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BC3, distinguished alumni to exchange praise Oct. 4

September 26, 2025

(Butler, PA) The inaugural recipient of a lifetime achievement award presented by a central Pennsylvania business magazine and the former head coach of college basketball programs that won 282 games will join as Butler County Community College distinguished...

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BC3 to induct three into Pioneer Hall of Fame

April 28, 2025

(Butler, PA) Butler County Community College will induct May 3 into its Charles W. Dunaway Pioneer Hall of Fame a dual record-holder in women’s basketball and history-maker in 2019, a sergeant who returned from warfare and scored more than 1,000...

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BC3 picks 2 grads for “incredibly special honor”

October 3, 2024

(Butler, PA) So devoted to his community is Jeff Geibel that the former Butler County Community College student-veteran has stooped to pluck the defiant weed encroaching a sidewalk in his hometown where he has volunteered to feed health care workers,...

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BC3’s 2023 distinguished alumni dedicated to suicide prevention, marginalized groups

October 12, 2023

(Butler, PA) A Mars resident who volunteers with suicide prevention coalitions in western Pennsylvania and a Butler resident who advocates for marginalized populations in the greater Pittsburgh area will be honored Saturday as Butler County Community...

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Application deadline nears for record 155 BC3 scholarships

June 14, 2023

(Butler, PA) Six scholarships administered by the Butler County Community College Education Foundation will debut in the 2023-2024 academic year and increase to 155 the record number of named financial awards available to BC3 students, a college...

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BC3 inducts 3 into sports hall in first ceremony since Dunaway’s passing

May 2, 2023

(Butler, PA) Butler County Community College will induct a head coach, a former head coach and a former college president into its Charles W. Dunaway Pioneer Hall of Fame on Saturday in the first ceremony since the passing of the former BC3 athletics...

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Mars mayor, former BC3 administrator honored as BC3 distinguished alumni

September 29, 2022

(Butler, PA) A former Butler County Community College student elected three times as mayor of Mars and another who as a BC3 administrator increased the number of named scholarships at the college by 165 percent will become BC3 distinguished alumni...

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Matthew Reitler, 23, of Ford City and a 2019 graduate of Butler County Community College’s additional location in Manor Township, Armstrong County, has become the youngest director with the BC3 Education Foundation in its 35-year history. Reitler is shown Friday, Sept. 24, 2021, during the ceremonial groundbreaking for BC3 @ Armstrong in Ford City.

Financial adviser, 23, youngest director in BC3 foundation board history

July 21, 2022

(Butler, PA) A 23-year-old recognized in 2022 for having the fastest-growing practice of all first-year Northwestern Mutual financial advisers nationwide has become the youngest director with the Butler County Community College Education Foundation...

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3-sport star, All-American 2022 inductees into BC3 sports hall

May 4, 2022

(Butler, PA) A three-sport star who helped Butler County Community College’s volleyball program to win its first two state championships and who has won consecutive governmental elections since, and an out-of-state transfer who helped BC3’s men’s...

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BC3 selects 2-time All-American, volleyball star as 2021 hall inductees

April 20, 2021

(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.

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