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From the JCCC Archives: Campus Craze

Celebrate the end of the school year by attending Campus Craze Day on May 7th with games, food, and booths where students can learn about different departments and activities on campus. Stop by Billington Library’s booth to learn more about the Library, win some prizes, and learn about JCCC History with materials featured from the Archives.

Students playing volleyball at Campus Craze Day in 1997

From the JCCC Archives: March Madness

1979 JCCC Women's Basketball game — 1979 JCCC v. Washburn Women’s Basketball game

Are you excited about March Madness? The NCJAA Women’s Basketball Championship is returning to JCCC this year, and was founded by JCCC’s first Athletic Director Orville Gregory. The first NCJAA Women’s Basketball Championship took place in 1975 at JCCC, and would remain at JCCC until 1982. In 2000 JCCC won the Division II Championship.

Photograph of Wilma Gregory, John Cleek, and Orville Gregory — Olympian Wilma Rudolph, JCCC President John Cleek, and first JCCC Athletic Director and founder of the NCJAA Women’s Basketball Tournament Orville Gregory accepting an award during NCJAA banquet