This is a photograph of a daughter and mother after the mother attended a graduation ceremony for attaining her high school equivalency diploma.

BC3 to help adults attain diploma, increase earnings, self-esteem

September 8, 2025

(Butler, PA) Adults seeking to increase their earning potential or self-esteem by attaining a commonwealth secondary school diploma can register now for free Butler County Community College instruction and begin after attending an orientation session...

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"Nothing was going to stop her"

August 14, 2024

(Butler, PA) Butler County Community College employees and a longtime leader of a service organization that has raised at least $72,000 for BC3’s Adult Literacy program are praising the perseverance of a 25-year-old woman who overcame three failed...

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BC3 Class of 2024 Roger Walker

“This Father’s Day will definitely feel different”

June 13, 2024

(Butler, PA) In a procession of graduates inching toward a stage in Butler County Community College’s Field House, 6-foot-6 Roger Walker Jr. stopped, stepped aside and stooped.

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Former BC3 ESL student enters 2nd of college’s honor societies

November 15, 2023

(Butler, PA) An Arabic- and French-speaking Moroccan seeking to return to steel industry leadership has progressed from Butler County Community College’s adult literacy courses in English as a second language to its business management career program...

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BC3 Adult Literacy

BC3 program with “phenomenal” individual attention sets fall lineup

September 1, 2023

(Butler, PA) Marcella Rogers was “mortified” on that February day when she began classes to prepare for tests to earn a commonwealth secondary school diploma.

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BC3 among first in PA to be designated as Hunger-Free Campus

September 27, 2022

(Butler, PA) The frozen chicken wings, fresh sweet potato, boxed pasta and bottled juice Kelly Heckert wheels with other foods in a red wagon from Butler County Community College’s Pioneer Pantry will provide supplemental nutrition for the adult...

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BC3 adult literacy

Father of 4-year-old earns diploma, pursues associate degree at BC3

September 8, 2022

(Butler, PA) Roger Walker Jr. sat inside the red sedan he drives to his job at a fast-food restaurant after realizing he had achieved a commonwealth secondary school diploma through Butler County Community College’s free adult literacy program,...

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Butler Eagle squad wins Cup 3rd time in BC3 Education Foundation golf outing

August 10, 2022

(Ellwood City, PA) A team representing the Butler Eagle won a third Champions Cup on Aug. 5 in a Butler County Community College Education Foundation golf outing that raises unrestricted funds to support student scholarships, adult literacy, first...

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Enrollment in BC3’s Butler County ESL program at all-time high

February 11, 2022

(Butler, PA) A free Butler County Community College adult literacy program in English as a second language helps students to achieve independence, serves as a social outlet for those who may feel lonely in their new culture and, Khadija Akhouad said...

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