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Title: It's On - Janeth Pinto Exit Interview
Description: Professor Hugo Fernandez interviews Janet Pinto from the English Language Center (TELC) for her "Exit Inerview"
Subjects: , Pinto, Janeth, The English Language Center
Publisher: WLGR Web Radio

Title: African-American Literature Marathon- February 1976
Description: Faculty and students attend the African-American Literature Marathon
Subjects: , Talent Show, Puttin on the Hits
Publisher: LaGuardia Community College

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: Faculty Council Newsletter, 1993 June
Description
Subjects: , Faculty Council, Governance, The Goldstein Report
Publisher: LaGuardia Community College

Title: Faculty Council Newsletter, 1978 April
Description: Faculty Council Newsletter.
Subjects: Faculty Council--Shenker, Joseph, Executive Board of the Faculty Council Meeting

Title: Newsletter of the Third World Faculty and Staff Association of LaGuardia Community College, 1990 Spring, Summer
Description
Subjects: , Third World Faculty and Staff Association, Mentoring in education, South Africa, Bring students together in common enterprise from the Editor's Desk, Prezeau, Maryse, Voices of Freedom (Book)
Publisher: LaGuardia Community College

Title: Pluralism News, 1995
Description
Subjects: , LaGuardia Task Force on Pluralism, Sterotyping and the Law
Publisher: LaGuardia Community College

Title: Pluralism News, 1994 Spring
Description
Subjects: , LaGuardia Task Force on Pluralism, Task Force on Pluralism Lecture Series, Grants, Language Resource Directory, Bias, Racism, New York City Technical College, Diversity, International Studies, LGBT
Publisher: LaGuardia Community College

Title: The English Language Center Literary Magazine 2019 June
Description: The English Learning Center, LaGuardia College College
Subjects: , The English Language Center (TELC)
Publisher: LaGuardia Community College

Title: Newsletter of the Third World Faculty and Staff Association of LaGuardia Community College, 1991 Winter, Spring
Description
Subjects: , Third World Faculty and Staff Association, Bowen, Raymond C., Under God (Book), Chinese New Year, ;Comprehensive Regional Center for Minorities (CRCM), Watson, Sandy, Education, Welfare recipients, Cross-Cultural Black Women's Studies Summer Institute
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: Provosts Spotlight 6 - Bebe McCormack and Marisa Klages-Bombich
Description
Subjects: , ELA, English Department, McCormack, Bebe, Klages-Bombich, Marisa, Radio Talk Show
Publisher: WLGR Web Radio

Title: TELC Student Literary Magazine 2015 Winter
Description
Subjects: , Student newspapers and periodicals, The English Language Center (TELC)
Publisher: LaGuardia Community College

Title: Connecting Threads Online Showcase
Description: Due to COVID-19, the opening showcase for Connecting Threads: Fashion Identity in a Global World was held via zoom. Conecting Threads is a collaboratory exhibit between LaGuardia Community College Fine Arts Program and Bard Graduate Center. The online exhibit can be found here: http://bgcxlaguardia.bgcdml.net
Subjects: Fine Arts, Bard Graduate Center

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: Barbara Carson
Description: Barbara Carson first came to LaGuardia Community College as a student, but returned as a tutor and stayed on in a variety of teaching and administrative positions. Timestamp summary: (00:42) In 1981, Barbara Carson graduated from LaGCC and at time of interview works in the Theatre department. (1:26) Came to LaGCC for Secretarial Science talks about her decision to switch to Liberal Arts to concentrate on teaching. (3:24) Talks about the coziness and supportiveness of the college, describes the M-Building and the Cooperative Education Division in the L & P Building over the pizza factory (4:17) After she graduated from LaGCC, Carson attended a 4 year college but missed the sense of involvement and encouragement from LaGCC. (4:44) Professor Marian Arkin offered Carson a job in the Writing Center as a tutor, Carson talks about how that affected her educational decisions. Goes on to describe courses and internships (6:48) Describes the Coop Seminar and how it prepared students for the transition between school and work and how to think of your career over the long term. (7:54) Talks about student life on campus (9:21) Gives examples of her personal/direct interactions faculty as a students and how they directed her toward literature and teaching. (10:17) Describes the student body, describes the students as having very realistic goals and going to LaGuardia for the purpose of education for a career. (11:17) Talks about working at LaGuardia while completing a bachelors’ degree at Queens College and the differences between the two schools (13:42) Covers her positions as Assistant to the Dean and Assistant to the Theatre Director and her want to help students (15:01) In 1988/89 she teaches Basic Reading in the Communication Skills department and talks about her positive experience as a teacher (16:14) Talks about how the college has in expanded in size over the years (17:42) “The 25th Anniversary theme sums it up – Tradition of innovation – LaGCC has never been afraid of trying something new if it benefits the student.” Total time is 18:48
Subjects: , 25th Anniversary, Oral History, Carson, Barbara, Students, Writing Center
Publisher: LaGuardia Community College (New York, N.Y)