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With national college decision day looming on May 1, delays with the Free Application for Federal Student Aid has many students wondering when they will know how much financial assistance they will receive.

The uncertainty may lead some to delay starting college, while others may continue on their path in hopes FAFSA comes through in time.

Community colleges with longer enrollment windows can offer a safer and affordable opportunity to those who don't want to put off starting their higher education journey.

OLEAN, N.Y. — SUNY Jamestown Community College is hosting financial aid events on April 22 and April 29 at its Cattaraugus County County Campus to help current and prospective college students complete the updated Free Application for Federal Student Aid form.

The events are scheduled for 3-7 p.m. in room 108 of the Library & Liberal Arts Center on the downtown Olean campus.

SUNY Jamestown Community College students were inducted into the Phi Theta Kappa National Honor Society during ceremonies on April 9 on the Cattaraugus County Campus and April 10 on the Jamestown Campus.

A student must achieve at least a 3.50-grade point average to be considered for the national two-year college honor society.  

Forty-eight students were inducted into the Jamestown Campus Alpha Kappa Beta chapter, and 15 into the Cattaraugus County Campus Alpha Psi Omega chapter. 

JAMESTOWN, N.Y. — SUNY Jamestown Community College’s Counseling & Career Center officially unveiled its meditation room and mural to a small gathering on the Jamestown Campus this week.

The rainforest-themed mural that covers the four interior walls of the room was painted by Bailey Lundmark and JJ Moore, sophomore Studio Arts students, who were joined at the opening by Kirk Young, Student Affairs vice president, Morgan Franchina, Counseling & Career Center director, and Madison Lavallee, JCC coordinator of art and instructor.

A two-year grant through Creatives Rebuild New York that placed two artists in residence at SUNY Jamestown Community College is near its conclusion. 

According to Jessica Kubiak, interim vice president of Academic Affairs at SUNY JCC, the work artist Kaycee Colburn has shared with the college during the grant’s duration has been “varied and voluminous.”

OLEAN, N.Y. — Spring semester student leaders at SUNY Jamestown Community College’s Cattaraugus County Campus were announced recently following elections.

Serving on the JCC Student Senate are Luthaya Beard and Phoenix Beard of Friendship; Pattie Best of Portville, Nicholas Camillo of Franklinville, Derek Crimmins of Allegany; Allison Langston of Wellsville; Jillian Long of Portville; and Madison Summers of Portville.

Crimmins was elected president, Phoenix Beard vice president, Langston treasurer, and Luthaya Beard secretary.

The 32nd annual SUNY Jamestown Community College Cattaraugus County Campus Classic Golf Tournament is set for June 19 at Holiday Valley’s Double Black Diamond course in Ellicottville.

Proceeds benefit scholarships and opportunities for students on JCC’s Cattaraugus County Campus. Funds from this year’s event, which is sponsored by Community Bank, will help Nursing students purchase study software for their national licensing exam.

Last year’s event raised more than $12,000 for JCC’s Cattaraugus County Campus Alumni Association.

OLEAN, N.Y. — SUNY Jamestown Community College Cattaraugus County Campus is providing free eclipse viewing glasses to members of the community and a solar system display with a scavenger hunt in the week leading up to the total solar eclipse on April 8. The scavenger hunt winner will be chosen at random and receive a gift basket.

Kirk Young, Ph.D., vice president of Student Affairs, and Jessica Kubiak, Ph.D., interim vice president of Academic Affairs, recently announced the students who were awarded degrees or certificates after completing the fall 2023 semester at SUNY Jamestown Community College.
 
One student earned a 4.0 grade point average, which is deemed highest honors. Thirty-eight students earned 3.5-3.99 GPA, or high honors; and 25 students earned honors at 3.25-3.49 GPA.