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Fall Open House at SUNY Jamestown Community College is scheduled for 10 a.m to noon on Oct. 26 on the Cattaraugus County Campus and Nov. 2 on the Jamestown Campus.

JAMESTOWN, N.Y. — A Remote Area Medical clinic brought life-changing health services to the Southern Tier West region on Sept. 14 and 15.

Over the two-day clinic at SUNY Jamestown Community College’s Jamestown Campus, 409 medical, dental, and vision services with a value over $205,000 were provided to 249 patients at no cost.

SUNY Jamestown Community College is hosting trunk or treat events for children and families at its Dunkirk North County Center and Jamestown Campus.

The events are scheduled for 5:30-7 p.m. on Oct. 24 at the North County Training Center parking lot at 10807 Bennett Road in Dunkirk, and on Oct. 25 at the Jamestown Campus Science Center parking lot off of James Street.

Brendan Witherspoon’s schedule is pretty full these days. He works the night shift as a maintenance technician at Rosina Food Products in West Seneca, dabbles part-time for a plumbing and HVAC company in Cheektowaga, and volunteers as a first responder.

Oh, he also regularly makes the 2 1/2-hour round trip from his home in Derby to the SUNY Jamestown Community College Jamestown Campus for classes.

JAMESTOWN, N.Y. — SUNY Jamestown Community College introduced newly-elected Student Senators for the Jamestown Campus and Dunkirk North County Center during a “cookalong” with Mary Ryder, SNAP-ED nutritionist from Cornell Cooperative Extension of Chautauqua County, and Daniel DeMarte, president of SUNY JCC. 

The college purchased apples from Miller’s Apples in Dunkirk for events at the North County Center and Jamestown Campus. Students were given apples during the presentations and encouraged to take enough with them to make the recipe at home.

OLEAN, N.Y. — The Hatch at SUNY Jamestown Community College started its first entrepreneurship program this fall on the Cattaraugus County Campus. 

The Hatchling Entrepreneurship Program: Where Innovations Takes Flight is an eight-week program for entrepreneurs and small business owners in the Olean area. Each week has a specific theme and is led by instructors who are experts in that area. Themes include marketing, legal strategies, finance fundamentals, hiring, market research, and successions planning.

SUNY Jamestown Community College’s 2024 Foundation Awards Gala is scheduled for Nov. 6 at the Chautauqua Harbor Hotel in Celoron. 

JCC’s Foundation will honor Jamestown physician John M. LaMancuso with the John D. Hamilton Award at the Gala and acknowledge Distinguished Alumnus Award winners Michael Pease, Vernon Robinson Jr., and Lionel Wescott.

OLEAN, N.Y. — SUNY Jamestown Community College held an opening ceremony and ribbon cutting on Tuesday afternoon for the new child care center on the Cattaraugus County Campus.

Open since August, the JCC YMCA Learning Center is run and staffed by the YMCA of the Twin Tiers. The center offers nearly 50 spots during the school year and 100 over the summer months for students’ children.

OLEAN, N.Y. — The Art in the Quad event scheduled for Oct. 19 at the SUNY Jamestown Community College Cattaraugus County Campus has been postponed until spring.

Amanda Hulbert, a JCC employee working with the Tri-County Arts Council to organize the event, said Art in the Quad will likely be rescheduled for early May.

Art exhibits, a juried fine arts show, music, and food trucks are planned for the event.

OLEAN, N.Y. — Student leaders for the 2024-2025 academic year at SUNY Jamestown Community College’s Cattaraugus County Campus were announced following recent elections.

Serving on the JCC Student Senate are Luthaya Beard and Phoenix Beard of Cuba; Nicholas Camillo of Franklinville, Allison Langston of Olean; Jillian Long of Portville; and Alex Misenheimer of Olean.