<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/newsroom/bc3-awards-pins-to-class-of-2023-in-practical-nursing.html" dsn="blogs"><featured/><pubDate>12/13/2023 05:22:58 PM</pubDate><title>BC3 awards pins to Class of 2023 in practical nursing</title><subtitle>5 grads to work for Concordia Lutheran Ministries through tuition assistance program</subtitle><description>(Butler, PA) A Butler County Community College practical nursing program reestablished in partnership with Concordia Lutheran Ministries in response to a shortage in the high-priority occupation graduated its second consecutive class Tuesday night with the majority of students supported by the health care provider’s tuition assistance program.</description><author/><image-caption>Dusty Schnur, center, of Butler, receives a hug from Sarah Evans, of West Leechburg, before a ceremony for graduates of Butler County Community College’s practical nursing program Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2023, in the Succop Theater on BC3’s main campus in Butler Township. Schnur, Evans and Emma Freyermuth, of Cabot, background right, are members of the program’s Class of 2023.</image-caption><tags><tag>Practical Nursing</tag><tag>Year in Review 2023</tag></tags><image><img src="/_resources/images/newsroom/2023/practical-nursing-class-2023.jpg" alt="BC3 Practical Nursing 2023 Pinning"/></image></item>