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Sandra Watson
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Sandra Watson Director of Family Staff (at time of interview) talks about her experience in the Division of Adult and Continuing Education and as a counselor in the Veterans Program
(00:46) Sandra Watson spoke about the founding of LaGCC in the early 1970s -- a period when people struggled during the Civil Rights movement and CUNY was in position to respond – at a time for women and people of color wanted to come into the institution -- it was a time after the Vietnam War.
(2:23) Goes on to describe the student body
(2:47) Talks about her coming to LaGuardia Community college as a vocational counselor for the Veterans Programs.
(4:05) Came to LaGCC in 1974 and said it was a very exciting place. Talks about the Great Hall, Leonard Saremsky who would drive up in his motorcycle right up to the door; tennis courts in the back; partitions separating the space, no offices – a feeling of oneness.
(4:47) Talks about Joseph Shenker’s age and the overall young staff.
(5:43) The Division of Adult and Continuing Education was written in the Governance Plan – the arm to reach out to the community – a community that was very diverse.
(6:53) Speaks about Adult and Continuing Education creating programs which would later be turned into degree programs – The Dean of Adult and Continuing Education was Ann Marcus, Sandra spoke about different faculty lines in Adult and Continuing Education and support for President Shenker.
(8:18) Sandra said, most of the people in the division ran program areas and knew how to write grants.
(8:47) Mentions the Single College Concept
(9:38) “We were told we could fail, we could try, we could experiment”
(11:22) Discusses the Veteran’s Program and says it was one of the most challenging programs she ever worked in. Talks about how the counseling and workshops were organized
(14:14) Mentions that the Veteran’s program was not funded for the first time in 24 years (1996), in her opinion due to the sharp conservative political turn in government
(15:11) Talks about how ACE programs were funded, developed and community involvement in the process. Discusses the Deaf Program
(17:55) Speaks about Fern Kahn
(18:19) Speaks about collaborating with funding agencies and city agencies
(19:19) Goes in depth about the Deaf Program and its diversity
(22:31) Discusses the continual need for space in the college, the Great Hall, moving offices
(25:44) Speaks about changes in the college now and before, and innovation and LaGCC.
(30:11) She also discussed changes and development of programs for changes and the community. Sandra spoke about Queens and the development of programs and going to the community – Children’s College was built.
(30:11) Mentions the change of the ESL program – credit and non-credit programs.
(36:11) She discussed the college and its growing older.
(37:04) Sandra says she comes to a place where she works with social problems and social change – happy to be here. The institution is for the students.
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, 25th Anniversary, Oral History, Watson, Sandra, Veterans Affairs, Adult and Continuing Education, Program for Deaf Adults
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LaGuardia Community College (New York, N.Y)
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Fiorello's Flute, 1980 February 14
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Description
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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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Tuition, Seekers Club, Financial Aid, Registration, CUNY Board of Trustees, Student Development Center, Talent Show, Student Activities, Veterans Affairs, Military Draft, Plagiarism
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LaGuardia Community College (Long Island City, N.Y.)
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Fiorello's Flute, 1974 February
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Description
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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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Subjects
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Hamilton, William, Veterans Affairs, Textbook Prices, Poetry, Cooperative Education, Recreation Department, Human Rights Day, Commencement Committee, Human Rights Day, Student Services, Kwanguvu, Umoja--Shenker, Joseph, Minter, Jerolyn, Internships, Shenker, Joseph, Minter, Jerolyn
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LaGuardia Community College (Long Island City, N.Y.)
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Perspective, 1972 October
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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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Subjects
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Governance Plan, Food Market Course, Veteran's Affairs, The Army Pictorial Center, Lieberman, Janet, Moed, Martin, Hamilton, William
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Perspective, 1989 January
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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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E-Building, Tradition Dinner, LaGuardia Lecture Series, Business Computer Major, Enrollment, Groundbreaking, Construction, Hurricane Gilbert Relief Drive, External Affairs, Center for Business Careers and Values, LaGuardia and Wagner Archives, Horn, Dan, Shenker, Joseph, Moed, Martin
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Fiorello's Flute, 1977 June
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Description
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Fiorello's Flute was the student newspaper of LaGuardia Community College, running from 1974 to 1981. It succeeded The Bridge.
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The Humanist, Liberal Arts, Daycare Center, Veterans Affairs, Education-Prisons, Radner, Gilder, Photo Club, Social Essence Club, Peer Counseling festival, Talent Show, Student Activities, Murray, Bill
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LaGuardia Community College (Long Island City, N.Y.)
