<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/newsroom/2-bc3-students-selected-to-all-pa-academic-team.html" dsn="blogs"><featured/><pubDate>02/17/2021 01:46:33 PM</pubDate><title>2 BC3 students selected to All-PA Academic Team</title><subtitle>Sophomores to receive full-tuition scholarships toward bachelor’s degree</subtitle><description>(Butler, PA) A Butler County Community College student who wants to teach children about the alphabet, shapes and colors, and another whose goal is to help adults manage mental health challenges will receive full tuition scholarships toward completing a bachelor’s degree at a Pennsylvania public four-year institution of their choice.</description><author/><image-caption>Butler County Community College students Jaysa Ditty, of Kittanning, left, and Sydni Smith, of Cranberry Township, have been selected to the 2021 All-Pennsylvania Academic Team by Phi Theta Kappa, an international academic honor society for two-year colleges and programs. Selections receive a full-tuition scholarship toward completing a bachelor’s degree at a Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education institution of their choice. Ditty, a BC3 general studies major who attends BC3 @ Armstrong near Ford City, is shown in 2020 at Buttermilk Falls near Kittanning. Smith, a psychology major who attends BC3 @Cranberry, is shown Friday, Jan. 22, 2021, at BC3’s additional location in Cranberry Township.</image-caption><tags><tag>BC3 @ Armstrong</tag><tag>BC3 @ Cranberry</tag><tag>Honors</tag><tag>Phi Theta Kappa</tag><tag>Student Success</tag><tag>Year in Review 2021</tag></tags><image><img src="/_resources/images/newsroom/2021/jaysa-sydni.jpg" alt="two bc3 student portraits side by side"/></image></item>