Wally Huckno, chair, JCC board of trustees; Marilyn Zagora, JCC vice president of academic affairs; Cory L. Duckworth, president, JCC; Carole Sellstrom and John Sellstrom, Johnson Foundation; and Dale Robbins, vice chair, JCC board of trustees.
JAMESTOWN – Jamestown Community College has received a major donation from a local foundation.
JCC students pursuing nursing and health-related degrees will have the chance to apply for scholarships, courtesy of the Johnson Foundation in Jamestown. The foundation has donated $1 million to the school to help establish a scholarship fund.
The John A. and Oscar Johnson Memorial Trust Scholarship Fund for Nursing and Health-Related Professions will provide scholarships with a preference given to students who have graduated from Chautauqua County high schools, are Chautauqua County residents, and who meet financial aid eligibility requirements.
The investment was formally accepted at a special meeting of the JCC board of trustees on Tuesday.
In recognition of the Johnson Foundation gift, the JCC board of trustees announced that JCC’s nursing program facility, located in the Arts and Sciences Center, will be named the John A. and Oscar Johnson Nursing Education Center. The facility, which has a capacity for 200 students, features two large classrooms and two 10-bed clinical laboratory units with simulation rooms.
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