Gowanda Small Town Times

The graduation of a Gowanda student was recently announced by the University of Hartford. That student, Jeorgia Cooper, has been awarded the degree of Associate in Science in General Sciences from Hillyer College.

Jamestown Community College recently announced its part-time Dean’s List honors for academic excellence during the spring 2026 semester. To be eligible, a student must achieve a minimum grade point average of 3.50 while enrolled in six-to-11-degree credits.

One Gowanda student made that list. That student is Hailey Fort.

Jamestown Community College has announced their full-time Dean’s List for the Spring 2026 semester. To be eligible, a student must achieve a minimum grade point average of 3.50 while enrolled in at least 12-degree credits. Several local students were included in the list. They are:

Collins: Zachary Boos, Andrew Halbert, August Krebs, Christian Merrill, Deshaun Santos

Gowanda: Madalyn West

* Southern New Hampshire University has reported their Spring 2026 President’s List. The spring term runs from January to May. That list included Marisa Lopez of Gowanda. Alyssa Sanchez of Gowanda earned dean’s list.

* Rowan Mentley-Peters, of Gowanda, was among more than 150 SUNY Oneonta students who participated in the 2026 Student Research and Creative Activity (SRCA) showcase on April 22 in the Hunt Union Ballroom. The annual showcase gives students the chance to share their scholarly and creative work with the campus community through academic conference-style presentation sessions. This year’s single-day event featured 112 projects, making it one of the largest showcases of Student Research and Creative Activity ever presented at SUNY Oneonta. Students presented research for completed and ongoing projects on topics representing a wide variety of academic disciplines such as science, history and art. Mentley-Peters presented “Evaluating Genetic Divergence of Elliptio complanata in New York State Watersheds.”

JCC has released their full-time Deans List for Fall 2025. To qualify, students earned a GPA of 3.50 or higher while completing at least 12 degree hours.Three Gowanda student were named on that list. They are:

Hailey Fort, Jessica Storm and Madalyn West