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BC3 golf outing raises near-record $110K

August 7, 2025

(Ellwood City, PA) A golf outing whose proceeds benefit Butler County Community College raised Aug. 1 the second-highest amount in its 30-year history, introduced to its 31 competing teams an opportunity to capitalize on the accuracy of a BC3 All-American...

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Moretti new executive director of BC3 Education Foundation

July 24, 2025

(Butler, PA) A 31-year-old Butler County Community College Education Foundation administrator assiduous in pursuing financial contributions used to combat student food insecurity and community opioid addiction has been appointed as leader of the...

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BC3 Education Foundation to offer record 164 scholarships in 2025-2026

April 11, 2025

(Butler, PA) The Butler County Community College Education Foundation will have available to BC3 students in the 2025-2026 academic year the most named scholarships in its 40-year history.

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NexTier Bank’s $25K gift to support BC3 programs

February 11, 2025

(Butler, PA) A $25,000 gift from NexTier Bank will benefit a Butler County Community College program that enables sophomores through seniors to earn affordable and transferrable credits in college courses instructed at their high school or learning...

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BC3 distributes record 78 Thanksgiving meal packages

November 22, 2024

(Butler, PA) Alone, Erin Conliffe will play her favorite Christmas carols on her laptop computer because, she said, she can’t afford cable or a streaming service to watch Thanksgiving parades or specials on television.

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Community helps BC3 to raise $10K-plus to support BC3 athletics

September 18, 2024

(Butler, PA) Teenagers Gavin Gardner and Elliette Smith were overall winners, a 9-year-old’s time was the fastest in an 18-and-under age group and 5K runners from six western Pennsylvania counties helped Butler County Community College to raise...

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Draft notice: Ale sales to support BC3 underway

September 6, 2024

(Butler, PA) Cheers, Pioneers. Frontier Beer. Pioneer Beer. And, as a tribute to the former Oak Hills Golf Course upon which Butler County Community College has been educating students for nearly 60 years, Oakey-Doke.

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Family’s $200K pledge to create Dr. Robert L. Paserba lab at BC3

February 21, 2024

(Butler, PA) The kindergartner extending her tennis shoe toward Hannah Lindsay changed the 17-year-old Moniteau High School cheerleader’s life.

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BC3 to expand Pioneer Pantry to additional locations as part of $20K grant

January 23, 2024

(Butler, PA) A Butler County Community College food security program for low-income students will receive a $20,000 grant that will in part expand a 4½-year-old main campus Pioneer Pantry to BC3 additional locations in Armstrong, Butler, Jefferson...

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