Members of the Friday Morning Networking Group, an organization of business leaders from Jamestown and surrounding communities, met recently at Jamestown Community College to tour the college's new science center.
Accompanying the group was Mayor Sam Teresi and Matthew Hanley, executive assistant to the mayor.
Opened in the fall of 2011, JCC's Science Center is a candidate for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design silver standard certification and is a showplace for sustainability in building design and operation.
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Pictured during a recent tour of Jamestown Community College’s new science center are Pete Wintersteen of Frederickson Builder Supply Inc; Matt Hanley, executive assistant to Mayor Sam Teresi; Chuck Telford, Media One Group LLC; Kate Stankey, Rainbow International; Bruce Gleason, Alliance Advisory; Mayor Sam Teresi; Warren VanDewark, Dynamic Wellness and Vitality; Daniel Myers, The Secret Garden Flower Shop and current president of the FMNG; Kelly Haggmark, Schaffner, Knight, Minnaugh and Company P.C.; Rick Haggmark, Rick’s Southern Tier Home Inspection LLC; Jean Schrader, JCC assistant dean of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, and Dan Barry of Dan L. Barry Land Surveyor LLC.
The center includes a number of "green" features that enabled energy conservation and promote environmentally-conscious thinking.
Housed within the science center are JCC's associate degrees in liberal arts and sciences - math and science, environmental science, and biotechnology. The center features state-of-the-art classrooms, labs and prep rooms for courses in biology, biotechnology, chemistry and geology, as well as a student study area, loft lounge, greenhouse and vegetative roof.
Community groups interested in touring the Science Center are encouraged to contact the college's community relations office at 338-1047.