<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/newsroom/bc3-grads-help-team-usa-stay-hot-in-winter-games.html" dsn="blogs"><featured/><pubDate>02/22/2018 01:19:41 PM</pubDate><title>BC3 grads help Team USA stay hot in Winter Games</title><subtitle/><description>(Butler, PA) The fingerprints on the hottest clothing in what might be the coldest Winter Olympics in 30 years can be traced to at least three former Butler County Community College students, among 17 employed by Butler Technologies, which designed, engineered and manufactured 1,900 flexible plastic heating elements bonded into the Ralph Lauren parkas debuted by Team USA in the Pyeongchang Games. </description><author/><image-caption>Butler County Community College graduates Ross Wells, Amber Omstead and Jason Letzelter are shown Thursday, Feb. 15, 2018, at their workplace, Butler Technologies, Butler, where they helped to manufacture 1,900 flexible plastic heating elements depicting a U.S. flag and bonded into the Ralph Lauren parkas and bomber jackets debuted by Team USA in the 2018 Winter Olympics.</image-caption><tags><tag>Alumni</tag><tag>Making an Impact</tag><tag>Student Success</tag></tags><image><img src="/_resources/images/newsroom/2018/bc3-grads-021518.jpg" alt="Image: a photo of three student grads holding a small black and white USA flag"/></image></item>