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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)

Title: Enock Charlotin
Description: Enock Charlotin was a student in the Cooperative Education program and talks about his experiences immigrating from Haiti and attending the college. Timestamp summary interview: (1:23) Enock Charlotin came to attend LaGCC in 1989 after his sister referred him to the Cooperative Education program. (2:48) After being accepted, talks about his motivations and how LaGCC supported his goals (3:08) In 1980, he had decided he wanted to learn more about computers and his parents sent him to New York from Haiti, talks about that experience (4:05) Had Professor Washington for his first course Intro to Computers. Describes Professor Washington as a teacher and role model about (5:06) Talks about the quality technology resources at the college and being ahead of other colleges (6:48) In regard to the social setting here at LaGCC – “your friends were from different backgrounds and we were all students we could talk to one another.” (7:43) Charlotin discussed the counselors and how that worked with the Coop Ed PROGRAM (9:32) Talks about his first internship at UAPC/University Application Processing Center in Brooklyn and his current work at UAPC at LaGuardia. (11:20) Talks about the Coop Seminar and guidance he had received. (14:05) Most of the teachers here at LaGCC take the time with students. Goes on to describe several areas and departments of the college that he had help from when he was a student here. (15:20) Was a member of a student club, mentions Ed Hollis, Luis Merchant of Student Services. (19:03) Spoke about the opening of the E building, how that made the college bigger, and how in his opinion made the college more professional and attractive to more students.
Subjects: , 25th Anniversary, Oral History, Charlotin, Enock, Cooperative Education, Students, Immigration
Publisher: LaGuardia Community College (New York, N.Y)

Title: Umoja Kwaguvu
Description: 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
Subjects: Kwaguvu, Umoja, Kwaguvu, Umoja, 25th Anniversary, 25th Anniversary, Oral History, Oral History
Publisher: LaGuardia Community College (New York, N.Y)

Title: C-SPAN Correspondence
Description: A fax from Chuckie Wandu to Patti Zarnowski about C-SPAN taping Richie Havens
Subjects: Wangdu, Chukie, Havens, Richie, C-SPAN, Hall of Flags, 25th Anniversary

Title: Suggested Answers to Question from Media
Description: A guide given to President Bowen suggesting possible answers to questions that may be asked by the media in regards to the Hall of Flags.
Subjects: Hall of Flags, 25th Anniversary

Title: LaGuardia Insider 1995 Spring
Subjects: 25th Anniversary, M-Building:AIDS (Disease), Office Technology, E-Building, Recreation Center, Middle States, O'Pray, Robert, Kydd, Janice, Williams, Dorrie, Mesulam, Harriet, Immergut, Brita, Bowen, Raymond, Blandi, Susan, Stevenson, John

Title: LaGuardia Insider 1996 Winter
Subjects: Strategic Plan, High Schools, 25th Anniversary, Institutional Self Assessment, School to Work program, Robert F. Wagner Institute for the Arts and Technology, Fiber optics, Agbim, Ngozi, Watson, Sandra, Davidson, Donald, Mena, Carol, Kahn, Arlene

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: List of Donated Flags
Description: A list sent out by Irene Sosa of the flags that were donated by the different Permanent Missions to the United Nations to LaGuardia Community College for the Hall of Flags.
Subjects: Hall of Flags, 25th Anniversary

Title: Dedication Ceremony Pamphlet
Description: Pamphlet handed out at the International Hall of Flags Dedication Ceremony. It includes a list of Countries and the lyrics to "Let There be Peace on Earth."
Subjects: Hall of Flags, 25th Anniversary

Title: Unveiling of The Hall of Flags
Description: A "Request for Coverage" sent out by the college to media outlets describing the International Hall of Flags and the upcoming dedication ceremony.
Subjects: Hall of Flags, 25th Anniversary

Title: Call of Hall of Flags Committee Members
Description: A memo from President Bowen inviting the College community to join the Hall of Flags Committee.
Subjects: Hall of Flags, 25th Anniversary

Title: Declaration of Honor
Description: A Declaration of Honor given by Borough President Claire Shulman to LaGuardia Community College to commemorate the unveiling of the Hall of Flags.
Subjects: Hall of Flags, 25th Anniversary

Title: Congratulatory letter from Govenor George Pataki
Description: A letter from Governor George Pataki to LaGuardia Community College congratulating the College community on the creation of the Hall of Flags.
Subjects: 25th Anniversary, Pataki, George

Title: Proclamation by Mayor Guliani
Description: The Proclamation made my Mayor Rudolf Guliani commemorating the dedication of the Hall of Flags
Subjects: Buildings, Hall of Flags, M-Building, 25th Anniversary, Guliani, Rudolf

Title: Flag of Malta donation
Description: A letter from Victor Pace of the Permanent Mission of Malta to the United Nations to President Bowen thanking him for the invitation to the Hall of Flags dedication with the Flag of Malta enclosed.
Subjects: Hall of Flags, Flag of Malta, 25th Anniversary

Title: Gabonese Flag donation
Description: Letter from Ambassador Yvonne Walker-Borobo of the Permanent Mission of the Gabonese Republic to the United Nations to Dehlly Porras in regards to donating the Gabonese Flag.
Subjects: Gabonese Flag, Hall of Flags, 25th Anniversary

Title: Phillippine Flag donation
Description: Letter from the Consulate General of the Philippines for the donation of the Philippine Flag to the Hall of Flags
Subjects: Phillippine Flag, Hall of Flags, 25th Anniversary

Title: Croation Flag donation
Description: Letter from Antun Golik to President Bowen in regards to the Croatian flag donation.
Subjects: Croatian Flag, Hall of Flags, 25th Anniversary

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