Former JCC Members
Name: Sara Ciesla-Strzelecki '09
Major: Undeclared
History in JCC: (SDC Representative fall '05) A member of JCC for only one year, Sara
was still an active and much-loved member of the club. She left Wells and the club at
the same time after the fall semester, 2005.
Name: Caitlin Daugherty '09
Major: Undeclared
History in JCC: Caitlin, aka Momiji, was an active member of JCC the length of her
stay at Wells College. Often caught singing the "Momiji song," Caitlin was always full of
spunk and always smiling. She transfered out of Wells after the fall semester in 2006.
Name: Kristin Jacques '07
Major:English: Creative Writing
History in JCC: Kristin was our fantastic treasurer in 2007. Aside from surprising us
with a different hair color each day, Kristin often let us watch some of her anime for anime
night, like DN Angel. Kristing graduated spring 2007.
Name: Maria Lecompte-Shiba '06
Major: MPS: Mathematics
History in JCC: (Collegiate representative fall '04 - spring '06;) Maria was an awesome member
of JCC, connecting the club with other multicultural groups of campus and always keeping us
informed. She left Wells after the Spring semester in 2006.
Name: Heather Mead '06
Major: Spanish
History in JCC: (Co-founder of JCC; co-chair fall '04 - spring '05;
president fall '06) Heather was a great co-chair/president, always on top of news with her
coffee-paper notebook. She organized so many functions and helped get JCC started in the
first place. Heather graduated in the fall semester of 2006.
Name: Yuko Nishide '06
Major: Visual Art
History in JCC: (Secretary fall '05 - fall '06) Yuko was a superb secretary, sending
emails with JCC minutes sometimes only moments after the meeting took place. She was often
full of Japanese trivia, and instructed us many times in the ways of the Japanese. Yuko
graduated in the fall semester of 2006.
Name: Tina Parente '07
Major: Sociology
History in JCC: As one of the founders of JCC and co-chair fall '04-spring '05, Tina was
always an active member of JCC. She was integral to the first anime showings, even before JCC
was fully formed, and brought us such shows as GTO and Excel Saga, among others.
Tina graduated in the spring semester 2007 and went on to teach English in Japan.
Name: Anna Radlowski '07
Major: MPS: Mathematics
History in JCC: Anna was the first webmistress of the JCC website, and remained so for 3 years.
Though she did not speak much Japanese, Anna was often seen at JCC events, particularly at anime
night. She was also PR Officer for the 2006-2007 academic year. She graduated in the Spring of 2007.
Name: Jennifer Sandoval '07
Major: Religion
History in JCC: Jen was quite the spunky member of JCC, always having others bow down to
her in her presence. Often members of JCC could return to their room after a day of JCC activities
to find that Jen had pranked their room in the meanwhile. Jen graduated spring 2007.