March 20, 2024: On Rikers Island, LaGuardia Community College students teach and learn. Program led by Cory Rowe, an associate professor of Criminal Justice at LaGuardia.
Nine LaGuardia Community College Students Named Semi-finalists for Prestigious Jack Kent Cooke Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship LONG ISLAND CITY, NY (March 14, 2024) — Nine students from LaGuardia Community College/CUNY have been selected as semi-finalists for the prestigious Jack Kent Cooke
March 14, 2024: LaGuardia President Kenneth Adams and Con Edison Chairman and CEO Tim Cawley are co-authors of an op-ed about forging alliances to train New York’s diverse clean energy workforce.
March 11, 2024: LaGuardia is one of four organizations awarded more than $4M from Con Edison to train over 1,200 participants from underserved communities for careers in clean energy and technology fields over the next three years. In addition, LaGuardia
March 11, 2024: City & State’s 2024 Queens Power list includes LaGuardia President Kenneth Adams, who has helped the college focus on its strengths in technology and business since stepping into the leadership role four years ago.
March 11, 2024: The LaGuardia Performing Arts Center’s 2024 Rough Draft Festival, March 4-23, celebrates emerging artists.
LaGuardia Performing Arts Center Presents 11th Annual Rough Draft Festival, March 4-23
LaGuardia Performing Arts Center Presents 11th Annual Rough Draft Festival, March 4-23 LONG ISLAND CITY, NY (March 11, 2024) — The LaGuardia Performing Arts Center (LPAC) at LaGuardia Community College/CUNY (LAGCC) presents the 2024 Rough Draft Festival, a celebration of
March 7, 2024: The NCLEX-Registered Nurse ELL program at the Center for Immigrant Education and Training (CIET) at LaGuardia Community College prepares internationally trained nurses to work as Registered Nurses in New York State.
March 6, 2024: LaGuardia Professor Reem Jaafar co-writes an op-ed with State Senator Andrew Gounardes of Brooklyn (D26), advocating for more New York State funding to help students with disabilities achieve college success.
LaGuardia Community College Celebrates Women’s History Month with “HERStory in the Making”
LaGuardia Community College Celebrates Women’s History Month with “HERStory in the Making” LONG ISLAND CITY, NY (March 6, 2024) — LaGuardia Community College/CUNY will celebrate Women’s History Month in March with HERStory in the Making, a series of events highlighting the
LaGuardia Community College Hosts “Meet Mayor LaGuardia” Event, April 4
LaGuardia Community College Hosts “Meet Mayor LaGuardia” Event, April 4 LONG ISLAND CITY, NY (March 6, 2024) — LaGuardia and Wagner Archives at LaGuardia Community College/CUNY is hosting an event highlighting the history, achievements, and personality of the college’s namesake –
LaGuardia Community College Theater Students Earn Accolades at KCACTF Region 1
LaGuardia Community College Theater Students Earn Accolades at KCACTF Region 1 LONG ISLAND CITY, NY (March 5, 2024) — LaGuardia Community College/CUNY Theater students earned accolades at regionals for the 2024 Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival (KCACTF). Each year, KCACTF
March 4, 2024: Shayy Soprano, who holds an associate degree in Theatre from LaGuardia and a bachelors in Music and Business Administration from York College, launched her recording career in 2021. She recently released her latest single, El Numero Uno.
March 4, 2024: Success Program Launch: LaGuardia Community College is linking President’s Society alumni.
LaGuardia Community College’s 13th Annual Robert Fitch Memorial Lecture to Feature Historian Robin D. G. Kelley LONG ISLAND CITY, NY (March 4, 2024) — The 13th Annual Robert Fitch Memorial Lecture at LaGuardia Community College/CUNY will be delivered by historian
LaGuardia in the Headlines: March 2024
AM NEW YORK March 29, 2024: In an op-ed, CUNY Chancellor Félix V. Matos Rodríguez calls the $116.2 million grant from the Steven & Alexandra Cohen Foundation to LaGuardia Community College a testament to the value of CUNY’s community colleges
Con Edison Awards Grants to Train New York’s Next Clean Energy Workforce
Con Edison Awards Grants to Train New York’s Next Clean Energy Workforce LaGuardia Community College selected as one of four grant recipients LONG ISLAND CITY, NY (February 29, 2024) — Con Edison, as part of its ongoing commitment to usher in
February 29, 2024: On her Facebook show (beginning around 12:55), reporter Monica Morales speaks with Dr. Rhonda Mouton, director of LaGuardia CARES, a program at LaGuardia Community College that helps get students the resources they need.
February 28, 2024: Jayashree Kamblé, an English professor at LaGuardia Community College and president of the International Association for the Study of Popular Romance, on the relatively new genre ‘romantasy’ has captured readers’ imagination.
February 25, 2024: Dr. Joni Schwartz-Chaney, professor at LaGuardia Community College, writes about why she teaches critical race theory.
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February 24, 2024: Onaje J. Muid, adjunct assistant professor at LaGuardia, spoke about how community healing groups can help people heal from racial wounds together and strengthen each other, during a panel discussion on the importance of reparations and healing
LaGuardia Community College Welcomes New Class of Internationally Trained Nurses for NCLEX-RN ELL Program NEW YORK (February 23, 2024) — LaGuardia Community College/CUNY and the New York City Department of Small Business Services (SBS) celebrate the start of SBS’s 2024
February 23, 2024: LaGuardia Launches 36th Year of Summer Youth Employment Program.
February 22, 2024: LaGuardia Community College basketball player Arthur Dukes is named the City University of New York’s Athletic Conference Player of the Year for the 2023-24 season.
February 20, 2024: Arthur Dukes, CUNY’s player of the year, went through hard times before he broke out at LaGuardia Community College.
February 18, 2023: LaGuardia Community College professor and sex educator Herbert Samuels (now retired) quoted in article.
February 15, 2024: LaGuardia Performing Arts Center Presents ‘Working: A Musical’
February 15, 2024: This month the LaGuardia Performing Arts Center is presenting five performances of “Working: A Musical,” the 1978 Tony-nominated musical that was updated with some new music in 2012.
February 14, 2024: The Exploring Transfer program at Vassar College is a summer intensive that immerses currently enrolled community college students in an academically rigorous environment. It was started in 1985 through a partnership with LaGuardia Community College.
February 14, 2024: LaGuardia’s romance professor is interviewed on romance bookstores popping up all over America.
February 13, 2024: Dr. Jayashree Kamblé, LaGuardia professor and president of the International Association for the Study of Popular Romance, on five myths about romance fiction.
February 12, 2024: LaGuardia Community College, Congresswoman Nydia Velázquez, and NY Sun Works celebrate opening of hydroponic research lab.
February 10, 2024: Arthur Dukes Jr. had made three false starts at college before becoming the star player for LaGuardia Community College’s scrappy new team.
LaGuardia Launches 36th Year of Summer Youth Employment Program
LaGuardia Launches 36th Year of Summer Youth Employment Program LaGuardia SYEP hopes to serve 3,500 New Yorkers ages 14-24; Applications due March 1 LONG ISLAND CITY, NY (February 9, 2024) — LaGuardia Community College/CUNY expects to serve 3,500 New Yorkers
February 8, 2024: LaGuardia Community College’s Arthur Dukes has dominated Division 3 men’s basketball despite spending part of the year homeless. Thankfully, he has a temporary place to live thanks to LaGuardia’s partnership with Airbnb.
February 8, 2024: LaGuardia Community College basketball star scores big on and off the court.
February 8, 2024: LaGuardia Community College President Kenneth Adams attended a February 1 celebration of $10 million in funding for Long Island City from the state’s Downtown Revitalization Initiative.
February 7, 2024: LaGuardia President Kenneth Adams stands with Queens Borough President Donovan Richards, City Council Member Julie Won, and other community leaders, celebrating $10 million awarded to the Long Island City Partnership (LICP) to revitalize Long Island City.
LaGuardia Performing Arts Center Presents “Working: A Musical”
LaGuardia Performing Arts Center Presents “Working: A Musical” Tickets on sale now for shows on February 15, 16, 23, and 24 LONG ISLAND CITY, NY (February 6, 2024) — The LaGuardia Performing Arts Center (LPAC) at LaGuardia Community College/CUNY will
February 6, 2024: Gospel music hall of famer Bishop Hezekiah Walker headlined a benefit concert for NYC Kids RISE at the LaGuardia Performing Arts Center.
February 5, 2024: Formerly homeless star basketball player Arthur Dukes has a temporary place to live thanks to a partnership between Airbnb and LaGuardia Community College.
February 2, 2024: LaGuardia’s star basketball player Arthur Dukes was homeless until Rhonda Mouton of LaGuardia CARES hooked him up with a temporary living situation in Brooklyn through the college’s partnership with AirBnB. In December, Mouton helped set in motion
February 2, 2024: Gov. Kathy Hochul announced that students enrolled in the certified medical administrative assistant program at LaGuardia will be eligible for their schools’ Tuition Assistance Programs.
LaGuardia in the Headlines: February 2024
PIX11 NEWS February 29, 2024: On her Facebook show (beginning around 12:55), reporter Monica Morales speaks with Dr. Rhonda Mouton, director of LaGuardia CARES, a program at LaGuardia Community College that helps get students the resources they need. CNN/ MSN
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