Winter - Jefferson Community College

JCC Through the Decades1961 - 1969• JCC is founded on November 7, 1961 by a referendum vote.• James E. McVean is installed as the College’s first president.• The College opens at a temporary campus in the former Lansing Street School with 119 full-time and 221 part-time students.• Governor Nelson Rockefeller attends the dedication of the new campus constructed on Coffeen Street.• The College is fully accredited by the Middle States Association of the Commission on Higher Education.1970 - 1979• The National League for Nursing approves accreditation for JCC’s nursing program.• A Jefferson Day Celebration includes the unveiling of an iron Jefferson sculpture, crafted by artist Klaus Ebeling, on the south wall ofthe Student Center.• John T. Henderson is inaugurated as the second president of the College.• Jefferson County issues serial bonds to fund local share of athletic field project for JCC.1980 - 1989• Full-time enrollment exceeds 1,000 students.• JCC’s full-time faculty grows to 46.• The first annual Mayor’s Ball is hosted by Watertown Mayor T. Urling Walker and raises $6,535 for the JCC Foundation.• JCC joins five other SUNY colleges to form the SUNY/North Country/Fort Drum Consortium which offers 2- and 4-year degreeprograms to residents of the North Country.• A NYS Small Business Development Center opens on JCC’s campus.• JCC offers first contract coursework to soldiers at Fort Drum.1990 - 1999• The campus childcare center opens to serve youngsters aged 3-5 years.• JCC Board of Trustees selects John W. Deans as the third president of the college.• The Lady Cannoneers are ranked #1 in the nation within Division III women’s basketball.• The College launches a concurrent enrollment program that allows area students to take JCC college classes at their local high school.• The first interactive video distance learning courses are beamed from the JCC campus to Copenhagen and Sackets Harborhigh schools.• JCC Foundation Campaign for Jefferson attains $2 million goal in first-ever capital campaign to support construction of new58,000 sq. ft. instructional resource building.• The Center for Community Studies is established at JCC.2000 - 2009• Online classes are offered for the first time with 44 enrollments in 3 courses.• Mark Garrard pitches the first perfect game in the 30-year history of JCC baseball.• The National Science Foundation awards JCC a $400,000 grant to increase the number of educated workers in high-tech career fields.• Joseph B. Olsen becomes JCC’s fourth president.• The Center for Community Studies conducts the 5th annual Jefferson County Survey of the Community.• JCC implements 5-week courses designed specifically for soldiers stationed at Fort Drum.• Carole A. McCoy is inaugurated as JCC’s fifth president.• New Jefferson-Can Scholars Program provides full first-year JCC tuition to Jefferson and Lewis county students who graduatein the top 15 percent of their class.• The JCC Alumni Association inducts 5 members in the first-ever Cannoneer Hall of Fame ceremony.2010 – 2011• A record enrollment of students registered for the Fall 2010 semester includes the highest number of online enrollments.• JCC Higher Education Center opens providing the opportunity to earn bachelor’s and master’s degrees from partner institutionswith classes taken on JCC’s campus.• First class of Weekend Nursing Scholars Program students begin studies with funding assistance provided by a $1.9 million grantfrom the U.S. Department of Labor.• JCC launches Jefferson Express, a mobile computer lab, delivering non-credit training to rural communities.• Degrees will have been awarded to nearly 19,000 people after the College’s 47th Commencement is held in May of 2011.• JCC Celebrates 50 Years of Learning ~ Changing Lives.Jefferson Insider Winter 2011 • 18