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.
The SUNY Jamestown Community College Board of Trustees will conduct a planning session on Tuesday, May 27 at the Holiday Valley Resort & Conference Center Tamarack Club. In addition, the Board of Trustees will conduct a brief full board meeting to transact business at 4:45 p.m.
Please register in advance to attend with Marsha Hern at MarshaHern@mail.sunyjcc.edu or 716.338.1060.
Twelve 2025 graduates of SUNY Jamestown Community College completed all requirements to earn the college’s Honors program citation. Each was honored during the Jamestown Campus commencement ceremony on Saturday.
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.
JAMESTOWN, N.Y. — Artistic works produced by nine SUNY Jamestown Community College students earned awards at the Juried Student Art Exhibition that opened Friday, May 2 at Weeks Gallery on the Jamestown Campus.
Victoria Scalise of Jamestown won best in show for “Pierced,” created using pins and fabric.
Five keynote speakers collaborated to weave their stories of SUNY Jamestown Community College’s past and present into a reflection of the institution's long-standing core values during commencement ceremonies on Friday at the Olean YMCA and Saturday morning at the Jamestown Campus Physical Education Complex gymnasium.
The SUNY Jamestown Community College Board of Trustees will hold a special meeting in the boardrooms of the Jamestown and Cattaraugus County campuses, and North County Center.
Please register in advance to attend with Marsha Hern at MarshaHern@mail.sunyjcc.edu or 716.338.1060.
Alberta Raynor shouldn’t be here.
Not after spending much of her childhood in hospitals confronting lupus and fighting for her life. Not after dropping out of high school because of the crippling nature of the disease. Not after struggling for so long to pass the GED test and earn a high school diploma.
