| Jamestown Community College | |
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| Motto | To Learn ... To Search ... To Serve. |
| Established | 1950 |
| Type | Community college |
| Endowment | US $6.1 million[1] |
| President | Gregory T. DeCinque |
| Academic staff | 336[2] |
| Students | 4,182 (3,004 full time)[3] |
| Location | Jamestown, NY, US |
| Campus | Suburban 107 acres (0.43 km2) |
| Colors | Green and yellow (Jamestown campus) White and blue (Cattaraugus County campus) |
| Nickname | Jayhawks (Jamestown campus) Jaguars (Cattaraugus County Campus) |
| Affiliations | National Junior College Athletic Association, Region III |
| Website | www.sunyjcc.edu |
Jamestown Community College is a two-year college in the SUNY system. JCC has two campuses in Chautauqua County, New York, located in Dunkirk and Jamestown. A third campus serves Cattaraugus County in Olean. A fourth site is located in Warren, Pennsylvania. The college offers degree and certificate programs in many areas.
Founded in 1950, Jamestown Community College was the first community college in the State University of New York.
The college has grown from an enrollment of 169 students attending classes at Jamestown High School to an enrollment of over 3,500 in a multi-campus institution. The Jamestown Campus is located on a 107-acre (0.43 km2) site at the foot of Chautauqua Lake in Jamestown, New York. The Cattaraugus County Campus is located 50 miles (80 km) east of Jamestown in Olean, New York. JCC also operates centers in Dunkirk, New York and Warren, Pennsylvania.
JCC's Warren Center opened in 1987 to provide degrees in Business Administration and Social Science. JCC operates the Center under a contract with the Warren-Forest Higher Education Council, and the Center is licensed by the Pennsylvania Department of Education. The Warren center is 25 miles south of Jamestown, New York.[4]
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JCC has a variety of chartered clubs and organizations for students to experience.
The officially recognized student governing body is the Student Senate. Students have a direct voice in all student affairs and many college activities through active participation in the student government.
The Campus Activity Board (CAB) and the College Program Committee are the two organizations that are responsible for bringing activities (speakers, artists, musicians, etc.) to campus. The CAB is composed of only students while the College Program Committee is composed of both faculty and students.
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