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Students at both Butler Community College and Slippery Rock University got a cool welcome — literally — on the first day of the semester, as temperatures were in the teen...
January 17, 2024 Education
After a 17-year tenure as president, Nick Neupauer on Tuesday, Jan. 9 announced his plan to retire from Butler County Community College. Neupauer, 56, will retire at the ...
January 10, 2024 Education
The president of Butler County Community College announced plans to retire at the end of 2024 on Tuesday, Jan. 9. Nick Neupauer, 56, BC3’s chief executive officer for 17 ...
January 09, 2024 Local News
BUTLER TWP — Gayle Brumagin’s daughter, Crystal, was 12 when she started using drugs. At 14, she entered her first rehabilitation center. “I just thought it was like a ph...
January 08, 2024 Education
Butler County Community College administrators formulated a backup plan in case state money for community colleges was not released until as late as spring, but the legis...
December 21, 2023 Local News
56-year employee helps fourth-graders through high school seniors learn about financial literacy
56-year employee helps fourth-graders through high school seniors learn about financial literacy
December 20, 2023 Local News
Ten students in Butler County Community College’s computer information systems career programs and in its computer science transfer program received financial awards this...
December 19, 2023 Local News
A Butler County Community College practical nursing program — reestablished in partnership with Concordia Lutheran Ministries in response to a shortage in the high-priori...
December 13, 2023 Local News
State budget allocation may not come until March
State budget allocation may not come until March
December 07, 2023 Local News
Enrollment reaches 523, includes 14-year-old when fall semester began
Enrollment reaches 523, includes 14-year-old when fall semester began
December 07, 2023 Education
Nearly 80 students who intend to graduate in May from Butler County Community College’s associate degree career program in nursing gave evidence-based practice research p...
December 07, 2023 Local News
Nearly 80 from 12 counties to present findings in lobby of new facility
Nearly 80 from 12 counties to present findings in lobby of new facility
December 04, 2023 Local News
Students who have completed at least 12 credit hours in Butler County Community College’s business division, who are pursuing an associate degree in a business program an...
November 25, 2023 News
Pioneer Pantry distribution follows record fundraiser She’ll slide the round, dark-wood table from the living room, where she and her intellectually disabled 24-year-old...
November 21, 2023 Local News
Khadija Akhouad is ready to get back to work. The Arabic- and French-speaking Moroccan seeks to return to steel industry leadership. She has progressed from Butler County...
November 17, 2023 Education
Food pantry organizers preparing boxes
Food pantry organizers preparing boxes
November 07, 2023 Local News
BUTLER TWP — Some Butler County Community College students may attend classes on Penn State Shenango’s campus in the next few years. BC3 officials are in the midst of con...
October 26, 2023 Local News
“Terrified” as he was of his imposing mathematics teacher, fourth-grader Mitch James nevertheless sat in class printing with his pencil on loose-leaf paper not equations ...
October 26, 2023 Local News
The BC3 Education Foundation in 2022-2023 awarded a record $281,000 in scholarships to BC3 students, and this year had a record 155 named financial awards available. Twen...
October 19, 2023 Local News
Prospective students can learn about BC3’s scholarship opportunities, its selection of associate degree, and certificate and workplace certificate programs at its upcomin...
October 19, 2023 Local News
BUTLER TWP — Two women who represent the best of Butler County Community College alumni were honored Saturday at the college’s annual Oak Hills Celebration. Shanea Clancy...
October 16, 2023 Local News
Mya Slomers, 19, of Butler, has been named one of two Butler County Community College students to receive a 2023 Coca-Cola Leaders of Promise scholarship. Slomers, who i...
October 14, 2023 News
A Mars resident who volunteers with suicide prevention coalitions in Western Pennsylvania and a Butler resident who advocates for marginalized populations in the greater ...
October 13, 2023 Local News
The Butler County Republican Committee is set to hold its reorganization meeting at 7 p.m. Monday, Sept. 25, at the Succop Theater on the campus of Butler County Communit...
September 22, 2023 Government
BUTLER TWP — Walking through the new building at Butler County Community College is like being at Butler Memorial Hospital, not only because some of the interior is patte...
September 20, 2023 Local News
SLIPPERY ROCK — For decades, Slippery Rock University and Butler County Community College have had a long-standing partnership where BC3 students have been able to transf...
September 06, 2023 Education
BC3 classes begin Sept. 11
BC3 classes begin Sept. 11
September 06, 2023 Education
An investigation into a recent data breach of Butler County Community College did not find any dates of birth or Social Security or student identification numbers provide...
August 23, 2023 Local News
BUTLER TWP — Angelina Marx swung on a hammock she strung up between two trees Monday, Aug. 21, using her downtime to relax and talk to other students who also had class o...
August 21, 2023 Local News
Executives of two higher education institutions in Mercer County will conduct a feasibility study that could result in the first Pennsylvania community college site to be...
August 21, 2023 Local News
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