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September 9, 2024: A groundbreaking program at LaGuardia Community College offers college courses on Rikers Island, equipping individuals behind bars with the skills to reshape their futures. LaGuardia criminal justice professor Dr. Cory Rowe and students involved in the program

September 9, 2024: The NYC Welcome Back Center at LaGuardia Community College serves internationally trained nurses seeking to enter the health care sector in the U.S.

September 5, 2024: Dr. Jessica Perez, director of LaGuardia’s Center for Career & Professional Development, discusses how recommendations in a new report from Georgetown’s Center on Education and the Workforce (CEW) aligns with what LaGuardia is currently doing to prepare

September 2, 2024: Small business owners who participated in the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Business Program at LaGuardia Community College in Queens have secured more than $200 million in capital funds, since the program launched in 2009.

QUEENS GAZETTE September 26, 2024: LaGuardia’s Third Annual 5K Run. LIC POST September 20, 2024: LaGuardia Community College receives $4.5 million for facility upgrades from CM Won. THE GOTHAM CENTER FOR NEW YORK CITY HISTORY September 18, 2024: Dr. Stephen

August 29, 2024: Profile of NYC teen Jahsani Peters, a participant in LaGuardia’s Summer Youth Employment Program (SYEP). For the past two summers, LaGuardia’s SYEP placed him in paid jobs with Community Capacity Development (CCD), a Queens-based nonprofit supporting marginalized

August 29, 2024: With the new school year comes new courses, programs and more at LaGuardia Community College. This includes three courses serving the new Business Administration: Facilities Management major, for students interested in business operations and maintenance for spaces

August 28, 2024: Upon his graduation from LaGuardia Community College, Edward Molina transferred to Columbia University’s School of General Studies.

August 28, 2024: LaGuardia Provost Dr. Billie Gastic Rosado writes that teaching young people about respect, trust, communication, and consent from an early age equips them with the tools that help prevent the development of abuse behaviors and enable young

August 27, 2024: More than $530,000 was awarded to LaGuardia from the National Science Foundation (NSF)’s inaugural Innovation in Two-Year College in STEM Education awards. The project is led by principal investigators Dr. Reem Jaafar (MEC) and Ljubica Depovic (CTL

August 27, 2024: LaGuardia, Northwell Health & Memorial Sloan Kettering to Fill Job Openings.

August 23, 2024: LaGuardia Community College is partnering with New York hospitals to prepare New Yorkers with a high school diploma or the equivalent for entry-level jobs as Central Service Technicians.

August 23, 2024: Ari Richter’s ‘Never Again Will I Visit Auschwitz,’ explores the intersection of his family’s Holocaust history and Jewish identity. He is a professor of Fine Arts at LaGuardia Community College.

August 22, 2024: LaGuardia Community College Lanza Nuevos Programas y Cursos para el Otoño 2024 (LaGuardia Community College Launches New Programs and Courses for Fall 2024)

August 21, 2024: LaGuardia Fine Arts student Nia Lland was one of 14 youth apprentices behind a series of vibrant murals now on display at Queens County Family Court.

August 20, 2024: LaGuardia introduces a new major, academic department, and courses for Fall 2024.

August 20, 2024: LaGuardia Community College Announces New Major, Academic Department and Expanded Course Offerings.

August 19, 2024: Ari Richter is a visual artist and comics creator who’s a professor of fine arts at LaGuardia Community College/CUNY. His debut graphic memoir is ‘Never Again Will I Visit Auschwitz: A Graphic Family Memoir of Trauma &

August 15, 2024: Feature on ‘Never Again Will I Visit Auschwitz,’ a new graphic memoir by Ari Richter, fine arts professor at LaGuardia Community College, part of the City University of New York.

August 2024: As director of LaGuardia CARES, Dr. Rhonda Mouton manages the student support services and emergency funds at LaGuardia Community College, overseeing students receiving funding for books and tuition or money for unmet needs in their daily living expenses,

August 15, 2024: The Queens Film Festival will run from Aug. 22 to 25 at the LaGuardia Performing Arts Center in Long Island City.

August 12, 2024: LaGuardia Community College is partnering with major hospitals to recruit and train New Yorkers for entry-level health care jobs amid a labor shortage. The positions are for Central Service Technicians (CSTs), whose responsibilities include sterilizing tools used

August 9, 2024: Stephen Petrus, director of public history programs at the LaGuardia and Wagner Archives, curated The Battle for Intro. 2: The New York City Gay Rights Bill, 1971 – 1986, a new online exhibit highlighting New York City’s

August 2, 2024: Congresswoman Nydia Velázquez and the U.S. Treasury Department hosted an outreach event for small business owners in Long Island City on August 2 at LaGuardia Community College. 

CHALKBEAT NEW YORK August 29, 2024: Profile of NYC teen Jahsani Peters, a participant in LaGuardia’s Summer Youth Employment Program (SYEP). For the past two summers, LaGuardia’s SYEP placed him in paid jobs with Community Capacity Development (CCD), a Queens-based

July 25, 2024: In March of this year, LaGuardia Community College made headlines by receiving $116.2 million gift from the Steven & Alexandra Cohen Foundation, to develop a cutting-edge workforce training center to increase career and technical training opportunities for

July 21, 2024: Inaugural Animal Science Discovery Program at LaGuardia, a three-week intensive, residential experience, opens pathways for diverse students interested in agriculture and animal science.

July 10, 2024: Caridad Munoz, a new media technology professor at LaGuardia, comments on Meta’s recent interest in small AI models and how it reflects a broader industry focus on efficiency and accessibility in AI, addressing practical and environmental concerns.

July 3, 2024: Jayashree Kamblé, a professor of English at LaGuardia, on the success of romantasy novels, a genre that blends fantasy’s epic quests and mystical characters with romance’s swooning gestures.