The Quad at Queens College was buzzing with excitement on June 18, as more than 1,300 LaGuardia students and nearly 6,000 of their friends and family gathered on the campus for Commencement. In total, 2,264 students were eligible to participate—an increase of 17% from last year. The ceremony was led by President Kenneth Adams and Provost and Senior Vice President of Academic Affairs Dr. Billie Gastic Rosado. Alongside them were CUNY Chancellor Félix V. Matos Rodríguez and several elected officials, who delivered send-off remarks to the graduates before they crossed the stage and turned their tassels.

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Back in 2025, LaGuardia launched the Tomorrow 2.0 fundraising campaign, with an anonymous donor pledging to donate $10 million if the LaGuardia Community College Foundation raised $15 million before June 30, 2026. By June 9, the college exceeded its $15 million goal by a little over $600,000 (and counting!), unlocking the challenge grant for a total of more than $25 million. For American community colleges, the completion of this campaign puts LaGuardia in the upper tier of fundraising campaigns of $25 million or more, with just 16 colleges in the country achieving this milestone (LaGuardia is the only CUNY community college to do so). The funding will support student scholarship programs and other initiatives that aim to enrich the student experience.

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• Horizons NYC at LaGuardia (pictured above) returned to campus last month, offering free summer childcare to low-income LaGuardia students. The seven-week program is made possible through a partnership with Horizons NYC, which offers summer enrichment programs to students in need at three independent schools across the city, with LaGuardia serving as the only program on a college campus.
• Students who are taking evening classes won't have to worry about figuring out when or where they're going to get dinner in between classes anymore, as LaGuardia expands its partnership with Rethink Food. As of June 22, students can grab a free hot meal prepared by Rethink Food weekdays from 5 to 7 p.m.

CUNY’s annual Peter Jennings Scholarship and Continuation Awards honor exceptional adults who earned their HSE diplomas through CUNY Adult Literacy/HSE Programs and are continuing their education at a CUNY college. This year, four graduates of LaGuardia’s ABS program were recognized as 2026 recipients: Yousuf Imtiaz, an Electrical Engineering major; Solomon Feldman, currently completing CUNY Start and matriculating this fall as a Liberal Arts: Social Science & Humanities major; Armani Chancellor, a Journalism major; and Carolina Lapiz, a 2026 LaGuardia graduate now pursuing a bachelor’s in Psychology at City College. Each awardee receives a $1,000 scholarship to support their studies.