LaGuardia Community College

Exploring AI & Cybersecurity with Python: Free 4-Day Virtual Seminar!
2025-10-31 14:30 - 16:00 (America/New_York) | Online (Zoom), NY United States, NY, United States
CyberNinjas, in collaboration with CUNY 2X Tech Academy at LAGCC, invites you to a free 4-day virtual seminar – “Exploring AI & Cybersecurity with Python” – to learn how AI, Python, and Cybersecurity connect through hands-on projects. You’ll learn the fundamentals of Artificial Intelligence using Python and explore how AI is applied in cybersecurity through interactive exercises and real-world examples. The seminar starts on Friday, October 17th, 2025.
All students are welcome—no prior experience required!
Schedule:

Day 1: Introduction to AI, Cybersecurity & Python Basics: Friday, October 17, 2025, from 2:30 p.m. – 4 p.m.
Day 2: Python for AI – Logic, Loops & Lists: Friday, October 31, 2025, from 2:30 p.m. – 4 p.m.
Day 3: Machine Learning & AI in Cybersecurity: Wednesday, November 12, 2025, from 2:30 p.m. – 4 p.m.
Day 4: Project Day: Friday, November 21, 2025, from 2:30 p.m. – 4 p.m.

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For more information, contact Doyel Pal at dpal@lagcc.cuny.edu.

LHI - Professional Development: Digital Marketing
2025-11-03 11:45 - 12:45 | Online (Zoom), NY United States, NY, United States
All students are welcome!
Curious about how to make a difference in the world around you? This workshop will help you explore how to raise awareness for causes you care about—using real-life examples from LHI’s local and global partners whose work aligns with this year’s theme: People, Prosperity, Planet.
You’ll walk away with ideas, inspiration, and ways to get involved on campus—while also sharpening your communication and leadership skills.
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For more information, contact Sada Jaman at sjaman@lagcc.cuny.edu.

LHI Professional Development
2025-11-03 11:45 - 12:45 | Online (Zoom), NY United States, NY, United States
Learn how to use Canva and other digital marketing tools to make an effective campaign for social good!
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For more information, contact the Center for Career and Professional Development at career@lagcc.cuny.edu.

Mindfulness Meditation Mondays
2025-11-03 12:00 - 12:30, 2025-11-10 12:00 - 12:30 | Online (Zoom), NY United States, NY, United States
Curious to explore the possibility of generating greater well-being for yourself and others through mindfulness meditation? Organized by The LaGuardia Mindfulness Project, join us for Mindfulness Meditation sessions on Mondays & Thursdays at 12pm & Wednesdays at 8pm. Open to faculty, staff, and students! Sessions include instruction, meditation, and discussion with Q/A. These sessions are here to support you, whether you have a practice or are curious to start one.
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For more information, contact the Women’s Center & LGBTQ+ Hub at womencenter@lagcc.cuny.edu.

Kaplan Educational Foundation: Kaplan Leadership Program Virtual Information Session
2025-11-03 14:15 - 15:15 | Online (Zoom), NY United States, NY, United States
Join Kaplan’s recruitment and selection specialist to learn more about what this unique scholarship program has to offer you. Through this program, you will be part of a selective community of students who have access to advising, financial, and professional development that will begin at LaGuardia and continue onto your bachelors program.
At this session, you will learn more about the program, application, and selection process.
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For more information, contact the Transfer Engagement Initiative at transfer@lagcc.cuny.edu.

AI and Career Exploration / Planning
2025-11-03 14:15 - 15:15 | Online, NY, United States
Unlock the future of work with our dynamic workshop on AI & Career Exploration. This session is designed to empower participants with the tools, insights, and strategies to navigate the evolving job market using artificial intelligence. Whether you’re exploring career paths, building your personal brand, or preparing for job applications, this workshop will help you leverage AI to make smarter, more confident decisions.
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For more information, contact the Center for Career and Professional Development at career@lagcc.cuny.edu.

Drop In, Stand Out: Resumé Reviews on the Go (Tuesdays in the E-Atrium)
2025-11-04 14:00 - 15:00 | E-Building, Atrium, 31-10 Thomson Avenue, Long Island City, NY, 11101, United States
Need a quick resume check? Stop by during our Resume Hour for a fast, personalized review—no appointment needed! Whether you’re updating your resume or getting ready for an upcoming job fair, we’re here to help you stand out.
For more information, contact the Center for Career and Professional Development at career@lagcc.cuny.edu.

Calpulli Adults 50+ Dance Workshop & Final Presentation
2025-11-04 14:00 - 16:00 | E-Building, E-242, 31-10 Thomson Avenue, Long Island City, NY, United States
Join Calpulli Mexican Dance Company starting on October 21, 2025 for a 5-week dance program. Classes will be held Tuesdays at 2pm. All levels welcome!
This five-week workshop series – led by Calpulli Mexican Dance Company in partnership with Sunnyside Community Center – will concluse with a special final presentation featuring the vibrant seniors of Sunnyside, showcasing the skills, stories, and traditions they’ve embraced through Mexican folkloric dance.
Rooted in LPAC’s mission to engage historically underrepresented communities, this workshop series honors older adults who are often overlooked in arts programming by creating a joyful space for movement, connection, and cultural expression. Through Calpulli’s expert guidance, participants explored traditional Mexican dance forms, building confidence, community, and a deeper understanding of heritage.
The final performance is not only a celebration of their journey but also a reflection of LPAC’s commitment to preserving cultural traditions while fostering inclusivity and intergenerational connection.
We invite you to witness their hard work and join us in applauding these inspiring performers as they take the stage!
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For more information, contact the LaGuardia Performing Arts Center at lpacboxoffice@lagcc.cuny.edu.

Vassar College Exploring Transfer Virtual Information Session
2025-11-04 14:15 - 15:30 | Online (Zoom), NY United States, NY, United States
Join upstate liberal arts college, Vassar College on Tuesday, November 4, 2025 at 2:15 p.m. to learn more about this unique summer immersion program. Exploring Transfer is a unique 4.2 week summer immersion opportunity for students who are seeking experiences to learn what it is like to attend a small liberal arts campus outside of NYC. This program is fully-funded and takes place in June/July 2026. The application is open December 15, 2025. Applicants will need to be nominated by a faculty, academic advisor, or TEI representative; TEI can assist you with this component.
For students who are considering competitive transfer colleges, this is an opportunity to build their resume, expand their network, and stand out amongst peers.
To learn more: https://offices.vassar.edu/exploring-transfer/
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For more information, contact the Transfer Engagement Initiative at transfer@lagcc.cuny.edu.

7th Annual Hunger Banquet
2025-11-05 11:45 - 13:00 | E-Building, Poolside Cafe, 31-10 Thomson Avenue, Long Island City, NY, 11101, United States
Step into a powerful, interactive experience at the 7th Annual Hunger Banquet, where students will explore global food insecurity and food justice through guided discussion and role play. This immersive event challenges participants to consider the inequalities in food access both locally and around the world. Lunch will be served to the first 100 attendees.
Immediately following the banquet, the Food Day Fair will celebrate community, wellness, and sustainability with hands-on activities and educational booths from programs across the college. Light snacks will be available as you connect with peers, explore food-focused initiatives, and learn how to take action on and off campus.
For more information, contact Cynthia Vazquez at cvazquez@lagcc.cuny.edu.

Mindfulness Meditation Wednesdays (In-Person)
2025-11-05 12:00 - 12:30 | M-Building, MB-08, 31-10 Thomson Ave,, Long Island City, NY, 11101, United States
Curious to explore the possibility of generating greater well-being for yourself and others through mindfulness meditation? Organized by The LaGuardia Mindfulness Project, join us for Mindfulness Meditation sessions in-person on Tuesdays 12-12:30pm or Wednesdays from 12-12:30pm. Open to faculty, staff, and students! Sessions include instruction, meditation, and discussion with Q/A. These sessions are here to support you, whether you have a practice or are curious to start one.

For more information, contact Deema Bayrakdar at dbayrakdar@lagcc.cuny.edu.

Admissions Campus Tour and Information Session
2025-11-05 12:00 - 13:00, 2025-11-11 12:00 - 13:00 | C-Building, Room C-102: Admissions Workshop Room, 29-10 Thomson Ave, Queens, NY, 11101, United States
The combined campus tour and information session is a unique opportunity to see our facilities in person. Attendees will learn about our programs and all that we have to offer our students. This is also a great way to learn more about LaGuardia’s 60+ comprehensive academic programs and services, unique academic calendar (12-week and 6-week sessions), scholarship and financial aid options, and our admissions process.
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For more information, contact Admissions at admissions@lagcc.cuny.edu.

Philosophy Ideas Exchange
2025-11-05 12:00 - 14:00 | E-Building, Lobby, 31-10 Thomson Avenue, Long Island City, NY, 11101, United States
LaGuardia’s Philosophy Program hosts a marketplace of ideas engaging in free-flowing discussion. Meet your local philosophers by Starbucks in the C-Building Lobby as we wonder about questions big and small!
For more information, contact Dana Trusso at datrusso@lagcc.cuny.edu.

Design Your Career Roadmap and Letter to Your Future Self
2025-11-05 12:00 - 14:00 | C-Building, C-248, 29-10 Thomson Ave, Long Island City, 11101, United States
In this interactive workshop, students will reflect on their goals, strengths, and interests to develop a personalized career plan. Students will also write a letter to their future self as a powerful tool for motivation, accountability, and self-discovery. Students will walk away with a clearer vision of their future and the first steps to achieve it.
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For more information, contact the Center for Career and Professional Development career@lagcc.cuny.edu.

Creative Writing Club Meetings featuring Desiree Cooper and Minda Honey
2025-11-05 14:00 - 15:00 | Online (Zoom), NY United States, NY, United States
The Creative Writing Club welcomes emerging and established writers to write, for free, in a communal and welcoming space. Please join us from 2-3 p.m., via Zoom, for forty minutes of dedicated writing time.
Our Wed., Oct. 1 meeting will feature award-winning writer Desiree Cooper. Our Wed., Oct. 8 meeting will feature acclaimed journalist Minda Honey. Our guests will talk about their work for the first few minutes, and then we’ll spend forty minutes writing, before regrouping at the end. Zoom information for the meeting is below.
Desiree Cooper is a 2015 Kresge Artist Fellow, Pulitzer Prize-nominated journalist, former attorney, and editor of the groundbreaking 2026 anthology, Black Summers: Growing up in the Urban Outdoors. Her fiction, poetry and essays have appeared in The New York Times, Oprah Daily, MSNBC Daily, Flash Fiction America 2023, Michigan Quarterly Review, The Rumpus, River Teeth, Best African American Fiction 2010, and noted in The Best American Essays 2019. Cooper’s children’s picture book, Nothing Special, is a 2023 Paterson Prizewinner and included on the New York Public Library’s “10 Best Children’s Books of 2022.
Minda Honey’s (she/her) essays on politics and relationships have appeared in Harper’s Bazaar, the Los Angeles Review of Books, the Washington Post, the Guardian, the Oxford American, Harvard’s Nieman Storyboard, and Longreads. Her work is featured in “Burn It Down: Women Writing About Anger”, “A Measure of Belonging: 21 Writers of Color on the New American South”, and “Sex and the Single Woman: 24 Writers Reimagine Helen Gurley Brown’s Cult Classic.” Her debut memoir, THE HEARTBREAK YEARS (Little A, October 2023), is a hilarious and intimate portrait of a Black woman finding who she is and who she wants to be, one bad date at a time. She also sends out a weekly newsletter, MID., about being mid-life and mid-career.
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For more information, contact Dr. Rochelle Spencer at rspencer@lagcc.cuny.edu.

How to be an Ally 101
2025-11-05 14:00 - 15:00 | E-Building, E-500, 31-10 Thomson Avenue, Long Island City, NY, 11101, United States
This training will provide an overview of what it means to be an ally towards the LGBTQIA+ community, policies within CUNY to protect LGBTQIA+individuals, and LaGuardia resources available to LGBTQIA+ students and allies.
For more information, contact the Women’s Center & LGBTQ+ Hub at womencenter@lagcc.cuny.edu.

7th Annual Food Day Fair
2025-11-05 14:00 - 16:00 | E-Building, Atrium, 31-10 Thomson Avenue, Long Island City, NY, 11101, United States
the Food Day Fair will celebrate community, wellness, and sustainability with hands-on activities and educational booths from programs across the college. Light snacks will be available as you connect with peers, explore food-focused initiatives, and learn how to take action on and off campus.
For more information, contact Cynthia Vazquez at cvazquez@lagcc.cuny.edu.

ECO-Lounge
2025-11-05 14:00 - 17:00 | M-Building, M-144, 31-10 Thomson Avenue, Long Island City, NY, 11101, United States
The ECO-Lounge is a student-centered space within the Environmental Science Program that offers workshops, networking opportunities, and professional development activities. It serves as a hub for students to explore careers in agriculture, environmental science, and sustainability, while building skills through resume clinics, guest speakers, and community engagement events. In partnership with Casa de las Americas.
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For more information, contact Omar Salas at omar.salaslopez62@lagcc.cuny.edu.

Social Science Career Day
2025-11-05 14:30 - 15:30 | Online (Zoom), NY United States, NY, United States
Members of the Social Science faculty (Criminal Justice, Psychology, Sociology, History, Economics, Political Science, Anthropology), Academic Services, and the Career Center will discuss the many different career options for students majoring in Social Science subjects. This free, online event is a great opportunity to learn what you can do with a Social Science degree!
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For more information, contact Adam Thomas at adam.thomas58@lagcc.cuny.edu.

ACCES Pre-ETS Career Readiness Seminar series
2025-11-05 14:30 - 16:30 | E-Building, E-501, 31-10 Thomson Avenue, Long Island City, 11101, United States
It’s a seminar for students seeking a job opportunity or an internship
For more information, contact Carolina Lenes Arreola at clenesarreola@lagcc.cuny.edu.

Weekly Support Circle
2025-11-05 15:30 - 16:30 | M-Building, MB-08, 31-10 Thomson Ave,, Long Island City, NY, 11101, United States
Join us on Wednesdays for a weekly Support Circle at the Women’s Center & LGBTQ+ Hub – a no judgement space where students can share, connect, and take a breather. Together we will talk about stress, coping, the ups and downs of student life, the craziness of the world right now—and remind ourselves that community makes it easier. All are welcome!
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For more information, contact the Women’s Center & LGBTQ+ Hub at womencenter@lagcc.cuny.edu.

Mindfulness Meditation Wednesdays
2025-11-05 20:00 - 20:30 | Online (Zoom), NY United States, NY, United States

Philosophy, Science, and Religion Forum
2025-11-06 10:30 - 12:00 | Online (Zoom), NY United States, NY, United States
The Humanities and Natural Sciences Departments are pleased to announce the 12th Annual Philosophy, Science, and Religion Forum at LaGuardia Community College.
What if the universe we know is only one of countless worlds? How do science, religion, and philosophy together make sense of beginnings, infinity, and the unknown? Join keynote speaker Dr. Mary-Jane Rubenstein (Wesleyan University) for a thought-provoking keynote address followed by an enthusiastic discussion. Students, faculty, and staff are invited to bring curiosity and questions for a morning of conversation that stretches imagination beyond familiar horizons.
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For more information, contact Dana Trusso at datrusso@lagcc.cuny.edu.

Mindfulness Meditation Thursdays
2025-11-06 12:00 - 12:30 | Online (Zoom), NY United States, NY, United States

BMEC Barbershop Series: The Fade of Stress: Barbershop therapy: mental health, stress, and resilience
2025-11-06 14:15 - 15:15 | M-Building, MB-06, 31-10 Thomson Ave, Long Island City, NY, 11101, United States
BMEC invites you to join our Barbershop Series for engaging and insightful discussions where you can connect, build community, and discuss issues that impact the Black and Latino communities — all while enjoying some food along with free haircuts/shape-up. All are welcome!
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For more information, contact Rachel Romain at rcharles@lagcc.cuny.edu.

Women Winning at the Net!
2025-11-06 18:00 - 20:15 | M-Building, Gymnasium, 31-10 Thomson Avenue, Long Island City, NY, 11101, United States
Come out and cheer on the LAGCC Red Hawks at the opening Women’s Basketball game!
Don’t be caught without a safety net!
Be one of the first 50 people and receive your own sporty CUNY swag bag filled with toiletries!
For more information, contact the Women’s Center & LGBTQ+ Hub at womencenter@lagcc.cuny.edu.

Virtual Friday One Stop Enrollment Office (Zoom)
2025-11-07 10:00 - 15:00 | Online (Zoom), NY United States, NY, United States
Get help with admissions, financial aid, international students services, testing, registrar/registration and general information, assistance and referrals on Fridays by a single zoom link.
Virtual Office Zoom Link
For more information, visit www.laguardia.edu/enrollment-management or email the Enrollment Management Division at laguardianews@lagcc.cuny.edu.

MoneyBoss: Planning for College Transfer
2025-11-10 10:30 - 11:30 | E-Building, E-111, 31-10 Thomson Avenue, Long Island City, NY, 11101, United States
Join the MoneyBoss Team as we show you resources to plan for transferring to a 4-year school.
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For more information, contact Anne O’Reilly at moreilly@lagcc.cuny.edu.
