Kurtis A. Fletcher, a 1984 JCC alumnus, delivered the keynote address at JCC's commencement exercises in May on the Jamestown and Cattaraugus County campuses.
The ceremonies honored, collegewide, 488 spring 2008 graduates, 159 December 2007 graduates, and 40 summer 2007 graduates.

JCC Trustee Awards, in recognition of highest academic achievement in each degree area, were presented to Bliss Hotchkiss of Falconer, Associate in Arts–Liberal Arts & Sciences: Social Sciences; Jordan Buck and Ingrid Lindstrom of Jamestown and Charles Luce of Forestville, Associate in Science (A.S.)–Business: Business Administration; Catrina Chamberlain of Great Valley, A.S.–Human Services; and Jesse Hager of Olean, A.S.-Computer Science.

May 2008 graduates
Students graduating with highest honors, representing a 4.0 grade point average, included: Associate in Science (A.S.)-Business-Business Administration - Jordan Buck of Jamestown; A.S.-Computer Science - Raed Al-Jallad of Binghamton and Jesse Hager of Olean; A.S.-Human Services - Catrina Chamberlain of Great Valley and Theresa Klice of Olean; Associate in Applied Science (A.A.S.)-Computer Information Systems - Andrew Krull of Cuba.

High honors, representing a grade point average of 3.50 to 3.99, were earned by 124 students, including: Associate in Arts (A.A.) Individual Studies - Phillip Genco of Jamestown; A.A.-Liberal Arts & Sciences: Humanities - Bridget Fuller of Randolph, Kelley Marker of Bemus Point, Michael Zampogna (who also earned an A.S.-Fine Arts: Studio Arts with high honors) and Eric Schwob of Jamestown, Mary Valvo of Kennedy; A.A.-Liberal Arts & Sciences: Social Science - Emily Carpenter, Thomas Edwards, Jody Hendrickson, Jordan Long, Erin Mansfield, and Lindsey Peterson of Jamestown, Doris Hitchcock of Allegany, Bliss Hotchkiss of Falconer, Douglas Howard of Stockton, Heidi Lehman and Amanda Tuttle of Cuba, Joel Lloret of Westfield, Mark Myott of Bemus Point, Sarah Rhinehart and Meghan Veno of Olean, Megan Smith of Dunkirk, Cherish Wicker of Shinglehouse; A.S.-Business-Business Administration - Andrew Bishop and Andrew Smith of Jamestown, Seth Edwards of Findley Lake, Justin Giles of Mayville, Annette Kinsey of Stockton, Megan MacKenzie of Dunkirk, Gail Smith and Brian McCann of Allegany, William Toner of Sugar Grove; A.S.-Communications - Clare Cawley of Bolivar and Carly Mitchell of Lakewood; A.S.-Computer Science - Dwayne Gaczewski of Buffalo and Jason Rexford of Jamestown; A.S.-Criminal Justice - Kyle Baglia and Nicole Illig of Jamestown, Jacob Dentice of Dayton, Robert Karson and Samantha Snyder of Allegany, Mitchell Smardz of Fredonia; A.S.-Fine Arts: Studio Arts - Lisa Archer of Jamestown, Mark Gillespie of Westfield, Kaitlin McMillen of Little Valley, Elizabeth Smith of Clymer; A.S.-Human Services - Stacey Asel-McChesney of Ashville, Jeffrey Axelson of Celoron, Bethany Murphy of Gowanda, Sonja Saxton and Laura Snow of Jamestown, Kelly Sisson of West Clarksville, James Turner of Tiona; A.S.-Individual Studies - Daren Card, Julie Muckinhaupt, Rachael Piazza of Jamestown, Chrystal Clover of Frewsburg, Marie Dunnewold of Clymer, Kristin Fosburg of Gerry, Erica Musall of Great Valley, Pamela Racino of Dunkirk, Scott Rivet of Cattaraugus, Molly Shay of Lakewood, Rachel Wittrock of Cattaraugus; A.S.-Liberal Arts & Sciences: Adolescence Education - Alexandra Caldwell and Kaitlin Landy of Jamestown, Michelle Buccola of Falconer, Heidi Hubert of Westfield, Kelly Pattyson of Sinclairville; A.S.-Liberal Arts & Sciences: Early Childhood Education - Angela Reisner of Allegany; A.S.-Liberal Arts & Sciences: Mathematics & Science -Christopher Ecker of Ashville, Christina Hanson, Caitlin Hokanson, Patrick Jaszcz, Stephanie Leburg, Christopher Radnovich, Janelle Sheldon, Rebecca Zimmerman of Jamestown, Rachel Johnson of Cherry Creek, Timothy Lutgen of Dewittville, Sarah Martin of Olean, Michael Mathers of Cassadaga, Danielle Micek and Ashley Tordoff of Bemus Point, Samuel Slevinski of Salamanca, Jenna Smith of Fredonia, Leslie Swinehart of Ripley; A.S.-Physical Education & Health Studies - Anna Gifford of Falconer; A.A.S.-Business-Business Administration - Peter Dorman of Ripley, Jaclyn Panus of Olean, Mary Rachuna of Jamestown; A.A.S.-Computer Information Systems - Mindy Bussoletti of Warren and Kimberly Dupere of Portville; A.A.S.-Criminal Justice-Police - Joseph Burke of Franklinville, Tarra Prozeller of Portville, Nicholas Sobecki of Brocton, Thomas Walters of Olean; A.A.S.-Individual Studies - Jessica Eggleston of Fredonia; A.A.S.-Information Technology -Bruce Gillen of Randolph and Paul Murdock of Little Valley; A.A.S.-Medical Office Technology - Robin Giles of Conewango Valley, Karen Walker of Cuba, Katherine Williams of Hinsdale; A.A.S.-Nursing - William Bechdel of Arcade, Jill Beckerink of Sherman, Ann Bell of Shinglehouse, Kevin Cracknell of Coudersport, Janice Elliott of Little Valley, Jennifer Fiorini of Ellicottville, Felicia Freeman of Conewango Valley, Maria Grosselin, Sheila Heeter, Jamie Shoup of Warren, Alexandra Johnson and Karen Phillips of Olean, Michael Lesnansky of Bemus Point, Trevor Moore of Jamestown, Valerie VanTassel of Cuba, Troy West of Sugar Grove; A.A.S.-Occupational Therapy Assistant - Corinne Perkins of Columbus; A.A.S.-Office Technology - Brenda Moore of Bradford; A.A.S.-Professional Piloting - Aaron Conley of Akron and Olufemi Lawrence of Brooklyn; A.A.S.-Welding Technology - Peter Furman of Dewittville;Certificate-Corrections Officer Technology - Melissa Anderson of Ashville; Certificate-Early Childhood Development - Ashlee Agett of Franklinville; Certificate-Psychology of the Workplace - Ken Crumley of Middletown.

Students who earned honors, representing a grade point average of 3.25 to 3.49, included: A.A.-Individual Studies - Laurel Parkhurst of Conewango Valley; A.A.-Liberal Arts & Sciences: Humanities - Robert Dandrea of Silver Creek and Lindsey Drake of Corry; A.A.-Liberal Arts & Sciences: Social Science - Jillian Brooks of Lakewood, Lauren Cussins and Janelle Theodore of Olean, Darlene Duckett of Jamestown, Jennifer Frye of Sherman, Heather Gogel and Charlotte Schuver of Little Valley, Kristine Young of Belmont; A.S.-Business-Business Administration - Mallory Anderson of Gerry, Robert Dahar of Hinsdale, Brianna DeGiglio and Joshua Shedrick of Olean, Keturah Hall, Samantha Reale, Eric Stevens of Jamestown, Mark Harris of Mayville; A.S.-Criminal Justice - Amy Bimber of Jamestown, Venesia Butts of Dunkirk, Samual Depasquale of Silver Creek; A.S.-Human Services - Crystal Kawski of Silver Creek; A.S.-Individual Studies - Matthew Benedetto, Lori Carr, Krista Caruso, Laura Conner, Jessica Schobey of Jamestown, Katherine Dunham of Cuba, Jennifer Gilman of Cattaraugus, Eric Holzerland of Dunkirk, Paul Hurley of Fredonia, Jennifer Scott of Bolivar; A.S.-Liberal Arts & Sciences: Childhood Education -John Clark of Ellington, Ann Huckabone and Yesenia Rosa-Rodriguez of Jamestown; A.S.-Liberal Arts & Sciences: Mathematics & Science - Alisha Bochman, Christopher Cammarata, Jerremy Dossey of Jamestown, Pamela Brecht of Warren, Torlanda Poindexter of Rochester, Ashley Pullan of Frewsburg, Joshua Redden of Allegany; A.A.S.-Business-Accounting - Kathy Whittemore of Warren; A.A.S.-Business-Business Administration - Amanda Childs of Sugar Grove, Lori Duckett of Jamestown, Matthew Ruggles of Olean; A.A.S.-Computer Information Systems - Jason Csencsits of Port Jervis and Ryan Gerwitz of Gowanda; Bradley Bean of Cuba; A.A.S.-Criminal Justice-Police - Alyxander Pasquale of Silver Creek and Joshua Shoup of Allegany; A.A.S.-Digital/Computer Technology - Charles Jimerson of Lakewood;
A.A.S.-Medical Office Technology - Andrea Roberts of Delevan; A.A.S.-Nursing - Matt Bardenett of Sinclairville, Diana Brusseau of Conewango Valley, Denise Cooper of Smethport, Julie Delcamp of Silver Creek, Susan Fox and Brandi Scull of Olean, Barbara Green of Friendship, Alycia Kelley of Cuba, Sharon Lahnen of Brocton, Cindy McGee of Bradford, Kathleen Morlock of Centerville, Jacqueline Richardson of Portville, Teresa Ruiz of Portland, Joanne Shoemaker of Mayville; A.A.S.-Occupational Therapy Assistant - Megan Lewis of Lily Dale, Jessica Neratko of Westfield, Ashley Van Epps of Warren; Certificate-Corrections Officer Technology - Tara Graves of Forestville; Certificate-Early Childhood Development - Susan Cessna of Jamestown.

Other students earning degrees were: A.A.-Individual Studies - Liam Callahan of Randolph, Aaron Chase of Falconer; A.A.-Liberal Arts & Sciences: Humanities - Ronald Waclawski of Dunkirk; A.A.-Liberal Arts & Sciences: Social Science - Matthew Barnard, Elizabeth Howard, Nicolas Smith of Olean, Jeremiah Blue of Conewango Valley, Kristin Brewer of Friendship, Jamie Brown of Celoron, Jeffrey Brown of Cuba, Kacie Calimeri, Jessica Juel, David Love, Timothy Porter, Anna Vullo of Jamestown, Angela Gebauer of Yorkshire, Amy Havers of Allegany, Nicole Huntington of Eldred, Jerid Knoll of Forestville, Christopher Maher and Alisha Perry of Lakewood, Emma Malinoski of Panama, Lynn Patterson of Westfield, Megan Racino and Kevin Rose of Fredonia, William Reynolds of Ashville, Nicole Senske of Warren, Lindsay Smith of Brocton, Dennis Thomas of Sinclairville, Remington Whitcomb of Falconer; A.S.-Business-Business Administration - Dennis Adams of Bolivar, Christopher Blood, David Meger, Joshua Melquist, Jeremiah Woltz of Jamestown, Mary Copeland of Bradford, Michelle Davies of Warren, Travis Flaherty of Cassadaga, Evan Gajewski of Forestville, Daniel Goff of Randolph, Shannon Hildom of Kennedy, Patrick Hopkins and Katherine Hutchinson of Lakewood, Todd Johnson of Gerry, Brett Kelly of Olean, Christopher Paulson of Greenhurst, Alexander Tye of Fredonia, Daniele Wilson of Franklinville; A.S.-Communications - Emily Bellardo and Laura Slagle of Jamestown, Ashley Brown of Randolph; A.S.-Computer Science - Brandy Rimbey of Olean; A.S.-Criminal Justice - Tim Armstrong and Margaret Dydek of Cuba, Victoria Austin of Wellsville, John Ferri, Sarah Goulding, Dawn Nelson, Joshua Nickerson of Jamestown, Kevin Kujawa of Dunkirk, Julie Liguori of Olean, Daniel Potter of Fredonia, Michael Wissman of Gerry; A.S.-Engineering Science - Brian Berg of Lakewood, Keith Carver of Cassadaga, Matthew Miller of South Dayton, David Olson of Salamanca, Daniel Sheldon of Jamestown, Anke Tompkins of Frewsburg; A.S.-Fine Arts: Music - Ryan Cannon of Bradford and Cole Robbins of Falconer; A.S.-Fine Arts: Studio Arts - Amber Fish of Randolph; A.S.-Human Services - Samantha Clark of Steamburg (who also earned a Certificate-Early Childhood Development), Lindsey Fisher, Kimberly Kuschel, Heather Newton of Fredonia, Nathan Freeman of Ulysses, Julie Hiller of Little Valley, Edna Labelle and Dawn Moser of Jamestown, Angela Pascarella of Salamanca, DeAnn Shelters of Randolph, Kristy Sherwood of Shinglehouse, Amanda Sitter and Erin Spring of Olean; A.S.-Individual Studies - Erica Adams, Randi Hayes of Randolph, Jennifer Barabasz, Ashleigh Dyckes, Cindy Martinez, Natasha Mercado of Dunkirk, Scott Barton (who also earned a Certificate-Digital Audio Production), Emelie Erlandson, Jennifer Grundstrom, Michael Joslyn, Brittany Lewellen, Laura Myers, Matthew Traniello of Jamestown, Timothy Bragg, Patricia Finch of Frewsburg, Kayla Burgess of Ripley, Christina Burnett of Brocton, Eric Caya of Portville, Brianna Colburn, Amanda Hillebert of Cherry Creek, Matthew Crocker of Ashville, Adam Faulkner and Kathleen Sherman of Falconer, Alexandra Hall of Gerry, Frank Jagoda and Michael Tate of Fredonia, Faith Jones, Michele Morganti of Lakewood, Brett Kinney, Alicia Truax of Sinclairville, Robert Laird of Limestone, Kale Luce and Tiffany Perkins of Cattaraugus, Victoria Lytel of Steamburg, Ashley Nolan of Little Genesee, David Paffie of Bolivar, Leah Paulus of Dewittville, Cody Prizel of Perrysburg, Danielle Reynolds and Monica Thompson of Salamanca, Kari Williams of Allegany, and Bradley Zybert of Cassadaga; A.S.-Liberal Arts & Sciences: Adolescence Education - Jacob Galofaro of Brocton and Taylor Smith of Sinclairville; A.S.-Liberal Arts & Sciences: Childhood Education - Taylor Beaver of Randolph, Darren Hultberg, Michael Magnuson, and Chelsea McDonald of Jamestown; A.S.-Liberal Arts & Sciences: Childhood Education - Susie Thompson of Kennedy; A.S.-Liberal Arts & Sciences: Early Childhood Education - Ashley Edstrom of Falconer; A.S.-Liberal Arts & Sciences: Mathematics & Science - Stephen Bence of Franklinville, Jacqueline Dexter of Randolph, Stefanie Erickson, Matthew Gillaspy, Jon Peterson of Jamestown, Christine Espersen of Silver Creek, Brian Fisher of Ripley, Lacey Grove and Jamie Richter of Allegany, Ginger Kincaid of Las Vegas, Joseph Lynch of Kennedy, Jessica Mazzurco of Frewsburg, Raymond Wilson of Cattaraugus, Shaun Zayac of Cuba; A.S.-Media Arts - Meghan Sardina of Frewsburg; A.S.-Physical Education & Health Studies - Mark Arnold of Fredonia, James Booth of Jamestown, Jenna Nagel of Panama, Jennifer Territo of Lakewood, Stacie Wickerham of Greenhurst; A.A.S.-Business-Business Administration - Heather Burgess and Jessica Wilson of Olean, Sarah Fields of Caneadea, Ray Greene of Smethport, Stephen Rams of Jamestown, Diane Saporito of Warren; A.A.S.-Computer Information Systems - Debra Schwab of Allegany; A.A.S.-Criminal Justice-Police - Joseph Carruth of Fredonia, David Erlandson of East Otto, Dennis Farnham of Olean, Derek Frentz of Little Valley, Joshua Kasprowicz of Wellsville, Thomas Lundberg of Jamestown, Philip Viereck of Allegany; A.A.S.-Human Services - Madelyn Crawford of Randolph and Samantha Goodrich of Franklinville; A.A.S.-Individual Studies - Cory Aldrich of Brentwood, Sandra Bogey, Craig Elston, David Rexford of Jamestown, Nicole Boniconti of Findley Lake, Anthony Burkett of Erie, Charles Bush, Ryan O'Connor of Lakewood, Scott Connor of Randolph, William Deault of Ashville, Matthew Finnerty, Darlene Motley of Olean, Brian Gunnell, Darlene Saulsgiver of Falconer, Keith Raetz of Cherry Creek (who also earned a Certificate-Welding Technology), Kevin Salemi of Fredonia; A.A.S.-Information Technology - Michael Bentley of Bolivar and Roger Tubbs of North Warren; A.A.S.-Mechanical Technology - Gordon Fink of Jamestown and Joshua Runkel of Fredonia; A.A.S.-Medical Office Technology -Diana Lindstrom of Jamestown and Jeanne Rosas of Dunkirk; A.A.S.-Nursing - Jessica Abbott, Linda Gregory, John Hallberg, Kimberly Kaverman, Teresa Kozaczki, Cindy Pardue, Leanne Strong, Faith Welker, Ryane Wilder of Jamestown, Penny Chase of Kill Buck, Andrea Cole of Forestville, Stephanie Damaro of Gowanda; Jillian Delmont of Cassadaga, Melissa Deming of Wellsville, Alana Flynn, Jennifer Greenidge, Leah Sexton, Tonya Whatley-Presley, Judith Palumbo of Olean,; Jillian Foster of Bradford; Justine Frost, Sandra Tobias of Brocton, Jaclyn Gornikiewicz of Dunkirk, Karlee James of Lakewood, Vania Johnson of Ashville, Jodi Kottwitz and Jacqueline Lewis of Franklinville, Randi Lerch of Coudersport, Stephanie Lyle, Wendy Phillips, Michelle Wonderling of Russell, Robert Moore, Jennifer Wilson of Warren, Cassandra Mott, Kasey Torrey, Susan Yehl of Portville, Colleen O'Connell of Machias, Laura Parks of Fredonia, Renee Reding of Lawtons, Jennifer Scarpelli of Erie, Brandon Short of Kennedy, Rhonda Smith of Cherry Creek, Dorothy Stanton of Randolph (who also earned an A.A.S.-Individual Studies); A.A.S.-Occupational Therapy Assistant - Beverly Clever and Kameron Perrin of Warren, Tiffany Mead of Kane; A.A.S.-Welding Technology - Andrew Hazenberg of Jamestown, Seth Miller of Ripley (who also earned a Certificate-Welding Technology), Thomas Pecoraro of Silver Creek; Certificate-Early Childhood Development - Alanna O'Brien of Fredonia, Elizabeth Sena of Jamestown; Certificate-Individual Studies - Danielle Brooks, Collin Dwyer, Allison Oste of Jamestown, Alexis Carlson of Falconer, Scott Means of Warren; Certificate-Office Technology - Carrie Connor of Olean; Certificate-Welding Technology - Curtis Wooderson of Henrietta.