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LaGuardia in the Headlines: March 2022


ONEIDA DAILY DISPATCH
March 31, 2022: Former LaGuardia president Dr. Gail O. Mellow will give Hamilton College’s 2022 commencement address

MISCELLANY NEWS
March 30, 2022: LaGuardia helped Vassar College launch the Exploring Transfer Program for community college students almost 40 years ago

WNYC RADIO
March 29, 2022: Interview with LaGuardia Biology Professor Dr. Priyantha Wijesinghe

QUEENS DAILY EAGLE
March 28, 2022: LaGuardia supports the revitalization of Newtown Creek where students do environmental science research

NEW YORKER
March 26, 2022: Expanded CUNY funding could enable more New Yorkers to benefit from programs like LaGuardia’s Fatherhood Academy

BROOKLYN EAGLE
March 23, 2022: LaGuardia President Kenneth Adams named to “Higher Ed Power 100” list

QUEENS DAILY EAGLE
March 23, 2022 With $4.6M in federal funding, LaGuardia and Queens College are creating the Queens STEM Academy

QUEENS LATINO
March 23, 2022 Queens STEM Academy Launches to Help Latino and Low-Income Students

INSIDE HIGHER ED
March 23, 2022: LaGuardia launches a new initiative to grant college credits for skills gained outside the classroom.

UNIVISION
March 21, 2022: President Adams on how LaGuardia is working to bring students back to school.

AM NEW YORK
March 21, 2022: LaGuardia and Queens College are launching the Queens STEM Academy (Q-STEM).

SPECTRUM NEWS NY1
March 18, 2022: LaGuardia President Adams on benefits of expanding TAP to part-time students

QUEENS LATINO
March 17, 2022: Earning her A.A. at LaGuardia before transferring to NYU saved Ecuador-native Gabriela Barzallo García thousands of dollars in student loan debt.

NOTICIA EL CORREO
March 14, 2022: LaGuardia clasificada como la mejor Universidad Comunitaria para Hispanos en Queens (LaGuardia Ranked Best Community College for Hispanics in Queens)

DUNYA INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY NEWSPAPER
March 11, 2022: Amazon to Offer Tuition Benefits for Hourly Employees Who Enroll at LaGuardia

QUEENS LATINO
March 10, 2022: LaGuardia: 'The best college for Latino students'

AMSTERDAM NEWS
March 10, 2022: What an international student learned from the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses Fellows program at LaGuardia.

PATCH
March 9, 2022: LaGuardia is the Top Community College for Hispanics in Queens

DIVERSE: ISSUES IN HIGHER EDUCATION
March 8, 2022: New Amazon Initiative at LaGuardia and 7 CUNY Colleges

NOTICIA EL CORREO
March 8, 2022: LaGuardia and Queens College collaborate to create the new Queens STEM Academy

THE PENNY HOARDER
March 8, 2022: Amazon Increases Tuition Reimbursement for Study at 180 Schools including LaGuardia

DUNYA INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY NEWSPAPER
March 4, 2022: LaGuardia Launches an Innovative Effort to Re-Engage Former College Students

QNS
March 4, 2022: Amazon offers tuition benefits for hourly employees who enroll at LaGuardia

QUEENS LATINO
March 4, 2022: "LaGuardia is ready to help hourly employees at Amazon earn college degrees,” said President Adams.

INDEPENDENT EN ESPAÑOL
March 3, 2022: What LaGuardia is doing to help prevent young fathers from dropping out of college

QUEENS CHRONICLE
March 3, 2022: LaGuardia students can apply for paid internships at EmblemHealth or Mount Sinai via One Hundred Black Men of New York

MARKETWATCH
March 3, 2022: Amazon to provide tuition-free education perk for workers at LaGuardia/CUNY & other select U.S. colleges

QNS
March 3, 2022: LaGuardia unveils new effort to re-engage former college students

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
March 3, 2022: LaGuardia is one of eight CUNY colleges where Amazon hourly workers can earn their college degrees tuition-free.

FORTUNE
March 3, 2022: Amazon workers can now attend LaGuardia for free

QUEENS GAZETTE
March 2, 2022: LaGuardia President Kenneth Adams unveiled the Credits for Success Initiative to encourage working-age New Yorkers with some college but no degree to resume their education

LOHUD
March 1, 2022: As part of a statewide push for a green energy workforce, LaGuardia will prepare 50 low-income students from Brooklyn and Queens to work as offshore wind technicians


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