Student Life

We're excited to welcome you to Jamestown Community College! All new students are required to attend orientation the week before classes start. You will learn about:

• JCC technologies
• Academic and other types of support
• Life as a college student
• Financial aid
• Campus safety
• How to connect with others and get involved

Cattaraugus County Campus New Student Orientation Dates:

Monday, August 19 | 1 - 4 p.m.
Wednesday, August 21 | 5 - 8 p.m.
Friday, August 23 | 9 a.m. - noon

We're excited to welcome you to Jamestown Community College! All new students are required to attend orientation the week before classes start. You will learn about:

• JCC technologies
• Academic and other types of support
• Life as a college student
• Financial aid
• Campus safety
• How to connect with others and get involved

Do you want to build a snowman? Get creative and build a snowman on campus, take a picture, and submit it to CampusLifeJamestown@mail.sunyjcc.edu. Then, come to the Student Union for some sweet snacks and to vote on your favorites!

Will there be prizes? OH YES Indeed!

Sing it loud with the 4th Annual Holiday Karaoke Event! Whether you are interested in competing for a prize or just want to have a good time, all participants are welcome. Prizes will be awarded for 1st place solo performer and 1st place group. Register for karaoke with this form.

De-stress before finals with free five-minute chair massages, creating your own stress ball, coloring, sign up for a 15-minute chair yoga session, and other relaxing activities.

Explore cultures, languages, and food from around the world! Let's celebrate the benefits of international education, study abroad, and exchange worldwide!

Join the Black Student Union for a catered soul food dinner. Student poets will be invited to share their poems for a chance to win gift cards.

• Spoken Word: 1st winner - $100 gift card
• 2nd winner - $50 gift card
• 3rd winner - $30 gift card
• Written Poem: 1st winner - $100 gift card

Taste for yourself as student-run clubs unleash their inner mixologists to impress a panel of judges with their best mocktail concoctions! Trophies will be given to the top three Best Tasting Drinks and Best Display.

Enjoy activities like face painting and decorating pumpkins while learning more about clubs on campus, upcoming events, and fundraisers. Participate in the costume contest, learn about Diwali, and help choose a winner from the amazing pumpkin sculptures created by the 3D design class too!

Celebrate fall and carve pumpkins with Eric Jones, artist and 2022 Outrageous Pumpkins Season 3 winner, 2020 Food Network Halloween Wars competitor, and JCC alum.

Register here to carve with Eric. Carving is limited to the first 50 who register.