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															LaGuardia in the Headlines
WALLET HUB
November 3, 2025: Daryl Griffin, Student Life Manager for Veteran Services, LaGuardia Community College/CUNY, shares strategies veterans can use to ease the transition from active military duty to ordinary life.
NEW YORK TIMES
October 31, 2025: Samson Bodapati, an adjunct professor [of Natural Sciences] at LaGuardia Community College and a resident of Jackson Heights, shared his thoughts on the Interborough Express (IBX)—a proposed 14-mile light rail line connecting Jackson Heights in Queens to Sunset Park in Brooklyn.
COMMUNITY COLLEGE DAILY
October 29, 2025: The Amazin’ Mets Foundation, led by philanthropist and Mets Owner Alex Cohen, has awarded $30,000 in scholarships to LaGuardia students for the 2025–26 academic year. The Amazin’ Mets Foundation Scholarship Fund is administered by the LaGuardia Community College Foundation.
CUNY-TV
October 23, 2025: Finca La Florecita, LaGuardia’s urban farm, yielded over 3,000 pounds of produce this summer, much of it distributed to those in need via LaGuardia CARES. The segment begins at 12:34 and features interviews with Chelsea Encababian, director of Sustainable Urban Agriculture, and Brendan Parker, a student farm crew member. The program was founded by Dr. Preethi Radhakrishnan, director of Environmental Science.
Campus Updates
For Press Information:
- Elizabeth Streich
office: (718) 482-6131
cell: (347) 229-8674
estreich@lagcc.cuny.edu - Manuel (Manny) L. Romero, Ed.D.
office: (718) 482-5061
cell: (480) 235-3366
mlromero@lagcc.cuny.edu 
				



