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On May 19, 2022, excitement and anticipation reverberated through LaGuardia’s M401A; it’s not every day that Student Success Mentors (SSMs) are invited to sit down…
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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…
![pictures of the 9 peer mentors awarded digital badges for Leadership and/or Professional Ethics](https://laguardiactl.commons.gc.cuny.edu/wp-content/blogs.dir/2026/files/2021/06/June.2021.digital.badge_.awardees-470x140.jpg)
For over a year, the COVID-19 pandemic has challenged all LaGuardians to completely rethink what we do as members of our community. The Center for…
![Screenshot of Student Success Mentor Zakia Mahabub's Digication Interview on YouTube](https://laguardiactl.commons.gc.cuny.edu/wp-content/blogs.dir/2026/files/2021/03/zakia_edited-470x140.png)
In Fall 2020, LaGuardia faculty invited CTL Student Success Mentor (SSM) Zakia Mahabub to take part in an interview with Digication, an ePortfolio tool for sharing work…
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To learn about trends in the American higher education system, a delegation of Egyptian educators visited LaGuardia on November 15th, 2019 as part of the…