Cross Named Women's Soccer Coach

Rachel Cross has been named head coach of the women’s soccer team at Jamestown Community College’s Cattaraugus County Campus for the 2012 season.

Ms. Cross, a graduate of Houghton College, will take the helm of the team whose successful 2011 season ended with a trip to the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) national tournament.

"We are pleased to find someone like Rachel to take over what has become a very successful program over the last few years,” said Ben Lindquist, JCC athletic director. “She shows an unparalleled passion for the game, and through her experiences at Houghton College and OnGoal Soccer, we feel that she can continue to build this program into a perennial power of Region 3 and the NJCAA.”

Ms. Cross was a four-year member of the Houghton women's soccer team which made four straight appearances in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) national tournament and finished with a record of 59-14-9 during the 2008-2011 seasons. As a three-year starting defender, she was named 1st Team All-Conference in 2011 and was a two-time NAIA Scholar Athlete.

While working with the Houghton College and OnGoal soccer camps and the Chicago Eagles Soccer Club, Ms. Cross traveled nationally and internationally as a coach and a counselor, training players of all ages and abilities.

“I am very excited to have the opportunity to work with the JCC Jaguars and grateful for the chance to be a part of the tradition of excellence at JCC,” said Ms. Cross. “With a strong core of returning players and with some fresh, new recruits, our team has the potential to carry on the legacy of JCC women's soccer and be dynamic and successful on the field as well as in the community and the classroom."

JCC won the Western New York Athletic Conference Championship and the Region 3B Championship while finishing 18-3 during the 2011 season. The Jaguars have compiled a 45-13-1 record over the last three years and have qualified for the Region 3 playoffs each of the last five seasons. The team hopes to return 10 freshmen from last year’s squad and is recruiting and seeking players interested in attending JCC’s Cattaraugus County Campus and becoming part of the 2012 team.

For more information on the women's soccer team and JCC athletics, contact Lindquist at 376.7529 or email Ms. Cross at RachelCross@mail.sunyjcc.edu.

DECA Competition Held At JCC

Students from several regional high schools participated in the New York Regions 11/13 Distributive Education Clubs of America (DECA) 2012 competition held at the Jamestown Community College Cattaraugus County Campus on January 4.

Overall winners were Sylvia Billings of Whitesville Central School, first place; Rahim Karimi and Adam Girts of Southwestern High School, tied for second; and Brad Haggerty of Wellsville Central School, third. The two-part competition included a timed written exam and an impromptu role playing activity.

Individual school winners were:

Salamanca Central School - Shaelyn Smith, first; Kameron Dry, second; and Samantha Dry, third.

Southwestern  Central School - Rahim Karimi and Adam Girts, first; Stephanie Sorensen, second; and Jessica Watson, third.

Olean High School - Zaniad Marra, first; Katie Wintermantel, second; and Destin Sweeten, third.

Wellsville Central School - Brad Haggerty, first; Zack Cunningham, second; and Tabitha Wisotzke, third.

Whitesville Central School - Sylvia Billings, first; Marcus Shoen, second; and Chris Billings, third.

Hornell Central School - Sadie Davis and Julia Dugo, first; Isabel Dunning, second, and Jackie Clark and Naomi Snowden, third.

As part of the event, the students also participated in a business simulation activity focusing on JCC’s new online certificate in entrepreneurship.

DECA engages over 185,000 high school students in 5,000 chapters, located in the U.S., Canada, Germany, Mexico, Puerto Rico, and Guam in networking and curriculum enhancing programs focused on marketing, management, and entrepreneurship. Winners of regional competitions have the opportunity to advance to state and then international competitions.

The regional 2012 competition was coordinated by Walter Zeznick, business teacher at Salamanca High School. Judges included Theresa Raftus from Community Bank, Robert Crandall from RJC Photography, Jamie Buffamonte from CCSE Federal Credit Union, Ryan Deppa from Sports Locker, Carol Lang from Wellsville Central School, and Cindy Hinz, Jeanne Johnston, and John Sayegh from JCC.

JCC Signs Agreement With Alfred State

Jamestown Community College and Alfred State College signed a transfer articulation agreement regarding human services degree programs.

The agreement guarantees acceptance of JCC students who graduate with either an Associate of Science or Associate in Applied Science degree in human services and a minimum cumulative grade point average (GPA) of 2.0 into Alfred State’s bachelor’s degree program in human services management.

Upon transfer into the program, students can generally complete the bachelor's degree in four semesters at Alfred State.

Details of the agreement can be accessed at http://www.sunyjcc.edu/transfer/agreements.

Kranick Named To JCC Post

Jamestown Community College announces the appointment of Keith Kranick as director of the Center for Continuing Education at its Cattaraugus County Campus in Olean.

Kranick, who assumed his duties on December 1, oversees programs serving Cattaraugus and Allegany counties.

 “Keith brings a wealth of experience in both public school education systems as well as not-for-credit programming through BOCES,” noted John Sayegh, vice president of continuing education and dean of the Cattaraugus County Campus.

JCC’s Center for Continuing Education addresses the economic and community development needs in the areas of personal enrichment, job skills training, and workforce and small business development at each of JCC’s locations in Jamestown, Olean, and Dunkirk, NY and Warren, PA.

Commenting on his appointment, Kranick stated, “I am extremely honored to have been chosen as the new director of JCC’s Center for Continuing Education in Olean. It is a great feeling to have become an integral part of an organization that has such a great history of continued support for the citizens and industry in our community.

“It is also truly wonderful to see how the community has supported this institution from our inception in Olean in 1976, in an old school on Homer Street, through the growth of our city-centered campus dedicated in 2003,” added Kranick.

Kranick earned a bachelor’s degree at the State University of New York at Buffalo and a master’s degree in vocational education and a graduate degree in advanced educational studies at SUNY Brockport. Kranick served as building trades instructor at Erie 1 BOCES before becoming a building trades instructor and adult and continuing education supervisor at Genesee Valley Educational Partnership. Most recently, he was assistant principal at the Hamburg Central Middle School.

Kranick holds several academic and building trade certifications, including Occupational Safety and Health Agency trainer, school administrator supervisor, school district administrator, and New York state building trades instructor. He has been actively involved in, and continues to hold memberships with, many professional organizations.

Kranick and his wife Jacqueline are relocating to Olean.  

Franklin Offering Two New Degrees Through JCC

Franklin University's Community College Alliance (CCA), which has partnered with Jamestown Community College to offer online courses, has added criminal justice and information security to its degree completion programs.

The CCA is an online bachelor's degree completion program that combines on-campus classes at JCC with online classes through Franklin University. The agreement between the two colleges allows students to take courses concurrently and maintain eligibility for federal financial aid.

For more information, visit www.franklin.edu or call 1.877.341.6300.  Details about JCC’s transfer articulation agreements is available at www.sunyjcc.edu/transfer/agreements. 

JCC also has agreements with Franklin’s other degrees in accounting, allied healthcare management, applied management, applied psychology, business administration, business economics, business forensics, communications, computer science, criminal justice administration, e-marketing, financial management, financial planning, forensic accounting, healthcare information systems management, healthcare management, human resources management, information security, information technology, interactive media design, interdisciplinary studies, management, management information sciences, marketing, nursing, operations supply chain management, public relations, public safety management, safety, security and emergency management, and web development. 

Career Horizons Event Draws Nearly 800 Students

(LEFT) Lynn Telaak of the Olean BOCES Center discusses careers in animal sciences with visiting students.

Nearly 800 high school sophomores from throughout Cattaraugus, Allegany, Potter, and McKean counties explored the future by participating in the annual Career Horizons event held December 2 at Jamestown Community College’s Cattaraugus County Campus. 

Designed to stimulate college and career preparation, the annual event is sponsored by JCC, the Cattaraugus County Counselors Association, and Cattaraugus/Allegany Workforce Investment Board/Workforce New York.

Volunteers representing 35 career areas met with the visiting students to discuss topics including academic pathways, employment outlooks, working conditions, salary expectations, and certification/licensing requirements. Students also participated in workshops focusing on entrepreneurship and employment skill development.

“We were pleased that this year’s students came well-prepared and eager to explore career directions,” said Margie Macintosh, assistant director of recruitment and admissions at JCC and JCC’s lead representative on the event planning committee.

“Career representatives from the community give generously of their time and talent to meet with students because they truly believe that this event shapes the future of not only the individual students but the overall community as well,” she added.