A Butler County Community College scholarship in honor of a Butler County woman who was shot to death in Tennessee has collected more than $13,000 since its creation Dec. 17.

About 37 individuals and organizations through Dec. 31 contributed a combined $13,035 to the fund commemorating Caitlyn Kaufman, a 2018 BC3 graduate who was killed Dec. 3 on her way to work as an intensive care unit nurse at St. Thomas West Hospital, Nashville, Tenn.

The Caitlyn Kaufman ’18 Legacy Nursing Scholarship would reach endowment level when funds surpass $15,000. Gift amounts toward the scholarship in Kaufman’s name have ranged from $10 to $2,500 and have come from Pennsylvania and four other states.

The scholarship is for a second-year student enrolled full-time in BC3’s Nursing, R.N., associate in applied science degree program. Students must have a 3.0 grade-point average to be eligible for the scholarship.