Janice Phillips Larrick, left, is shown on Friday with BC3 president Nick Neupauer, after the school announced a $1 million gift from Larrick, a Butler Township resident.

BUTLER TWP — Butler County Community College on Friday announced a $1 million gift from a former student that will go to the school’s registered nursing program.

The commitment from Janice Phillips Larrick, who studied at BC3 from 1967 to 1968, was pledged to the school’s Education Foundation on Friday.

It is the second gift from Larrick this year. In March, she gave $50,000 to the school’s registered nursing program — a highly competitive program that accepts only 70 applicants each year from a pool of more than 200 prospective students.

BC3 officials, including Ruth Purcell, executive director of the foundation, and BC3 President Nick Neupauer called the gift a game-changer not only for the college, but for the institutions that hire registered nurses from its program.

A full report will appear in the Butler Eagle.