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SUNY JCC Crowns Student Showcase Winners

SUNY JCC Crowns Student Showcase Winners
Tuesday, May 20, 2025
By Vinny Pezzimenti

Thirteen students participated in SUNY Jamestown Community College Career Services Student Showcase in April, with winners crowned in applied learning, academic accomplishment, and artistic accomplishment categories. 

Previously known as Scholars Day, the Student Showcase celebrates academic research and creative activity among students and their faculty mentors. 

SUNY JCC Nursing Student Ready to Graduate, Continue Work that ‘Makes Me Happy’

SUNY JCC Nursing Student Ready to Graduate, Continue Work that ‘Makes Me Happy’
Wednesday, May 14, 2025
By Vinny Pezzimenti

Tonie Westlake describes balancing school, work, and her personal life as “pure chaos.” 

It’s understandable. In addition to being a mother to four children ranging from 10 months to 17 years old, Westlake is a full-time student in SUNY Jamestown Community College’s Nursing program and a healthcare employee who has worked overnights. 

SUNY JCC Announces Jamestown Campus Academic Award Recipients

SUNY JCC Announces Jamestown Campus Academic Award Recipients
Monday, May 12, 2025
By Vinny Pezzimenti

The following SUNY Jamestown Community College students received academic awards from the Jamestown Campus in May: 

Almond: Hannah Rech (OT Impact Award) 

Ashville: Ian Heath (Dr. Raymond J. Johnson Memorial Chemistry Award), Riley Seekings (Elaine Johnson Memorial Award) 

Bemus Point: Thomas Loomis (Physics Awards), Gloria Marsh (Music Award), Caelan Register (Mathematics Award), Sunnhi Suber (Robert Lee Scharmann Drama Scholarship) 

Brocton: Nathanial Tresler (Teacher Education Award) 

SUNY JCC Announces Cattaraugus County Campus Academic Award Recipients

SUNY JCC Announces Cattaraugus County Campus Academic Award Recipients
Monday, May 12, 2025
By Vinny Pezzimenti

The following SUNY Jamestown Community College students received academic awards from the Cattaraugus County Campus in May:  

Allegany: Andee Smith (Roger C. Seager Presidential Scholarship) 

Bolivar: Guinevere Coats (Roger C. Seager Presidential Scholarship), Ethan Jones (Homeland Security Award), Samantha Simon (Business Administration - A.S. Award) 

SUNY JCC’s Hill, Israel-Akinbo Recipients of Chancellor’s Award for Student Excellence

SUNY JCC’s Hill, Israel-Akinbo Recipients of Chancellor’s Award for Student Excellence
Thursday, May 1, 2025
By Vinny Pezzimenti

SUNY Jamestown Community College’s Abigail Hill and Ayomideji Israel-Akinbo are the college’s 2025 recipients of the SUNY Chancellor's Award for Student Excellence. They, along with more than 200 students across the State University of New York system, were recognized on Tuesday during a ceremony at the Hart Theatre in the Egg in Albany. 

Delta Kappa Gamma Establishes Outstanding Future Educator Scholarship for SUNY JCC Education Students

Delta Kappa Gamma Establishes Outstanding Future Educator Scholarship for SUNY JCC Education Students
Monday, April 28, 2025
By Vinny Pezzimenti

The SUNY Jamestown Community College Foundation is proud to announce the establishment of the Outstanding Future Educator Scholarship, a new fund created by Delta Kappa Gamma, an international society for women educators.

SUNY JCC's Parmenter Honored for Excellence in Instructional Support

SUNY JCC's Parmenter Honored for Excellence in Instructional Support
Wednesday, April 23, 2025
By Vinny Pezzimenti

SUNY Jamestown Community College’s Laura Parmenter was recently honored with the Faculty Advisory Council on Teaching and Technology Excellence in Instructional Support award for community colleges by the State University of New York. 

Parmenter is JCC’s director of Online Learning and interim director of the Learning Commons, which provides students with access to library services, tutoring help, and accessibility support. 

SUNY JCC Awards Life Credit, Certificate to Former 87-Year-Old Student

SUNY JCC Awards Life Credit, Certificate to Former 87-Year-Old Student
Monday, April 7, 2025
By Vinny Pezzimenti

OLEAN, N.Y. — Paul Jewett pulled out two manilla folders that had been securely tucked away in a dresser drawer in his room at the Eden Heights assisted living community. 

He hadn’t rummaged through the contents of those folders much over the years. But they’ve been in the back of his mind, and they mean a lot to him. 

One contains his college transcript, in perfect condition, protected by a plastic covering. The other is filled with original papers he wrote on typewriter while taking classes at SUNY Jamestown Community College in the 1980s. 

SUNY JCC, Chautauqua Healthy Youth and Schools Program, Chautauqua Health Network Deliver Health & Science Journalism Workshop to High School Students

SUNY JCC, Chautauqua Healthy Youth and Schools Program, Chautauqua Health Network Deliver Health & Science Journalism Workshop to High School Students
Monday, March 31, 2025
By Vinny Pezzimenti

JAMESTOWN, N.Y. — Students from Fredonia, Frewsburg, and Southwestern high schools recently participated in a health and science journalism workshop coordinated by the Chautauqua Healthy Youth and Schools Program, Chautauqua Health Network, and SUNY Jamestown Community College.  

SUNY JCC Foundation Receives $10K Gift to Support Nursing Students

SUNY JCC Foundation Receives $10K Gift to Support Nursing Students
Friday, March 7, 2025
By Vinny Pezzimenti

JAMESTOWN, N.Y. — The SUNY Jamestown Community College Foundation recently received a $10,000 gift from the Michael Boedo Community Foundation. The gift endows the Michael Boedo Foundation Emergency Relief Fund, which will support the JCC Nursing program for years to come. 

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