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BC3 @ Cranberry open house set for Thursday

Sunset Abersold, 18, of Saxonburg, is shown during a drawing class Thursday, Nov. 7, at BC3 @ Cranberry, where Abersold is a graphic design student. Prospective students can learn about BC3 @ Cranberry’s unique visual communications and other associate degree programs during an open house from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 14, at 250 Executive Drive, Cranberry Township. Submitted Photo

BC3 @ Cranberry will hold an open house from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 14, at 250 Executive Drive, Cranberry Township.

Prospective students can learn more about BC3 @ Cranberry’s transfer and career programs, tuition and fees, financial aid, scholarship opportunities and support services such as free tutoring during the open house.

BC3 @ Cranberry will waive its $25 application fee at the open house. Prospective students can RSVP at bc3.edu/open-house.

BC3 @ Cranberry is the only one of BC3’s six locations to offer career programs in graphic design and in digital audio and video production. Students in BC3 @ Cranberry’s career programs can develop the skills needed to enter the workforce immediately upon graduation.

BC3 @ Cranberry’s credits can be applied toward a bachelor’s degree at public, private and online four-year colleges and universities.

Visitors to BC3 @ Cranberry’s open house also can meet faculty and staff, tour the facility and learn about the college’s 12:1 student-to-faculty ratio.

BC3’s affordability, financial aid and scholarships enabled 68% of the college’s Class of 2024 to graduate debt-free.

Butler County residents attending BC3 @ Cranberry this fall are paying $197 per credit in tuition and fees for an in-person course.

Butler County residents attending BC3 @ Cranberry can receive up to $9,994 in federal and state grants, and residents of Pennsylvania counties other than Butler, a maximum of $11,626 in 2024-25, according to Juli Louttit, the college’s director of financial aid.

The BC3 Education Foundation has awarded 157 named scholarships for the 2024-25 academic year to BC3 students from 11 western Pennsylvania counties, in total $230,000, according to Bobbi Jo Cornetti, the foundation’s development coordinator.

Bill Foley is coordinator of news and media content at Butler County Community College.

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