PIX11
October 30, 2024: With a new urban farm, Finca La Florecita, on the LaGuardia Community College campus, the college is offering a new major in Sustainable Urban Agriculture.

STAMFORD ADVOCATE
October 29, 2024: October is National Domestic Violence Awareness Month. LaGuardia Provost Dr. Billie Gastic Rosado, who serves on the board of directors for the Domestic Violence Crisis Center in Stamford, CT, writes about the public health epidemic of domestic violence.

INSIDE HIGHER ED
October 25, 2024: LaGuardia Community College students can intern with the Columbia University Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center. This is one of many examples of schools and outside organizations working to provide opportunities to community college students who lack experiential learning.

CUNY-TV’s A SLICE OF NEW YORK
October 24, 2024: Rosa Figueroa, director of the Small Business Development Center at LaGuardia Community College, gives advice on starting a small business (starts at 16:28).

QUEENS POST
October 23, 2024: LaGuardia Community College announces new President’s Society cohort.

STUDENT AFFAIRS TODAY
October 21, 2024: How Rhonda Mouton, Ed.D., director of LaGuardia CARES, steps up for college students facing challenges.

NEW YORK TIMES
October 20, 2024: “Never Again Will I Visit Auschwitz,” a graphic memoir published by Ari Richter [professor of fine arts at LAGCC], embeds his grandparents’ stories of escape within his own of assimilation and privilege in the United States.

LIC POST
October 17, 2024: LaGuardia Community College announces $1.5M Friedman Fund to support non-citizen students.

CITY LIMITS
October 9, 2024: The New York City Council is providing funding to LaGuardia Community College for some of its ESOL classes.

QUEENS LEDGER
October 8, 2024: The new Monopoly: Queens Edition focuses on landmarks in Queens including LaGuardia Community College.

QNS
October 5, 2024: LaGuardia Community College is a featured spot on the new Monopoly: Queens Edition. It is the only school on the board.

WNYC THE BRIAN LEHRER SHOW
October 3, 2024: LaGuardia’s Welcome Back Center helps immigrants learn English and put their professional skills to work in the U.S. The program is free for students, thanks in part to funding from NYC’s Department of Small Business Services. Interview with John Hunt, assistant dean for Pre-College Academic Programs at LaGuardia.

NEW YORK AMSTERDAM NEWS
October 3, 2024: LaGuardia Community College women’s volleyball is part of its athletic rebirth.

MSN
October 1, 2024: LaGuardia is one of four community colleges nationwide working with the Education Alliance for Semiconductor Experiential Learning (EASEL), a new program to train workers to fill in-demand jobs in semiconductor production.

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