SUMMER 2016 JAMESTOWN COMMUNITY COLLEGE ALUMNI MAGAZINE create a etrepreeur creatig a busiess a artist creatig beauty a citize creatig the future also iside Cotiuig Educatio Alumi Authors College Evets
cotets gree&gold is the official publicatio for alumi of Jamestow Commuity College ad is published i prit oce per year ad digitally four times per year. Please address all correspodece to: Office of Alumi Relatios Jamestow Commuity College Foudatio 525 Falcoer Street P.O. Box 20 Jamestow, NY 14702-0020 716.338.1056 alumi@mail.suyjcc.edu www.suyjcc.edu/alumi Cory L. Duckworth, J.D. Presidet Kriste A. Johso Director, Alumi Relatios Jody Perri Director, Marketig & Bradig Alumi Associatio Board of Directors Jamestow Campus Lease Robiso, 00, Chairma Cheri Foti, 76, Vice Chairma Carole Garriso, 93, Secretary A Cappalio, 91, Treasurer Judy Beckerik, 69 Joh Bauer, 71 Jeff Camp, 84 Arlee Christopherso, 65 Gail Coyle, 86 Juaita Hurlburt, 93 Matthew Kidberg, 05 Lida O. Mao, 69 Nicholas Mao, 76 Elizabeth Petipri, 73, 82 Steve Riczker, 82 Delaa Rupp, 91 Catherie Katie Smith, 71 Deis Webster, 74 Alumi Associatio Board of Directors Cattaraugus Couty Campus Tammy Skroback, 84, Chairma Lori Jorda, 03, Vice Chairma Kerry Grisewood, 90, Secretary Da Barr, 02 Chriss Bouch, 91 Christie Brook, 06 Ae Carlso, 96 Ashley Carlso, 10 Tracie Clayso, 94 Kathy Locosky, 05 Marjorie McItosh, 98 Celie Pema, 94 Larry Pema, 04 Larry Selph, 98 Lorraie Smith, 95 Meme Yaetsko, 88 3 Letter from the Presidet What s i a Brad? 4 & 5 The Space to Create: Jerry Lee, 99 6 Deb Eck 7 Jim Resel 8 Cotiuig Educatio 9 Alumi Author Roudup 10 Class Notes 11 Distiguished Alumi 12 Alumi Nurses of Distictio 13 College News 14 The Aual Campaig for JCC 15 Alumi Associatio Membership This our brad. This is JCC. ~ Cory L. Duckworth, J.D. Dear Alumus, Today s world is a oisy oe. As techology elarges our social spheres ad ehaces the coectios betwee them, it ll get eve oisier. That meas it s more difficult tha ever for a orgaizatio to stad out from the crowd. Compaies the world over sped billios o bradig ad istitutios of higher educatio are o differet. We ivest heavily i our brad ad sped a great deal of time strategizig about the best way to leverage that ivestmet. But what s i a brad? For may orgaizatios, it s about logos, slogas, ad compay colors. JCC has those thigs, of course, but we take it oe importat step farther. Our brad is you, our alumi. You are our greatest success. You are the best example of our work. You shie a spotlight o the importace of this college, every sigle day, through your efforts to make your commuity a better place to live, work, ad play. Our brad is, too, the values we istill i our alumi. A commitmet to excellece. A lifelog desire to lear ad grow. A desire to help others ad serve their commuities with a deep sese of purpose. This is our brad. This is JCC. So may of our alumi have emerged as commuity ad busiess leaders with whom JCC ejoys a great ad rewardig relatioship. Others are members of the faculty ad staff at this great college, each of whom cotiually ispires me. As presidet, I have had the pleasure of meetig may of our alumi ad i each oe of them I see the JCC brad persoified. Perhaps most rewardig of all: I am i a uique positio to watch the JCC brad begi to emerge i those who have yet to cross the stage. I this issue of gree&gold, we celebrate a few of the more tha 21,000 livig examples of the JCC brad. The alumi featured i these pages are creators i their ow ways: oe is a artist; oe is a etrepreeur; oe is a mayor; ad several are authors. Each is shapig the world, armed with fresh ideas, the stregth of their beliefs, ad the foudatio of a JCC educatio. I kow that I speak for all of us at JCC whe I say that we re so very proud of our alumi ad all that you ve accomplished. Yours, Cory L. Duckworth, J.D. Presidet JAMESTOWN COMMUNITY COLLEGE ALUMNI MAGAZINE SUMMER 2016 03
The Space to Create: Jerry Lee, 99 Heavy o creativity. Light o pretese. That s The Quilted Squirrel i a utshell (forgive us). It s a quirky, fullservice marketig firm based i Hamburg, NY. As far as co-fouder Jerry Lee, Class of 99, is cocered, success is about creatig space for creativity, gettig excited, ad ever takig thigs too seriously. alumiprofile Jerry Lee Co-Fouder, The Quilted Squirrel Hamburg, New York Coect with Jerry: likedi.com/i/jerryleecreative twitter.com/squirrelquilted Educatio: Jamestow Commuity College A.S., Liberal Arts & Scieces (1999) SUNY Fredoia B.A., Fie Arts, Media Arts (2004) St. Boaveture Uiversity, M.A. Itegrated Marketig Commuicatios (2012) Uiversity of Oxford, coursework Itegrated Marketig Commuicatios (2012) The combiatio works: the firm has grow from a two-perso shop to iclude eight employees, plus a iter or two. The firm couts amog its cliets a variety of Wester New York orgaizatios icludig St. Boaveture Uiversity ad Sweet Home Federal Credit Uio, as well as atioal compaies icludig Fisher-Price, FedEx, ad Perry s Ice Cream. We make sure othig curbs creativity, Lee said. Nothig is ever off the table. Some of our best ideas come to light whe we re talkig about a completely differet project. Beig your ow boss [meas you ca let] your creativity reig. We fid that we do t have to be crazy ad sometimes, the creativity comes through i how you deliver the messages as much as it does i the message itself. Lee who worked i maufacturig for more tha a decade ad eared several promotios durig that time said he became more cocered with climbig the corporate ladder tha he had ever iteded. He realized it was time for a chage. I had created some great work with some amazig people ad leared a icredible amout about busiess, he said. But I foud that my persoal goals were t easily attaiable withi their busiess structure. There are limitatios to truly impactig someoe else s busiess. But eve while I was lookig to participate i itegral, impactful busiess decisios, I had ever cosidered etrepreeurship. Util he met Steve Ligle. Steve has always had the etrepreeurial bug, Lee said. He was fearless ad cofidet. We started talkig about the ladscape of marketig ad advertisig agecies i Wester New York ad saw a opportuity to really create somethig excitig. We could work without the restraits of a corporate orgaizatioal chart ad could trust i our ow isticts to develop ideas. what career paths iterested me. I saw JCC as a fail-proof way to take some time decidig o my career. I kew the classes I took would be trasferrable. Ad maybe this is t a sexy aswer, but the humaities program was t itimidatig. It was Deb Lai, a former commuicatio ad media arts professor ad the coordiator for JCC s commuicatio ad media arts program, who helped Lee avigate his time at JCC. Deb was immeasurably helpful, he said. She might be the world s most carig idividual ad you should prit that, because she deserves to have everyoe hear it. She treated me like a legitimate desiger, eve though I had t doe aythig to prove or deserve it. She was my soudig board o everythig from employmet optios to cotiuig educatio. She helped me to hoe i o a graphic desig focus. Deb s ecouragemet led me to fid cofidece i myself. Lee also remembered Bill Disbro, a artist who was hired i 1970 as JCC s first full-time art professor. It was Disbro who developed ad itroduced the college s first art program ad he who helped Lee realize he had stadards. He oce told me that oe of the assigmets I had haded i was t up to my stadards, Lee said. That was pretty profoud. I did t kow that I had a stadard. At that poit I did. Asked for advice to share with curret or future JCC studets, Lee said he d ecourage studets to be their ow judge of their worth ad to fid it i places other tha their report cards. O Beig Eergized I get excited about what we ve created at The Quilted Squirrel. We have employees that have chose to work with us over other great opportuities. We ve attracted amazigly taleted people ad we ve created a eviromet that they seem to ejoy. I get excited thikig about the great work that s beig created that makes me pretty happy. O Itetio We set out with the itetio of creatig a busiess, ad tried hard to avoid beig a couple guys who do marketig. That meas treatig your busiess like it s more tha a startup; like there s a purpose for what you do, ad the world eeds it. O Etrepreeurship PLAN! We put together a 100-page research report ad busiess pla that outlied our goals ad expectatios of the busiess. It helped us to secure fudig, ad more importatly, to covice our spouses. Etrepreeurship is t easy. It takes a lot of your time, ad moopolizes your thoughts. It s worth it, but it is t for the fait of heart. Be prepared, ad lear everythig you ca about your market before you begi. It was that eed for space the space a creator eeds to explore that led Lee to Jamestow Commuity College i the first place. Goig ito college at 18, I did t have may plas for my time at JCC, Lee said. I wated to take some art classes ad try to decide Whe you re i a situatio of learig, it s easy to let istructors give you grades o your performace, ad to judge your worth by test scores, he said. The grades are importat, but there are may valuable coectios you ll fid i school ad i life, that cotribute greatly to persoal developmet. JAMESTOWN COMMUNITY COLLEGE ALUMNI MAGAZINE SUMMER 2016 05
The Dream to Create Debra Eck, 01, was a girl with a dream. alumiprofile Debra Eck Adjuct Professor, Studio Arts Jamestow Commuity College Coect with Debra: likedi.com/i/debra-eck dryadart.wordpress.com debraeck.com Educatio: Jamestow Commuity College A.S., Fie Arts: Studio Arts (2001) The Uiversity at Buffalo B.F.A., Fie Arts (2004) Uiversity of Northumbria at Newcastle, M.A. Visual Culture (2006) Recet Awards & Artist Grats: 2014: YWCA Woma of Achievemet Award, Arts & Culture 2013; Uited Arts Appeal Idividual Artist Stiped 2012: Zota Club, Wome i Leadership Award 2012: Ray & Wy Ritchie Evas Foudatio Artists i the Commuity Grat 2011: Uited Arts Appeal Grat for Art i the Wild A Life of Service As a kid growig up i Ashville, NY, Jim Resel, 83 always wated a career i law eforcemet. He ever iteded to be a politicia. Yet that s exactly where life has take him. Now a 30-year vetera of the Chautauqua Couty Sheriff s Office, where he is a patrol lieuteat, Resel has spet 12 years i politics, most recetly as mayor of the village of Falcoer. The local political eviromet fasciates me because, for the most part, people from differet political poits of view get alog well together ad support each other, he said. I feel privileged to be mayor ad I am blessed to be able to work with the village s employees we have workig for the village. Resel chose to begi his educatio at JCC for several reasos ad said the college was istrumetal i reiforcig his career choice. alumiprofile Jim Resel Patrol Lieuteat Chautauqua Couty Sheriff s Office Other Positios: Mayor, Village of Falcoer Certified Police Topics Istructor, JCC Educatio: Jamestow Commuity College, A.S., Crimial Justice (1983) Buffalo State College, B.S., Crimial Justice (1985) As a tee livig i Essex, Uited Kigdom, she applied ad was iterviewed for admissio to the exclusive Royal College of Arts i Lodo. Her applicatio for admissio was ultimately deied. Crushed, she put aside ay hope of goig to art school ad focused o her secod love: physics. Ad the life happeed. As she was preparig to leave for college, she met the ma who would become her husbad. She applied for a year off from school, fully itedig to cotiue her pursuit of a degree. But by the ed of the year, she was married ad movig to America. Life did t stop there, though: three childre further paused her plas for a educatio. Fast forward about a doze years later, ad life agai iterveed but this time, to put Eck where she eeded to be exactly whe she eeded to be there. Durig a chace ecouter at a backyard barbecue, she met Bob Schlick, 72, the logtime coordiator of JCC s Scharma Theatre. They spoke about her experiece with theatrical costume desig ad, as it tured out, he eeded someoe to create costumes for a productio. That coversatio got me thikig about goig to college, Eck said. Workig with the studets i that productio made me thik that maybe returig to school was t such a crazy idea. I filled out a applicatio before I could lose courage ad the ext thig I kew I was erollig i classes. Like may o-traditioal studets, Eck had her doubts. She said she was afraid of goig back to school ad ervous about whether she d fit i with the youger studets. Would she be competitive? Was it too late? But JCC was coveiet it was close to home ad eabled her to take classes o a flexible schedule ad she had a solid etwork of frieds ad family willig to help her juggle the kids schedules. Fiacial assistace made it icredibly affordable, too. Ultimately, she kew JCC was her big opportuity to make her dream come true. Hoestly, it all felt like a secod chace to see if I had what it would take to become a artist a dream I had ever really totally give up o or forgotte, she said. Whe my work was accepted ito the college s Juried Studet Art Exhibitio durig my sophomore year, it was such a positive affirmatio. Seeig your work up o the wall is really trasformative. At that momet, I started to believe that I really could become a artist. She has, ideed, become a artist a iteratioally exhibited artist, by the way ad has also emerged as a professor ad a commuity leader. Without JCC it would ever have happeed, she said. Applyig to a four-year school as a o-traditioal studet was too itimidatig. I just would t have goe back. JCC made me feel like I did t stad out too much. It was JCC that re-igited my passio ad gave me the cofidece to pursue my goals. JCC was a great choice. It was affordable, it eabled me to live at home ad go to college, ad I could keep workig my part-time jobs, he said. That made it so much easier to save moey ad go o for my bachelor s degree. While a studet at JCC, Resel was presidet of the college s Crimial Justice Club. He also performed a itership at the Chautauqua Couty Sheriff s Office a experiece he described as his most memorable at JCC. I was able to sped time i all aspects of the Sheriff s Office ad was able to make importat career etworkig coectios ad relatioships that helped me start my career, he said. Ad I specifically remember Dick Weber, a crimial justice professor at the college. Whe it came to my goals, he was very ecouragig. All of my professors were available to me for guidace or cosultatio. Resel ad his family his wife of 25 years, Elizabeth, ad their childre, Rya, Emily, ad Valerie moved to Falcoer i 1991. I 2004, he was appoited a village trustee, fillig a vacat positio o the board. He later wo electio to that seat three times i a row ad was amed the village s deputy mayor. He was elected as mayor i November 2015. My path to mayor defiitely evolved, he said. I ever iteded to get ito politics. But as a member of the Falcoer Fire Departmet, there was a issue that motivated me to give it a try. Ad ow, 12 years later, here I am, workig with a great team of people to improve the quality of life i the village. Leadership: Former Member & Presidet, Falcoer Fire Departmet Mothers Agaist Druk Drivig, Chautauqua Couty Chapter JPD Certificate of Commedatio (1992) CCSO Certificate of Valor (1993) Special Uit Citatio as a SWAT Team Member (1993) MADD Award of Excellece (1996) Words: Relatioships are vital. May of the jobs or assigmets I held through the years were ot obtaied by oly my resume, but rather by relatioships that became beeficial to my persoal ad career goals. The ability to sell yourself ad talk about yourself does ot come aturally to may people. It s a skill worth learig. Resel said the Chautauqua Couty Law Eforcemet Academy, hosted at JCC, is a respected istitutio both i Chautauqua Couty ad beyod. Graduates are employed i law eforcemet agecies across the coutry. Locally, the Niagara Couty sheriff ad the Erie Couty udersheriff are graduates of the program. I recommed JCC to all the youg studets I speak with, he said. To me, JCC is a special ad valuable opportuity for aybody startig out i ay field of study. May of the people I atteded JCC with wet o to very successful careers. 06 JAMESTOWN COMMUNITY COLLEGE ALUMNI MAGAZINE SUMMER 2016 JAMESTOWN COMMUNITY COLLEGE ALUMNI MAGAZINE SUMMER 2016 07
alumi Lifelog Learig at JCC Red Sarber s tai chi classes have bee mid-blowig ad body eergizig! Workig with a true master o a weekly basis is a hoor. Thaks, JCC, for offerig these remarkable programs. - Carol Lorec, 70 Have you ever wated to cook the perfect holiday meal? Do you wat to reboot your career with a certificate i phlebotomy? Is learig calligraphy o your bucket list? Are you mystified by your ew tablet or laptop? Eter JCC s Ceters for Cotiuig Educatio, where classes o all of these topics ad may more are available to people of all ages. JCC has very deep commitmets to lifelog learig ad to the idea that educatio should be made available to everyoe, said Delaa Rupp, 91, the ceter s assistat director. The college s Ceters for Cotiuig Educatio is a atural extesio of those beliefs. The ceter offers a variety of programmig for childre, begiig as youg as age six, with its aual Wee College, Kids College, Iovatio Academy, ad Twees 2 Tees College. Adult programmig icludes a log list of modestlypriced semiars geared toward professioal developmet or persoal erichmet. JCC has log bee recogized as a leader i workforce developmet, ad the Ceters for Cotiuig Educatio is o the frot lies of the college s offerigs. Studets ca take their first steps toward a career as a medical coder or medical office assistat; lear how to become a idispesable admiistrative assistat; ad lear the fudametals of exceptioal customer service. Ad that s ot all. Also offered are semiars i jobrelated skillsets such as root cause aalysis, lea productio, leadership ad maagemet traiig, iterpersoal skill developmet, strategic plaig, brad developmet, ad a variety of programmig for ot-for-profit orgaizatios. May studets o their ow quests for lifelog learig opportuities come to JCC for persoal erichmet, ad the ceters offerigs do t disappoit. Studets ca take courses i cookig, local history, tai chi, art, laguage, law, yoga, herbs, photography, drawig, jewelry makig, kittig, ad more. All of the ceter s programmig is modestly priced, offered o a flexible schedule that icludes eveig ad olie courses durig the fall, sprig, ad summer semesters ad taught i state-of-the-art classrooms ad labs. Start Your Lifelog Learig Jourey Here: Traiig ad Coferece Ceter Cattaraugus Couty Campus 260 N. Uio St. Olea, NY 14760 Phoe: 716.376.7506 Fax: 716.376.7031 Caraha Traiig ad Coferece Ceter Jamestow Campus 525 Falcoer St. Jamestow, NY 14702-0020 Phoe: 716.338.1005 Fax: 716.338.1456 Traiig ad Coferece Ceter North Couty Ceter 10807 Beett Rd. Dukirk, NY 14048 Phoe: 716.363.6500 Fax: 716.363.6590 Kelly L. Haggmark, 88 Mrs. Haggmark released her first book, Just Oe Soldier, i 2015. The book is about her father-ilaw, Dick Haggmark, ad features 80 letters he wrote home to his family i 1954 while he was statioed i Japa. The book also cotais photos, family memories, author commetary, ad ewspaper clippigs. More iformatio ad book orders are available at Mrs. Haggmark s author website, kellylewishaggmark. tateauthor.com. Joa V. Cusimao Lidquist, 60 I 2015, Mrs. Lidquist released her third book, Rememberig Brookly Square: The 1930s to the 1960s, a comprehesive look at the last three decades i the more tha 100-year existece of Brookly Square i Jamestow, NY. Mrs. Lidquist is also the author ad editor of two other books o Brookly Square. All of her books are available for purchase olie at the Feto History Ceter i Jamestow, NY ad istore at Off the Beate Path i Lakewood, NY. Dr. Carol Sue Johso, 66 Dr. Johso published her first book, What Would Florece Do? A Guide for New Nurse Maagers, i 2015. Published by the America Nurses Associatio, the book is desiged to help urses excel i their maagemet roles. It s available for purchase olie at www. ursesbooks.org. Dr. Johso is a recipiet of the 2015 Distiguished Alumus Award ad was the keyote speaker at JCC s 2015 commecemet exercises. Dr. Sady Robiso, 75 I 2015, Dr. Robiso released The Hum of Cherry Trees, her third chapbook of poetry. Published by Fiishig Lie Press, the chapbook ca be ordered olie at www. fiishigliepress.com. Also i 2015, Dr. Robiso co-authored a ew textbook, Writig ad Uderstadig Poetry for Teachers ad Studets. The book was co-authored with poet ad professor Suzae Keyworth. Writig ad Uderstadig Poetry is available i bookstores ad o Amazo. Bob Roth, 65 Mr. Roth published his fifth book i 2015. A Successful Seior Year Job Search Begis i the Freshma Year is desiged to help more college studets lad great jobs i their areas of iterest. It explais what studets should be doig as they move through college, how it ca be doe, ad why it is importat to employers. Bob is also the author of The 4 Realities of Success, The College Studet s Guide to Ladig a Great Job, College Success: Advice for Parets of High School ad College Studets, ad The College Studet s Compaio. His books are available o Amazo. A log list, ideed. For more iformatio, visit us olie: www.suyjcc.edu/cotiuig-educatio www.facebook.com/ suyjccceterforcotiuigeducatio likedi.com/groups/8160427 JAMESTOWN COMMUNITY COLLEGE ALUMNI MAGAZINE SUMMER 2016 09
classotes 80 s Scott Kidberg, 81, was amed the ew sports editor at The (Jamestow) Post-Joural, where he has worked sice March 1983, servig as the assistat sports editor for early 30 years. Durig his teure, he covered the Buffalo Bills durig their rus to four straight Super Bowls; chroicled umerous team ad idividual New York State Public High School Athletic Associatio champioships; authored 11 books; ad has wo 11 New York State Associated Press Associatio writig awards sice 1993. Rebekah Maloe, BSN, RN 84, was hoored by Worldwide Leaders i Healthcare ad the Iteratioal Nurses Associatio for her exceptioal success i the ursig commuity. She is the certified diabetes educator for Olea Geeral Hospital i Olea, NY ad i 1988 was amed a Nurse of Distictio there. She eared her degree i ursig at JCC. Kristi Melville, 87 ad a previous member of the board of directors for the JCC Alumi Associatio Jamestow Campus, joied Hospice of Souther Maie as its developmet ad outreach director. Jeffrey Smith, 86, joied St. Susa Ceter i Jamestow as its ew executive director. He has a extesive backgroud i food service ad hotel maagemet ad marketig ad sales through several restaurats, the Marriott Corporatio, ad other private sector compaies. He eared a degree i busiess admiistratio at JCC. Joh Stahley, 86, was appoited to the JCC Board of Trustees by the Cattaraugus Couty Legislature. His term will expire i 2021. Stahley is the geeral maager of Dresser-Rad s Olea operatios ad has worked for the compay sice 1990. He eared a associate s degree i egieerig sciece at JCC. 90 s Athoy Baroe, 99, was amed busiess maager ad field maager of the ew Jamestow Jammers. He eared a degree i social studies at JCC. Durig his time at JCC, he was a shortstop for the Jayhawks. He was amed a all-coferece player ad voted oe of JCC s Top 50 Athletes. He retured as head coach for the Jayhawk baseball team betwee 2007 ad 2012 ad led the Jayhawks to 207 victories ad a 101-62 regioal record. Christopher Costello, 99, joied Foit-Albert Associates i Buffalo as a lad surveyor. He eared a associate s degree i egieerig sciece at JCC. Peter Morgate, CPA, 97, was amed the cotroller at Hope s Widows. He previously worked at Buffamate, Whipple, ad Buttafaro P.C. i Jamestow, at Schaffer, Kight, Miaugh & Compay, ad at TitaX Egie Coolig Ic. Keith Nelso, 90, was amed the area director coverig the state of Arizoa for Premier Pharmacy, a compay that specializes i hepatitis C pharmaceuticals. Nelso eared a associate s degree i busiess at JCC. Marya Wilcox, RN, 94, joied JCC as its campus urse ad assistat director for the Jamestow Campus Health Ceter. She has bee part of the ursig faculty at JCC for several years, servig as a cliical istructor, ad has bee a urse maager for several departmets at WCA Hospital i Jamestow. She eared a degree i ursig at JCC. 10 s Kyle Croker, 10, joied Buffamate Whipple Buttafaro, P.C., as a staff accoutat i the Olea office, where she is ivolved i preparig fiacial statemets related to compilatios, reviews, ad audits. She eared a degree i accoutig from JCC. Kate Ewer, 15, was amed the ew 4-H Commuity Educator by the Corell Cooperative Extesio i Chautauqua Couty. I her ew role, Kate is resposible for all 4-H programmig i Chautauqua Couty. Jilliae Higgs, 15, has joied Niagara Therapy LLC as its ewest therapist. Jilliae, who eared a degree from JCC i occupatioal therapy, completed her traiig i the euro stretch protocol ad orthopedic maagemet of the cotracted joit ad will specialize i eurological impairmets. Emilya Pleszewski, 13, was selected as the 2015 Natioal Associatio of Social Workers New York State Wester Divisio Bachelor s i Social Work Studet of the Year. The award is give to those who have demostrated academic excellece ad persoify the values of social work. Emilya eared a associate s degree i huma services at JCC. She graduated with high hoors ad received the Trustee s Award for the highest grade poit average i a Associate of Sciece program. Sierra Rose, 14, was amed a recipiet of the SUNY Chacellor s Award for Studet Excellece. She was oe of 256 studets hoored with the award, which recogizes studets for their itegratio of academic excellece with other aspects of their lives. Sierra graduated with high hoors i December 2014 from the Cattaraugus Couty Campus with a associate s degree i crimial justice ad distiguished herself by earig membership to Phi Theta Kappa. 00 s Troy Bouckhuyt, 04, was featured i a series o local studets who have received support from the Chautauqua Regio Commuity Foudatio. Bouckhuyt eared a degree i crimial justice from JCC ad is ow a deputy sheriff with the Chautauqua Couty Sheriff s Office. I 2008, he atteded the FBI s Hazardous Devices School i Alabama ad received his bomb techicia certificatio, becomig oe of approximately 2,900 bomb techicias i America. Brya Hodgso, 07, was amed a assistat coach of the Uiversity at Buffalo me s basketball team. He eared a degree i social scieces at JCC. Hodgso has coached at JCC ad Fredoia ad, durig his teure, formed the I-90 Elite, a AAU team featurig kids from Wester New York ad Erie, Pa. Edwi Rodriguez Jr., 06 joied the staff of Jamestow Reaissace Corporatio as its evets ad marketig associate. He eared a degree i commuicatios at JCC ad was a USA Scholar who distiguished himself by earig Phi Theta Kappa membership. Jeaette Seawright, 04, marked her 25th year workig for Vector Marketig Corp. She eared a degree i busiess admiistratio at JCC ad distiguished herself by earig membership to Phi Theta Kappa. four alumi hoored with Distiguished Alumus Award The JCC Alumi Associatio hoored four alumi as the 2016 recipiets of the Distiguished Alumus Award, which is the highest hoor preseted by the orgaizatio. The award is bestowed upo those who have typified the JCC traditio of excellece ad brought credit to the college through persoal accomplishmet, professioal achievemet, or humaitaria service. Faith Doald, Ph.D., 75 A healthcare provider ad advocate, Dr. Doald s groudbreakig research was ad cotiues to be istrumetal i itegratig the urse practitioer role ito the Caadia healthcare system, where it remais relatively ew. Her work has resulted i greatly expaded access to healthcare across Caada. A graduate of JCC s Jamestow Campus, she eared a Ph.D. i ursig from McMaster Uiversity i Hamilto, Otario, i 2007. Jessica Goodell, 07 A vetera of the Uited States Marie Corps, Ms. Goodell is the author of Shade It Black, a memoir that chroicles her service as a member of the Marie Corps first officially declared Mortuary Affairs Uit i Iraq. At the time of her service, Ms. Goodell was oe of two wome o the platoo ad eared the rak of Lace Corporal. She is pursuig a doctorate i couselig psychology at the Uiversity at Buffalo ad hopes to work with veteras sufferig from posttraumatic stress disorders ad other combat-related metal illesses. Christopher Hollad, Ed.D., 93 Now the Vice Presidet of Studet Services at Florida State College at Jacksoville, Dr. Hollad has dedicated his professioal life to workig with youth. He has metored youth i various capacities i 6 states ad has lectured widely o diversity, geder ad sexuality, ad the experieces of uderrepreseted studet groups. A graduate of JCC s Cattaraugus Couty Campus, he eared a doctorate degree i higher educatio admiistratio from the Uiversity of Alabama. Douglas War, M.S.W., 79 A author, speaker, ad logtime cliicia, Mr. War has spet his career servig those who are homeless, metally ill, cogitively impaired, or sufferig from addictio. Sice 2002, he has worked with Project Reewal i New York City, a social service agecy servig these groups, where he is ow the Director of Cliical Traiig, Supervisio, ad Developmet. He maitais a private practice as a psychotherapist ad is a adjuct lecturer i the School of Social Work at Columbia Uiversity. His voluteer time is spet servig meals at the Church of the Holy Apostles, New York City s largest soup kitche. Mr. War eared a master s degree i educatio from Syracuse Uiversity i 1986 ad a secod master s degree i social work from New York Uiversity i 1995. For more iformatio, visit us at www.suyjcc.edu/alumi/distiguished-alumus. HELP US CELEBRATE YOUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS! 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College News Roudup From left i the back row are JCC presidet Dr. Cory Duckworth; Becky Tyler, 80, a hooree ad the JCC director of ursig; hooree Jody Shely, 97; hooree Charlotte Behe, 10; hooree Michelle Orcutt, 03; ad Dr. Marily Zagora, the vice presidet of academic affairs at JCC. From left i the frot row are hoorees Melaie Luther-Shay, 77, 80; April Pettit, 10; Deb McMille, 95; ad Daw Pickett, 07. Jamestow Commuity College has aouced that eight alumi of its ursig program have bee selected as recipiets of the 2016 Alumi Nurse of Distictio Award. The award hoors those who have typified the JCC traditio of excellece ad brought credit to the college through professioal achievemet ad by exemplifyig the qualities of a ideal urse. Recipiets are omiated by their co-workers ad may have graduated from either the Jamestow or Cattaraugus Couty campuses. For 53 years, the ursig program at JCC has cosistetly produced some of the best ursig professioals i Wester New York, said Becky Tyler, MS, BSN, RN, the Director of Nursig at JCC. Some of our graduates go o to ear higher degrees. Our graduates work close to home i a variety of settigs icludig hospitals, log-term care facilities, doctor s offices, cliics, ad home care agecies. No matter their path, our ursig graduates brig credit to this istitutio with their professioalism ad devotio to excellece i patiet care throughout Wester New York ad orthwester Pesylvaia. Sice its iceptio i 2002, the Alumi Nurse of Distictio Award has bee preseted to 149 outstadig ursig alumi. For a complete list of award recipiets ad more iformatio, visit the JCC Alumi Relatios Office olie at www.suyjcc.edu/alumi. We d Love to Hear from You! Our alumi cosistetly brig credit to JCC through persoal accomplishmet, professioal achievemet, or humaitaria service. We wat to celebrate your accomplishmets ad help you etwork with approximately 22,000 of your fellow alumi! Help us champio your success by visitig www.suyjcc. edu/alumi/update ad sharig your ews with us. 12 JAMESTOWN COMMUNITY COLLEGE ALUMNI MAGAZINE SUMMER 2016 JCC Names 2016 Alumi Nurses of Distictio Charlotte Behe, B.S.N., R.N., a urse at Joes Memorial Hospital i Wellsville, NY ad a 2010 aluma of JCC s Cattaraugus Couty Campus Melaie Luther-Shay, B.S.N., R.N., a urse at Bradford Regioal Medical Ceter ad a 1980 graduate of JCC s Jamestow Campus Deborah McMille, M.S., R.N., a assistat professor of ursig at JCC s Jamestow Campus ad a 1995 aluma of the college Michele Orcutt, B.S.N., R.N., a 2003 graduate of JCC s Cattaraugus Couty Campus ad a urse i obstetrics at Olea Geeral Hospital April Pettit, R.N., a urse at Olea Geeral Hospital ad a 2010 graduate of JCC s Cattaraugus Couty Campus; Daw Pickett, R.N., a urse at WCA Hospital i Jamestow ad a 2007 aluma of JCC s Jamestow Campus Jody Shely, B.S.N., R.N., a urse at Luthera Home ad Rehabilitatio Ceter i Jamestow ad a 1997 graduate of JCC s Jamestow Campus Receivig a surprise recogitio as a Alumi Nurse of Distictio was Ms. Tyler, a member of the JCC ursig faculty sice August 2011 ad a 1980 aluma of the college s Jamestow Campus. Ms. Tyler holds a master s degree i ursig, a post-master s certificate i ursig educatio, ad is curretly pursuig a Doctor of Nursig Practice degree from America Setiel Uiversity. JCC studets pursuig ursig ad health-related degrees will beefit sigificatly from a $1 millio dollar ivestmet by the Johso Foudatio of Jamestow. The Joh A. ad Oscar Johso Memorial Trust Scholarship Fud for Nursig ad Health-Related Professios, established through the ivestmet, will provide scholarships with a preferece give to studets who have graduated from Chautauqua Couty high schools, are Chautauqua Couty residets, ad who meet fiacial aid eligibility requiremets. The ivestmet was formally accepted at a special meetig of the JCC board of trustees o August 11, 2015. JCC is extremely hoored to be the recipiet of such a importat ad impressive gift, said JCC presidet Cory L. Duckworth. The Johso Trust has a strog history of stregtheig our regio ad this ivestmet i the lives of our ursig ad health-related studets at the college will perpetuate that legacy well ito the future. What is particularly importat about this gift is that it will help studets ad, at the same time, stregthe our healthcare sector by isurig the availability of high quality health service providers i the regio, Dr. Duckworth added. Johso Scholarship fuds may be used for tuitio ad livig expeses that are umet by other scholarships ad other forms of fiacial aid. I recogitio of the Johso Foudatio gift, the JCC board of trustees aouced that JCC s ursig program facility, located i the Arts ad Scieces Ceter, will be amed the Joh A. ad Oscar Johso Nursig Educatio Ceter. The facility, which has a capacity for 200 studets, features two large classrooms ad two 10-bed cliical laboratory uits with simulatio rooms. O Jue 30, 2015, JCC broke groud for a ew maufacturig techology facility o JCC s Cattaraugus Couty Campus a facility that is iteded to serve as a ecoomic catalyst for maufacturig ad idustry i the regio. Costructio is uder way o the 20,000-square foot facility, located at the corer of Hamilto ad North Barry streets i Olea. The project will host studets begiig with the fall 2016 semester. The ew space, which will be used to educate studets i advaced maufacturig programs ad processes, will feature classrooms, specialized traiig space for machiig ad other idustrial skills, light duty labs, ad a computer-aided desig lab i a updated ad highly eergy efficiet space. $1 Millio Preseted for Scholarships IN PHOTO: Carole Sellstrom ad Joh Sellstrom, Johso Foudatio; Daw Columbare, former director of ursig, JCC; ad Cory L. Duckworth, presidet, JCC. JCC s associate degree i ursig program was established i 1963 with a $7,600 grat from the Kellogg Foudatio ad served as the oly such program i wester New York for several years. From seve pilot associate ursig degree programs i four states i 1958 to 130 atiowide by 1963, ursig educatio programs are ow offered at more tha 1,000 commuity colleges. The Johso Foudatio, established by the Joh A. ad Oscar Johso Memorial Trust, has supported charitable, religious, ad educatioal orgaizatios, particularly those that focus o childre, the elderly, ad Swedish heritage, for the past 20 years. New York City as co-trustees. Joh Johso came to the U.S. from Swede i the 1920s ad lived with his brother Oscar i Jamestow. The brothers built houses for area families. Joh also worked for the Marli Rockwell Corporatio, retirig i 1967. He iherited Oscar s estate i 1976. Created i 1995 followig Joh s death, the Johso Foudatio has bee admiistered by Carole Sellstrom, executive director, ad her husbad, Joh, ad Bessemer Trust Compay of It has bee a great hoor to admiister the Johso Foudatio, said Joh Sellstrom. While Joh Johso spet the majority of his life i Jamestow as a Swedish citize, he was proud to have become a America citize ad to be able to give back to his adopted home ad its may worthy orgaizatios ad citizes. Mr. Sellstrom also oted the Johso Foudatio trustees are i the process of closig the foudatio, accordig to Joh Johso s wishes. This very large ivestmet of $1,000,000 i JCC will carry out Johso s pla to assist studets ad the commuity i positive steps toward ehacig our area s healthcare system, Sellstrom added. JCC Breaks Groud o New Maufacturig Techology Facility As part of its commitmet to the Retoolig the Souther Tier iitiative fuded through a competitive NYSUNY 2020 challege grat from New York state ad the State Uiversity of New York, JCC will ehace its credit ad o-credit course offerigs to trai skilled workers for Olea area maufacturers i the ew facility. Joh Sayegh, vice presidet of the Cattaraugus Couty Campus, cotiuig educatio, ad exteral parterships, cited support from busiess, educatio, ad maufacturig leaders as well as JCC s board of trustees as critical elemets i the grat applicatio process. JAMESTOWN COMMUNITY COLLEGE ALUMNI MAGAZINE SUMMER 2016 13
oe studet. oe story. Every studet at Jamestow Commuity College has a persoal story. For may of them, your support is a key part of that story because without it, a college educatio is simply ot attaiable. Through the Aual Campaig for JCC, we work together ad with the close support of our doors to chage that. We believe that every dollar committed to our studets is both a huma ad a ecoomic ivestmet. We are proud to provide extraordiary Academic Excellece USA Scholarships Goal: $58,260 15 scholarships The USA Scholarship provides first time, fulltime high school Regets graduates raked i the top 20 percet of their graduatig class with up to four semesters of NYS residet tuitio ot covered by JCC tuitio waivers or by PELL, TAP, or PHEAA grats. Stay Coected! Access to Higher Educatio Presidet s Achievemet Scholarship Goal: $5,000 Workforce Developmet Scholarship Fud Goal: $5,000. Veteras Scholarship Fud Goal: $5,000 Global Scholarship Fud Goal: $5,000 Athletic Scholarship Fuds Goal: $5,000 Made Possible By You. opportuities ad extraordiary outcomes for studets. The geerous support of the JCC family ad our alumi, frieds, ad commuity members sustai ad eable these cotiuig opportuities. No gift is too small ad every dollar is importat. With your ogoig support, future geeratios of studets will be able to achieve their life s goals. For more iformatio, visit www.suyjcc.edu/givig. Yes! I d like to support Jamestow Commuity College with a gift to the Aual Campaig for JCC! I/WE WOULD LIKE TO GIVE $. Eclosed your check, made payable to the JCC Foudatio. 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There are approximately 22,000 alumi i the JCC alumi etwork ad more tha 80 percet of them live, work, ad play i Wester New York! www.suyjcc.edu/alumi www.facebook.com/jccalumi Search for Jamestow Commuity College Alumi Ejoy Exclusive Beefits as a Alumi Associatio Member! Membership i the JCC Alumi Associatio offers you a robust array of beefits, o matter where you live! You ca ejoy ivitatios to alumi social evets, deeply discouted gym membership, exclusive scholarship eligibility, ad tuitio waivers for the adult educatio program at Houghto College! You re sure to fid a level that suits your eeds, your budget, ad your locatio. 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You re able to take advatage of these offers at the Olea Family YMCA located at 1101 Waye Street i Olea; at the Bradford Family YMCA, located at 59 Boylsto Street i Bradford; ad at the Wellsville YMCA, located at 133 Bolivar Road i Wellsville. If you have ay questios, it s best to cotact the YMCA directly. They ca be reached i Olea at (716) 373-2400; i Bradford at (814) 368-6101; or i Wellsville at (585) 593-3246. GOLD LEVEL JCC OPTION If you re ot iterested i purchasig a YMCA membership, this is the optio for you! For just $40 per year, you ll ejoy access to all of the Gree Level membership beefits listed above ad full access to exclusive tuitio waivers to Houghto College s Adult Educatio program. Yes! I m iterested i purchasig a JCC Alumi Associatio membership, but I do t have access to a computer. 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SUMMER 2016 gree&gold JAMESTOWN COMMUNITY COLLEGE ALUMNI MAGAZINE No-profit Orgaizatio U.S. Postage PAID JCC 525 Falcoer Street P.O. Box 20 Jamestow, NY 14702-0020 RETURN SERVICE REQUESTED We wat to celebrate your accomplishmets! Help us do so by visitig www.suyjcc. edu/alumi/update ad sharig your ews with us. We d love to hear from you! december 2014 & may 2015 graduates top majors Idividual Studies: 190 Nursig: 102 Crimial Justice: 63 Busiess Admiistratio: 54 Medical Office Techology: 47 Huma Services: 46 Liberal Arts Math & Sciece: 24 Occupatioal Therapy: 23 Law Eforcemet: 17 Veteras 33 71 Studet Athletes where they re from Jamestow: 162 Olea: 69 Dukirk: 44 Fredoia: 33 Salamaca: 24 Bemus Poit: 20 Allegay: 17 Warre: 17 Falcoer: 16 Lakewood: 15 ad 106 other villages, tows, ad cities. 568 176 Phi Theta Kappa 110 499 245 90 USA Scholarship Recipiets Jamestow Campus Cattaraugus Couty Campus Female Graduates Male Graduates states they represet New York: 683 Pesylvaia: 55 North Carolia: 2 Arizoa: 1 Colorado: 1 Hawaii: 1 Florida: 1