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The Jamestown Community College Foundation is teaming up with the Buffalo Bills and Buffalo Sabres foundations to help raise funds for the Unified Student Assistance Scholarship during their Give 716 campaign.
 
Give 716 begins at 7:16 p.m. on July 15 and runs through midnight on July 16. The goal is to unite Buffalo Bills and Sabres fans in a giving event that benefits nonprofit organizations in the Western New York area. Since its inception in 2021, the annual giving event has raised over $3.3 million for 601 participating charities.

Laura Parmenter, SUNY Jamestown Community College’s director of Online Learning, recently completed the inaugural New York State Community College Leadership Academy in Albany.

SUNY Jamestown Community College recently honored 65 high school students from throughout southwestern New York as the 2023-2024 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.

New students can now register for Accepted Student Days at SUNY Jamestown Community College at sunyjcc.edu/asd. The half-day events provide a relaxed opportunity to gain necessary information and tools to navigate college.

Jamestown Campus dates are from 9 a.m. to noon on June 27, July 17 and 30, and Aug. 14. Cattaraugus County Campus dates are 9:30 a.m. to noon on July 10 and August 1. 

Two SUNY Jamestown Community College faculty were recently awarded a Community College Internationalization Fellowship by Cornell University’s Latin American & Caribbean Studies Program.

Stephanie Cardone, Renee Funke, and Mark Kirsch of SUNY Jamestown Community College earned Chancellor’s Awards for Excellence from the State University of New York in professional service, teaching, and adjunct teaching, respectively.

The SUNY Chancellor's Awards for Excellence provide recognition for consistently superior professional achievement and to encourage the ongoing pursuit of excellence. The awards provide SUNY-wide recognition in five categories: faculty service, librarianship, professional service, scholarship and creative activities, and teaching. 

SUNY Jamestown Community College is helping prospective students and families complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid.

Virtual support assistance led by JCC staff and students started in May and goes through the end of August. Sessions are scheduled for 11 a.m. to noon and 3:30-4:30 p.m. on Mondays, 11 a.m. to noon and 3-4 p.m. on Wednesdays, and 2-3 p.m. on Fridays.

Those interested can join virtually through Zoom links at sunyjcc.edu/Events.

The Accreditation Commission of the National Alliance of Concurrent Enrollment Partnerships has reaffirmed accreditation to the College Connections program at SUNY Jamestown Community College.

SUNY Jamestown Community College learned that Viqtory Media has upgraded the college’s long-standing Military Friendly^® distinction from silver to gold, and earned a Military Spouse-Friendly School distinction for the first time.

More than 1,800 colleges and universities were evaluated for the 2024-2025 cycle using both public data sources and responses from a proprietary survey to determine the awards, with 537 earning designations.

The Jamestown Community College Foundation will direct all funds raised during this year’s Give Big CHQ campaign on June 13 to the Unified Student Assistance Scholarship.