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Seven from BC3 graduate from leadership institute
(Butler, PA) The institute, Dr. Ryan Kociela said, “provided insight into the very broad scope of effective leadership in community colleges.”
“Unprecedented”: 2 BC3 volleyball players earn All-American status
(Butler, PA) Breanna Reisinger and Morgan Jack, players who helped to lead the Butler County Community College volleyball squad to conference, regional and district titles and to a national championships appearance in Minnesota, are the first teammates...
BC3 prof receives “one of the top awards you can get”
(Butler, PA) A former 22-year-old divorced mother who pursued an associate degree in physical therapist assistant to help patients “get back to doing what they liked” has been recognized for outstanding achievement in clinical practice, community...
BC3 volleyball team finishes sixth in national championships
(Rochester, Minn.) The Butler County Community College volleyball team finished the 2021 season with the program’s 12th consecutive winning record and first national ranking since 2016, titles in its conference, region and district, and a sixth-place...
Neupauer to become BC3’s longest-serving president
(Butler, PA) Dr. Nick Neupauer next week will become the longest-serving president in the history of western Pennsylvania’s first community college.
BC3 volleyball team wins opener in national championships
(Rochester, Minn.) Breanna Reisinger had 10 kills, including six in the third set, and Morgan Jack had 29 assists as the Butler County Community College volleyball team swept Rockland Community College on Thursday afternoon in the first round of...
BC3’s College Within High School sets records in seat count, credits pursued
(Butler, PA) A Butler County Community College dual-enrollment program this fall has set records in seat count and in BC3 credits pursued by high school sophomores through seniors across seven counties in western Pennsylvania.
Judges “adamant” about awarding BC3 student’s poem
(Butler, PA) A poem written by a 19-year-old English major and student editor of Butler County Community College’s annual art and literary magazine placed behind the works of only two published authors in the Writers Association of Northern Appalachia’s...
‘We’re going to nationals’
(Butler, PA) The Butler County Community College volleyball team will compete for a national title in Minnesota within two weeks.
BC3 Lunch & Learns to focus on strategies for diversity, equity, inclusion
(Butler, PA) Butler County Community College’s upcoming professional skills workshops focusing on diversity, equity and inclusion reflect requests from business representatives seeking strategies for their workplaces after attending BC3’s initial...
Fifth-ranked BC3 volleyball team wins 3rd Region 20 title in row
(Arnold, Md.) The unbeaten and fifth-ranked Butler County Community College volleyball squad’s perfect season continued Saturday with a regional title in Arnold, Md., and a berth in a three-team district tournament whose top two squads will advance...
BC3 breaks ground for ‘the Victor K.’
(Butler, PA) The hospital-like interior of the Victor K. Phillips Nursing and Allied Health Building, with its simulated medical-surgery and ICU rooms, will prepare students to “feel comfortable for when they get into a real situation,” Janice...
Former police department leader now guides BC3 students
(Butler, PA) Brandon Marshall chose a seat in the first row in his second attempt at higher education, a revival of his dream to become a state trooper.
Former D.C. VP begins executive role with BC3
(Butler, PA) The former vice president of policy and federal relations for a Washington, D.C., nonprofit organization who worked with members of Congress and with the U.S. Department of Education to benefit federal student financial aid programs...
BC3’s Loughry claims WPCC men’s golf crown
(Apollo, PA) Butler County Community College’s Troy Loughry on Saturday won the Western Pennsylvania Collegiate Conference individual men’s golf championship, the Pioneers claimed the WPCC team title and BC3’s Bill Miller was named WPCC coach...
BC3 breaks ground for relocated BC3 @ Armstrong facility
(Ford City, PA) They lifted a shovelful of soil near the deserted grounds of a razed century-old high school Friday to celebrate the rebirth of the Ford City property that with new life will again educate students and generate downtown commerce as...
BC3 volleyball coach nets 400th victory as Pioneers sweep Penn State-Beaver
(Butler, PA) Rob Snyder won his 400th career game as coach of the Butler County Community College volleyball team Monday night as the Pioneers swept Penn State-Beaver at BC3’s Field House.
BC3 ranked No. 1 community college in Pennsylvania a sixth time since 2015
(Butler, PA) For the sixth time since 2015, Butler County Community College has been selected as the No. 1 community college in Pennsylvania, most recently by a third organization joining others that determine rankings after assessing institutions...
BC3’s new health care science program enrolls third-most students
(Butler, PA) A new Butler County Community College associate degree program that prepares students for admission to selective two- and four-year programs in health care professions has become one of the college’s highest in enrollment.
BC3 begins to raze 2 buildings in preparation for high-tech, $9M facility
(Butler, PA) With repeated swipes of its five 6-inch steel teeth at the end of its outstretched 38-foot-long arm, an excavator Thursday morning began to shred the roofing and tear through walls of two buildings at Butler County Community College...
Motorcyclists donate another $10K for BC3 student-veterans
(Butler, PA) A motorcycle group from an American Legion post in Butler County has contributed another $10,000 to its Butler County Community College scholarship fund, one that without another penny since its endowment in 2018 would have continued...
BC3 gets state approval to launch practical nursing program
(Butler, PA) The Pennsylvania State Board of Nursing has authorized Butler County Community College to create a practical nursing program on BC3’s main campus, an approval that will enable the college to prepare students for the high-priority occupation...
BC3 student 1 of 10 in U.S. picked for new National Science Foundation-funded program
(Butler, PA) A Butler County Community College president’s scholar attributes her selection to a National Science Foundation-funded residential research program in Virginia to a novel genetic sequencing project required in a freshman-level BC3...
Younger sister matches older sister’s golf feat at BC3
(Butler, PA) Butler County Community College golfer Sarah Fischer shot a second-round and career-best 95 on May 18 to win the women’s division of a spring season-ending invitational, and joined her older sister, Julia, as the only females to win...
BC3 lauds top youngsters in college’s Stock Market Game
(Butler, PA) “Buy low. Sell high.” Timeless advice. From an 11-year-old.
BC3 plans outdoor, walk-thru mini-ceremonies for Class of 2021 commencement
(Butler, PA) Butler County Community College’s 53rd annual commencement May 19 will feature a series of outdoor, walk-thru mini-ceremonies for successive groups of graduates.
BC3 selects 2-time All-American, volleyball star as 2021 hall inductees
(Butler, PA) Butler County Community College’s only two-time All-American in golf and its all-time leader in volleyball assists will be recognized as 2021 inductees into BC3’s Charles W. Dunaway Pioneer Hall of Fame.
BC3 to award 11 new scholarships
(Butler, PA) The Butler County Community College Education Foundation will award 11 new named scholarships to registered students for the 2021-2022 academic year.
BC3 single mom could receive $17K in Soroptimist scholarships
(Butler, PA) A 31-year-old Butler County Community College student’s essay about overcoming a past of physical abuse, of witnessing and blaming herself at 10 for her cousin’s accidental death, of a crash that left her partially paralyzed and...
BC3 nursing students gain “once-in-a-lifetime” experience serving community during pandemic
(Butler, PA) Nearly a year after Butler County Community College donated personal protective equipment to healthcare workers at the outset of a global pandemic, its registered nursing students are gaining “once-in-a-lifetime” experience – experience...
Butler High seniors can earn free college credits through new program with BC3
(Butler, PA) Seniors at Butler Area Senior High School can earn free, transferrable college credits at Butler County Community College through a Butler Area School District Early College Pioneers pilot program that begins this fall.
2 BC3 students selected to All-PA Academic Team
(Butler, PA) A Butler County Community College student who wants to teach children about the alphabet, shapes and colors, and another whose goal is to help adults manage mental health challenges will receive full tuition scholarships toward completing...
BC3 effort to assist food-insecure students turns 2
(Butler, PA) A Butler County Community College initiative to confront food insecurity this month marks its second anniversary, not from its original snack rack, not from its subsequent cramped room behind a kitchen, but from a spacious classroom...
Health care consortium picks 2 BC3 nursing students for 2021 honor
(Butler, PA) A single mother of three who contemplated nursing studies for a decade, then decided to return to her alma mater and join her 19-year-old daughter in Butler County Community College’s career program, and a BC3 scholarship recipient...
Gifts to BC3’s Pinkerton scholarship hit $60K
(Butler, PA) It’s a Friday morning in mid-January, and Millie Pinkerton is shuffling through the day’s mail, the bills and the unsolicited promotions, and glances out the kitchen window through which she and her husband of 59 years would watch...
Scholarship in honor of slain BC3 grad tops $13K
(Butler, PA) A legacy scholarship established Dec. 17 to honor the memory of Caitlyn Kaufman has exceeded $13,000 in the weeks following the shooting death of the 26-year-old Butler County Community College Nursing, R.N, graduate.
BC3 receives $2.22M in public-private support for Ford City site
(Butler, PA) Armstrong County commissioners today approved a memorandum of understanding with Butler County Community College that pledges $250,000 to BC3 toward the construction of an approximately 12,500-square-foot facility in Ford City to succeed...