LaGuardia Community College has been a partner with the Graduate Center on the CUNY Humanities Alliance since 2016.
LaGuardia Community College, is a proud Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI), Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander Serving Institution (AANAPISI) and is part of the Minority Science and Engineering Improvement Program (MSEIP). Located in Long Island City, Queens, and an institution of the City University of New York (CUNY), LaGuardia is committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion, and offers a welcoming environment for immigrants of all nations and individuals of all backgrounds. The College reflects the legacy of our namesake, Fiorello H. LaGuardia, the former NYC mayor beloved for his advocacy of underserved populations. Since opening its doors in 1971, LaGuardia’s academic programs and support services have advanced the socioeconomic mobility of students while providing them with access to a high quality, affordable college education.
Global & Experiential Learning
LaGuardia students have a range of opportunities to explore the College’s signature learning competency, Global Learning, through classroom and co-curricular activities. For example, to meet this Gen Ed learning outcome, faculty design assignments in every major around transnational economic, political, environmental, physical, social and/or cultural issues and their implications, enabling students to: 1) Advance their knowledge and understanding of global issues, events and histories; 2) Strengthen their knowledge and understanding of divergent global perspectives and pluralistic views, and develop their abilities to thoughtfully communicate across difference; and, 3) Apply learning and consider opportunities for ethical engagement, identifying ways their actions affect both local and global Communities. The Center for Teaching & Learning supports assignment design in this and other learning competencies and communication abilities to help students build important college and career skills.
LaGuardia also supports Global & Experiential Learning through several innovations, including required Urban Studies courses in all majors that include fieldwork related to course content. Faculty are also incorporating Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) partnerships in dozens of courses each semester that link students with peers across the globe. A recent project promotes civic engagement, professional development, and community-based learning for hundreds of students each year through the LaGuardia Humanitarian Initiative. Working with faculty, staff, and administrators, HA Fellows will have an opportunity to develop and scale activities in these projects and others, as well as contribute to the development of a formal administrative structure to support this work.
Humanities Alliance Campus Coordinators
Ljubica Depovic, (she/her), Director of Center for Teaching and Learning
- Coordinates fellows and faculty/staff mentors on campus
- Liaison between LaGuardia and GC HA teams
Pablo Avila (he/him), Associate Director of ePortfolio and Digital Learning
- Coordinates all campus projects
- Works closely with all graduate fellows assigned to LaGuardia
LaGuardia Community College has been a partner with the Graduate Center on the CUNY Humanities Alliance since 2016. For more information about our work together in the first phase, please read here.
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