Cattaraugus County Campus

OLEAN, N.Y. — Jack Tupper knew that pursuing a mechanical technology degree was right for him after he manufactured a catapult design from scratch for a solid modeling class last spring at SUNY Jamestown Community College.

“I was able to do it pretty much on my own,” Tupper said. “I probably got stuck on a few things where I asked for help, but it was just quite an eye-opener to kind of see really that, OK, I do enjoy this and I definitely want to pursue it.”

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.

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.

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.

OLEAN, N.Y. — Students on SUNY Jamestown Community College’s Cattaraugus County Campus have a new classmate of sorts this semester.

His name is Bodie, a doodle therapy dog that spends most of his time on campus in the Learning Commons where students study the most.

Jessica Kubiak never gave much thought to a future working in higher education administration. Even so, SUNY Jamestown Community College’s vice president of Academic Affairs understands how the path led her here.

Kubiak remembers being in her late 20s, returning to college after having two children and serving as a student representative for the educational policies committee at the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford.