<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/newsroom/nextier-banks-25k-gift-to-support-bc3-programs.html" dsn="blogs"><featured/><pubDate>02/11/2025 10:34:38 AM</pubDate><title>NexTier Bank’s $25K gift to support BC3 programs</title><subtitle>Financial institution “has been an incredible partner with BC3 in so many ways,” college administrator says</subtitle><description>(Butler, PA) A $25,000 gift from NexTier Bank will benefit a Butler County Community College program that enables sophomores through seniors to earn affordable and transferrable credits in college courses instructed at their high school or learning center, and a game played by pupils as young as fourth-graders that teaches financial literacy.</description><author/><image-caption>A $25,000 gift from NexTier Bank will benefit a Butler County Community College program that enables sophomores through seniors to earn affordable and transferrable credits in college courses instructed at their high school or learning center, and a game played by pupils as young as fourth-graders that teaches financial literacy. Shown Monday, Jan. 27, 2025, on BC3’s main campus in Butler Township are, from left, Lisa Mislan, Carol Achezinski, Mikayla Moretti and Lara Wozniak. Mislan, Achezinski and Wozniak are NexTier officials. Mislan is community relations manager; Achezinski, senior vice president and treasury management officer; and Wozniak, senior vice president and director of treasury management. Moretti is interim executive director of the BC3 Education Foundation and external relations. Achezinski is also a member of the BC3 Education Foundation board of directors.</image-caption><tags><tag>BC3 Education Foundation</tag><tag>Giving</tag><tag>High School Programs</tag></tags><image><img src="/_resources/images/newsroom/2025/bc3-nextier-a.jpg" alt="This is a photograph of four people holding a large check."/></image></item>