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Jolene Ayres from Allegany-Limestone Central School has been awarded the 2025 College Connections Teacher of the Year by SUNY Jamestown Community College. Ayres taught several courses across the English, communications, and leadership disciplines this school year through the College Connections concurrent enrollment program.   

Francis LaChappelle is a Human Services assistant professor at SUNY Jamestown Community College. He has taught at JCC since 2003 and joined the full-time faculty in 2012, leading courses in human services, psychology, and addictions counseling. 

LaChappelle also has 30 years of professional experience in the human services field. 

The following SUNY Jamestown Community College students earned part-time dean’s list honors for academic excellence during the spring 2025 semester. To be eligible, a student must achieve a minimum 3.50 GPA while enrolled in six to 11 degree hours. 

Allegany: Brittany Babb, Emily Bigler, Payton Fortuna, Sidney Gleason, Kristine Olver, Hermione Riggs, Alix Snyder 

Angelica: Rebecca Fisk 

Ashville: Megan Blakeslee 

Bemus Point: Elijah Nuccio, George Royle, Stephanie Shagla, Susanne Stone 

The following SUNY Jamestown Community College students earned full-time dean’s list honors for academic excellence during the spring 2025 semester. To be eligible, a student must achieve a minimum 3.50 GPA while enrolled in at least 12 degree hours. 

Accra, Ghana: Lydia Adu-Kwakye 

Allegany: Robert Casey, Megan Fisher, Olivia Graham, Ethan Jones, Nicholas Jones, Rayleah Magara, Jeremiah Moore, Ryleigh Peterson, Alaina Quattrone 

Almond: Hannah Rech 

Angola: Jason Conklin 

SUNY Jamestown Community College recently honored 65 high school students from throughout southwestern New York as the 2024-2025 students of the year in the College Connections program.  

In selecting the students of the year, schools were asked to consider College Connections participants who had embraced the challenges of completing college level work and demonstrated resourcefulness, integrity, and dedication. 

SUNY Jamestown Community College is proud to announce its participation in SUNY Reconnect, a State University of New York initiative designed to help adults ages 25 to 55 return to college tuition-free and complete associate degrees in high-demand fields. 

Sherel Schnyder thought she was bound for New York City when she moved from her home in suburban Sydney, Australia to the United States in 2011 to play soccer and go to school at SUNY Jamestown Community College. 

“But I loved it,” she said of her time at JCC’s Cattaraugus County Campus in Olean. “I feel like it was a butterfly moment for my whole life.” 

The SUNY Jamestown Community College Foundation will direct all funds raised during this year’s Give Big CHQ campaign on June 12 to the Daniel F. Courtine Engineering and Workforce Development Endowment. 

Give Big CHQ is a 24-hour online fundraising event that helps individuals find and contribute to causes they care about in Chautauqua County. The Chautauqua Region Community Foundation hosts this initiative to bring the community together in celebration of the work of local nonprofit organizations, of which 125 are participating this year.