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    The Professional Development Committee, part of the LaGuardia Senate, has six subcommittees:

    • The In-Service Training subcommittee offers yearly seminars and workshops, designed for the training and professional development of LaGuardia faculty and staff
    • The Opening Sessions subcommittee organizes Opening Sessions, LaGuardia's annual kick-off to the academic year and which features speakers and breakout sessions, usually around a single topic the College community wishes to explore
    • The Faculty Research Colloquium provides faculty with an opportunity to discuss their works in progress and to receive feedback from their colleagues on their research. In addition to supporting and encouraging faculty scholarship, the colloquium promotes an interdisciplinary dialogue at the college among the members of different departments.
    • Faculty and Staff Notes is a publication that spotlights scholarship and accomplishment around LaGuardia
    • President’s Awards for Excellence in Teaching and Outstanding Service Award committee recognizes the contributions of faculty and staff.

  •  President’s Awards for Excellence in Teaching and Outstanding Service

    Abdou K. Drame, Chair, MEC Department
    Victoria Badalamenti, Adult and Continuing Education
    Denise Carter, MEC Department
    Armando del Rio, Natural Science Department
    Ann E. Feibel, Academic Affairs
    Peter Jayasekara, Administration
    Carlos Hiraldo, English Department
    Danielle Insalaco-Egan, Student Affairs
    Theresia Litvay-Sardou, Information Technology
    Deborah Mcmillan-Coddington, Health Science Department
    Karen Miller, Social Science Department
    Lara Moon, Institutional Advancement
    Guy-Michel Philogene, Business & Technology Department
    Joanne Pierre-Louise, Social Science Department
    Yvonne Powell, MEC Department
    Ivan Rivera-Torres, Natural Science Department
    Alexandra Rojas, Library
    Rosemary Talmadge, President’s Office
    Paula Zimmermann, ELA Department

     In-Service Training Sub-Committee

    The In-Service Training subcommittee offers yearly seminars and workshops, designed for the training and professional development of LaGuardia faculty and staff.

    Some examples of the seminars and workshops offered are:

    • Exploring Boundaries in the Classroom
    • The Hybrid-Online Class Experience
    • ePortfolio & Blackboard Orientation


    Rosalia Barnett, Business & Technology
    Hector Fernandez, Business & Technology
    Lorie Hughes, Financial Aid
    Maggie Lopez, Business & Technology (Chair)
    Nicole Maguire, Business & Technology

     Opening Session Sub-Committee

    Hector Fernandez, Business & Technology (co-chair)
    Maritza Straughn-Williams, Social Science (co-chair)
    Rosalia Barnett, Business & Technology
    Mark Blackman, Cooperative Education
    Leslie Camacho, ACE- Career Dev. Center
    Josephine Corso, Center for Teaching and Learning
    Andrea Francis, Business & Technology
    Deborah McMillan-Coddington, Health Science
    Janet Michello, Social Science
    Michael Philogene, Business & Technology
    Joanne Pierre-Louise, Social Science
    Ellen Quish, Adult Learning Center
    Alexandra Rojas, Library

     Faculty Research Colloquium

    Since 2007 the Faculty research Colloquium has provided faculty with an opportunity to discuss their works in progress and to receive feedback from their colleagues on their research. In addition to supporting and encouraging faculty scholarship, the colloquium promotes an interdisciplinary dialogue at the college among the members of different departments.

    Andrea Francis, Business & Technology, (Chair)
    Zahid Ahmed, Natural Science
    Michelle Brown, Health Science
    Ruhma Choudhury, ELA
    Kelly Connelly, English
    Florence Diallo, ELA
    Abdou Drame, MEC
    Monika Ekiert, ELA
    Ann-Marie Emanuel, Health Science
    Maria Entezari, Natural Science
    Omar Ait Hellal, MEC
    Kourosh Tavakoli, MEC
    Kyoko Toyama, Counseling
    Boris Zakharov, Natural Science

     Faculty and Staff Notes
    Kelly Connelly, English (Chair)

     Educational Development Initiative Team (EDIT)
    Reappointed: Karen Anderson (Coop), Charity Scribner (English), Hendrick Delcham (Mathematics), Alexis Frazier (ACE), Milton Hollar-Gregory (AMS). Carl Haspel (Natural Science)
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