"Campus Update" is a weekly e-newsletter published by LaGuardia's Division of Communications and External Affairs to provide news and information to the college community. | | The Division of Communications and External Affairs offers various additional resources to help you share news with the campus, including an event calendar, photography, graphic design, and more. | | Staff and faculty from the LaGuardia and Wagner Archives, including new director, Jennifer Jensen, representatives of NYCHA and the Public Housing Community Fund (PHCF), exhibition curators, and LaGuardia photography students and faculty gathered on campus yesterday to celebrate the opening of Living in the Shade: NYCHA Open Space Past, Present, and Future. This exhibition highlights the vital role of open space in the daily lives of public housing residents. Hosting the exhibition on campus is particularly fitting as our namesake, former Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia, founded NYCHA in 1935. Today, roughly one in 15 New Yorkers lives within public housing, according to exhibit co-curator Matthias Altwicker (NYIT). As Alex Zablocki, executive director of PHCF said, “Public housing is part of the fabric of New York City.” The exhibition, located in the lobby of Shenker Hall (the M-Building), is on display through May 23. | | President Adams and Council Member Julie Won (26th District) co-hosted a breakfast on Friday, March 21, to honor women from the Queens community for their dedication to improving financial futures, education, housing, and traffic safety for children and families. Carmen Griffin, Technical Director and Operations Manager for the LaGuardia Performing Arts Center (LPAC) and Professor Nicole Maguire, Director of LaGuardia’s Business Administration Program received proclamations for their service. Council Member Won recognized three community leaders with proclamations and honored five volunteers. The “Celebrating the Women of Queens” event is held annually during Women’s History Month. Assemblymember Claire Valdez (District 37) attended the event and thanked LaGuardia for hosting the event with Council Member Won. | | LaGuardia will host an interdisciplinary conference, “100 Years of Quantum Physics,” next Wednesday, April 2, from 2:15 to 6 p.m. in Room E-242. The conference, open to the public, welcomes seasoned physicists, aspiring engineers, or curious students. It is part of UNESCO’s International Year of Quantum Science and Technology 2025 initiative. The organizing committee includes Dr. Roman Senkov and Dr. Daniel Capic (Natural Sciences), Dr. Frank Wang (Mathematics, Engineering, and Computer Science, known as MEC), and Dr. J. Elizabeth (Liz) Clark (English). Presentations will cover the history of quantum mechanics, overlooked women in science, daily applications of quantum technology, and the search of new physics. Details, including the program speaker bios, are available on the conference webpage. No RSVP required. Online participation is available. | | As new and continuing students alike get into the rhythm of the Spring Semester at LaGuardia, many are looking for ways to get involved on campus and meet new friends. Thanks to Campus Life’s Club Fest, which took place this afternoon from 2:00 to 4:30 p.m., around 1,000 students had the chance to learn a bit more about how they can get involved in LaGuardia’s wide range of clubs and organizations. More than 32 organizations were present at the fair, including general interest clubs like the Fine Arts Club and the Web Radio Club, academic interest groups like the Registered Nursing Club, and a wide range of cultural groups. To learn more about upcoming programming hosted by Campus Life or learn more about LaGuardia’s clubs and organizations, contact campuslife@lagcc.cuny.edu. | | | | The first Miriam Jiménez Román Lecture will take place March 27 from 2 to 4 p.m. in E-242, with Rutgers University’s Dr. Omaris Zamora presenting “Ciguapa Unbound: Tranceformations of AfroLatinx Feminist Epistemologies.” The Miriam Jiménez Román Lecture Series is an annual lecture series that aims to honor Miriam Jiménez Román, the founder of the AfroLatin@ Forum and the Black Latinas Know Collective. Dr. Zamora's talk will explore the Dominican folklore figure of La Cigüapa (similar to Mexico's La Llorona) as a lens for understanding Blackness and gender within the Dominican context. Following Dr. Zamora’s talk, there will be a reception for faculty and staff who are committed to diversity, equity, inclusion, and the free exchange of ideas. | | LaGuardia's Working Group on Student Conduct and Academic Integrity will host a virtual Brown Bag Series for faculty and staff throughout the semester. Topics covered will include online conduct expectations, mental health first aid, and the student conduct investigation process. Click here for the full schedule of events. Registration links for each session will be available shortly. For more information, contact Dianne Gordon-Conyers at dconyers@lagcc.cuny.edu. | | | | | Wednesday, April 2, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the M-Building Gym, students and alumni will have the chance to meet with 60 employers from various industries who are hiring for part-time, full-time, and internship positions at the Spring 2025 Job & Internship Fair. Students are encouraged to dress in business attire and bring copies of their resumes. Please contact the Center for Career & Professional Development at (718) 482-5235 or career@lagcc.cuny.edu with any questions. | | On April 4, LaGuardia will welcome John Mogulescu for a conversation about his memoir, “The Dean of New Things: Bringing Change to CUNY and New York City.” Known for his transformative work as the Founding Dean of the CUNY School of Professional Studies (CUNY SPS) and his long tenure as a senior administrator at the City University of New York (CUNY), Dean Emeritus John Mogulescu will be sharing stories about his illustrious 50-year career at CUNY and the challenges he faced guiding meaningful change in higher education. The discussion, moderated by Dr. Eric Hofmann, Associate Provost for Academic Affairs, is being hosted by the Office of President Kenneth Adams and the Center for Teaching and Learning. It is scheduled for Friday, April 4, from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. in Room E-500. Click here to register. | | | 4th Annual CUNY LGBTQI+ Student Conference to Take Place April 4 | | | | Established in 2021, the CUNY LGBTQI+ Student Conference is an annual event that brings together LGBTQI+ students from across CUNY who are interested in learning more about leadership and creating change on our campuses and broader communities. This year’s conference will be held Friday, April 4 at Bronx Community College. For the full agenda or to register to attend, please visit the conference webpage. | | The Black Empowerment Summit, formerly known as the Black Lives Matter Summit, is scheduled to take place April 9 from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. This year's summit is focused on the theme of “The Black Code: The Influence of Politics, Wealth, Culture, and Education,” and espouses the slogan “Unlocking Power, Building Legacy, Shaping the Future.” The summit will feature a keynote address delivered by NYC Public Advocate Jumaane D. Williams, a series of workshops, and a networking event. Learn more about the Black Empowerment Summit here. | | | | | LaGuardia offers resources to support students, regardless of their immigration status. The college recently published LaGuardia’s Know Your Rights webpage, which features a series of resources and general guidelines for interacting with the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency (ICE). Faculty and staff are encouraged to share this page with students so that they can be better informed. The page also highlights a series of "Know Your Rights" workshops taking place throughout the semester; currently, there are two workshops planned on April 2 and May 7. | | Sign Up to Add a Professional Headshot to Your Faculty Profile | | LaGuardia’s Communications and External Affairs Division is hosting a series of “Photo Days” for faculty and staff who need to update their professional headshots! Your headshot can be used for a variety of purposes and adds a personal touch to your Faculty Profile on the LaGuardia website. Book your timeslot for, April 15 or May 13. For more information contact Anastasia Figuera, photographer, Ext. 7471. | | | Professor Stefanie Sertich Selected for Civic Engagement and Voting Rights Program | | Stefanie Sertich, professor LaGuardia’s Theater Program was recently selected as a Teaching Scholar for the Civic Engagement and Voting Rights Program of the Clemson University Mellon Project. She is one of 40 individuals selected for the program’s third cohort. According to the program’s website, it aims to “serve as an avenue for faculty to work together to create classroom teaching materials—by faculty, for faculty—to support a thriving American democracy.” The selected Teacher Scholars will attend an in-person 2 1/2-day Summer Institute in Clemson, South Carolina this May. | | | First Year Experience Hosts “The FYE: An Opportunity to Frame the LaGuardia Student Experience.” | | LaGuardia’s First Year Experience (FYE), launched in 2014, unites faculty, Student Success Mentors, and staff from across Academic Affairs, Student Affairs, and Adult & Continuing Education. On March 21, Academic Affairs Student Success Fellow Prof. Leigh Garrison-Fletcher and Ellen Quish hosted “The FYE: An Opportunity to Frame the LaGuardia Student Experience,” a four-hour, in-person event. The day began with a student panel featuring parents, veterans, and adult learners sharing their experiences in film, education, and philosophy. Long-term First Year Seminar (FYS) faculty then led discussions on key student success topics, including socio-emotional engagement, learning communities, and co-curricular participation. The event concluded with a dialogue on sustaining FYS’s success. | | |
Students looking for enrollment services support can now access virtual office hours every Friday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The Virtual One Stop takes place on Zoom and allows students to drop in and meet with staff from the following offices:
- Admissions
- International Student Services
- Registrar
- Student Financial Services
- Student Information Center
- Transfer Credit Evaluation
- Testing
| | | Updates from LaGuardia’s Library | |
- There are no classes on March 31 so the Library will be open 9 a.m. - 4:50 p.m. Please check our Library Hours for our full schedule.
- Our next MoneyBoss workshop will be a “Student’s Guide to Investing” on Wednesday, April 2, at 2:15 p.m. in E-500. Register for this and our other Spring workshops on the MoneyBoss website.
- Check out our new First Floor Group Space, located on…the first floor!
- We have copies of almost all textbooks in the Library available to check out for 2 hours (you can’t leave the Library, though). If we don’t have it, please let us know. If you can’t make it into the Library, you can request a chapter scan. Follow these directions to make a request.
| | | Important Changes in Human Resources | | |
To improve day-to-day services for faculty and staff, the Human Resources and Payroll/Timekeeping Departments have merged. While the traditional Payroll/Timekeeping structure will no longer exist, this action will offer each classification their own team of specialists designed to meet their needs. Under this new structure there will be a specific point of contact for each classification. Please refer to the list below to identify the team assigned to each classification.
HEO Series and ECP
Faculty and Adjuncts
Classified – Full and Part Time Employees
| | Faculty and Staff Encouraged to Complete Compliance Trainings | | |
Human Resources reminds faculty and staff to complete their compliance trainings, as LaGuardia's completion rates are low:
- Employee Sexual Misconduct Prevention and Response Course (ESPARC) – 23%
- Workplace Violence Prevention (WVP) – 24%
- Gender Based Violence Training (GBVT) – 29%
All CUNY employees are required to complete these trainings at least once each academic year. To access your assigned training(s), log into Blackboard and navigate to Organizations to find your assigned compliance courses. If you need assistance, please contact Yasu Denda.
| | DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (DoIT) | | |
Digest Report Helps Manage Blocked Emails
The End User Digest Report helps protect you against targeted attacks in your inbox such as phishing, malware, and business email compromise. The report allows you to easily view and manage messages that have been blocked; you can also review and release emails incorrectly flagged as spam and block unwanted senders or set custom filtering rules. If you have any questions or need assistance with using the Digest Report or its features, contact our HelpDesk at ITHelp@lagcc.cuny.edu, or call (718) 482-6134.
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Complete Mandatory Cybersecurity Awareness Training
Please log in to Blackboard and complete the Cybersecurity Awareness Training course under the “Organizations” tab. This course covers phishing, spam, and best practices to protect CUNY accounts and sensitive data. Your participation is vital for safeguarding the University’s information. For questions, contact Maritza Acero.
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