<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/newsroom/nothing-was-going-to-stop-her.html" dsn="blogs"><featured/><pubDate>08/14/2024 04:10:37 PM</pubDate><title>"Nothing was going to stop her"</title><subtitle/><description>(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 tests to earn the high school diploma she said will provide a brighter future for her two toddlers.</description><author/><image-caption>Cheyenne Tribble, 25, of Mercer, is shown Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2024, with son Aiden, 3, left, and daughter Nova, 2, near the Succop Theater on Butler County Community College’s main campus in Butler Township. Tribble attended an Aug. 6 graduation ceremony at BC3 after earning a commonwealth secondary school diploma through the college’s free Adult Literacy program in Butler County in 2023-2024.</image-caption><tags><tag>Adult Literacy</tag></tags><image><img src="/_resources/images/newsroom/2024/tribble-cheyenne-hero-alt.jpg" alt="This is a photograph of a mother with her two children."/></image></item>