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Married couple sets 5K records at BC3’s third Pioneer Pursuit

September 21, 2025

(Butler, PA) A Venango County couple married for just longer than three years and competing in the Butler County Community College Pioneer Pursuit 5K race for the first time won male and female divisions with record times in the event and with others...

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BC3 academy formed to counter shortage nets first 8 EMTs

August 20, 2024

(Butler, PA) Eight Butler County residents have become certified emergency medical technicians through an inaugural and accelerated Butler County Community College EMS Academy formed to confront what a county commissioner calls a shortage of the...

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BC3 @ Armstrong ceremony “A day to remember Jeff”

April 18, 2023

“A society grows great when old men plant trees in whose shade they shall never sit.” (Ford City, PA) The eyes of his daughter, he who died at age 58 seven months earlier, welled with tears as she spoke the Greek proverb.

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BC3 @ Armstrong’s move to $6.5M Ford City facility days away

March 9, 2023

(Manor Township, PA) Faculty member Karlee Holmes’ midterm exam asked a question about cellular respiration.

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$5K raised by BC3, community to provide free holiday meals

November 11, 2022

(Butler, PA) A Butler County Community College campaign to which employees, students and community members contributed $5,145 in September will provide free holiday meals to BC3 Pioneer Pantry patrons and in boxes decorated with paper hearts painted...

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BC3 among first in PA to be designated as Hunger-Free Campus

September 27, 2022

(Butler, PA) The frozen chicken wings, fresh sweet potato, boxed pasta and bottled juice Kelly Heckert wheels with other foods in a red wagon from Butler County Community College’s Pioneer Pantry will provide supplemental nutrition for the adult...

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