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Welcome to our spring semester, and for many, welcome back to our campus! There is always spring, even when so much in our world is…
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Throughout fall 2021, the CTL’s Staff Reading Collective met twice monthly to discuss a single text, Paulo Freire’s landmark Pedagogy of the Oppressed. This month’s…
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LaGuardia now has access to LinkedIn Learning, a platform that hosts content for professional growth in many areas. From learning technical skills such as video…
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Happy 2022! January’s Notes offers readers a look into the CTL’s Staff Reading Collective (SRC), a bi-monthly seminar for reading and discussing meaningful texts, most…
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Research suggests a strong connection between a student’s sense of belonging to their campus and classes and higher academic achievement (for references, see below). In…
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Welcome to the 2021–2022 academic year! Over the summer, the CTL team worked with colleagues across the College to prepare for the return to campus….
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In Spring 2021, twelve CTL staff initiated a year-long exploration of the experience of being human in these times of accelerated interaction with digital technologies….
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The three accomplished women in conversations with their former NSF professors all aspire to careers in science. “Do you hear that click?” asks graduating LaGuardian…
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On April 30, the Project Conexión team in Academic Affairs launched the first Innovation Grant Design Challenge. More than 50 faculty, staff, and students participated…
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With consideration for the uncertainty of campus-based activities in Fall 2020, the Center for Teaching and Learning has coordinated our 2020-21 professional development offerings to…