<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/newsroom/bc3s-class-of-2024-in-practical-nursing-largest-since-programs-return.html" dsn="blogs"><featured/><pubDate>12/11/2024 09:57:09 AM</pubDate><title>BC3’s Class of 2024 in practical nursing largest since program’s return</title><subtitle>11 graduates include residents of five counties; incoming group at capacity</subtitle><description>(Butler, PA) A Butler County Community College practical nursing program re-established 3½ years ago to address a shortage in the high-priority occupation graduated its largest class Tuesday with 11 students from five western Pennsylvania counties.</description><author/><image-caption>Graduates in Butler County Community College’s Class of 2024 in practical nursing are shown lighting candles Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2024, during a pinning ceremony in Founders Hall on the college’s main campus in Butler Township. From left, graduates Makenzie Reay, Larkin Sollie, Breanne Stuebgen and Macy Workman. BC3’s practical nursing program was re-established 3½ years ago to address a shortage in the high-priority occupation and graduated its largest class with 11 students from five western Pennsylvania counties.</image-caption><tags><tag>Practical Nursing</tag></tags><image><img src="/_resources/images/newsroom/2024/rn-pinning.jpg" alt="This is a photograph of students lighting a candle during a ceremony."/></image></item>