenker, Joseph, Minter, Jerolyn, Farrell, Catherine
- Publisher
- LaGuardia Community College (Long Island City, N.Y.)
- Title
- The Bridge, 1990 February
- 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
- , Math Team, Academic Calendar, Student Press, Student Visas, E-Building, Early Childhood Learning Center, Black History
- Publisher
- LaGuardia Community College (Long Island City, NY)
- Title
- Fiorello's Flute, 1977 February
- Description
- Fiorello's Flute was the student newspaper of LaGuardia Community College, running from 1974 to 1981. It succeeded The Bridge.
- Subjects
- American Chicle Company factory explosion--Shenker, Joseph, Student clubs
- Publisher
- LaGuardia Community College (Long Island City, N.Y.)
- Title
- Fiorello's Flute, 1975 October 14
- Description
- Fiorello's Flute was the student newspaper of LaGuardia Community College, running from 1974 to 1990. It superseded The Bridge.
- Subjects
- Cooperative Education, CUNY budget cuts, S-Building, Continuing Education, Recreation Center, Extended day, Center for Afro-American Studies, Open Enrollment, Minter, Jerolyn, Newball, Leo, Hamilton, William, Farrell, Catherine, Berman, Alan, Kwanguvu, Umoja, Shenker, Joseph--Hamilton, William--Newball, Leo, Shenker, Joseph, Hamiltion, William
- Publisher
- LaGuardia Community College (Long Island City, N.Y.)
- Title
- The Bridge, 1983 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
- , Student Government, Jackson, Jesse, Scholastic Press Association, King Martin Luther, Jr., Income distribution, Soviet-American Relations, Bookstore, LEDO, Extended Day, Deans List, Miller, Edith
- 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
- 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, 1974 November 6
- 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
- Human Services, Parking, Armiger, Susan, Construction, American Association of Higher Education, Lieberman, Janet
- Title
- Perspective, 1977 January 10
- 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
- CUNY Mobilization, Social Sciences, Smoking, American Chicle Company factory explosion, African American History, Basketball game broadcasting, Bulletin
- Title
- Newsletter of the Third World Faculty and Staff Association of LaGuardia Community College, 1989 Fall
- Description
- Subjects
- , Third World Faculty and Staff Association, Urquhart Yvette C., African American Women, Bathsheba (Poem), A Dry White Season (Motion picture), Miles (Book), Bowen, Raymond C, Opening Sessions, Change and Renewal
- Publisher
- LaGuardia Community College
- Title
- Newsletter of the Third World Faculty and Staff Association of LaGuardia Community College, 1990 Winter
- Description
- Subjects
- , Third World Faculty and Staff Association, Paton, Alan, Mandela, Nelson story, Bowen, Raymond C., The Phillis Wheatley Book Program for Africans, Perez, Jorge, Drugs and Community, Wu, Clara, PSC CUNY, Driving Miss Daisy (Motion picture), Panama--History--American Invasion, 1989
- Publisher
- LaGuardia Community College
- Title
- The Bridge, 1988 Winter
- 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
- Middle College High School, Classroom Evaluation, Student Government, Jobward Bound, Continuing Education, Berman, Alan, Computer Science Department, Cooperative Education, Travel and Tourism program, Showcase Gallery, Black History Month, Student Activities, Basketball Team, The Student Government, Recreation Department, Choir, Gallery Showcases, Construction, Psychology, Poetry, Radio Station, Theatre, Walk on Crack, Williams, John
- Publisher
- LaGuardia Community College