<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/newsroom/record-15-riv-ell-students-pitch-business-plans.html" dsn="blogs"><featured/><pubDate>05/07/2024 07:30:04 AM</pubDate><title>Record 15 Riv-Ell students pitch business plans</title><subtitle>Graduates of program receive 16-credit BC3 certificate funded by donors</subtitle><description>(Ellwood City, PA) A record 15 high school seniors profiting from a yearlong Riv-Ell Entrepreneurship program pitched business plans April 25 that impressed Ellwood City area leaders and in pursuit of graduating from Butler County Community College on May 15 with a 16-credit workplace certificate funded by donors.</description><author/><image-caption>Brooke Dougherty, a senior at Riverside High School and student in the 2023-2024 Riv-Ell Entrepreneurship program, presents her business plan to more than 30 spectators Thursday, April 25, 2024, in the library of Lincoln High School in Ellwood City. Riv-Ell is a collaboration between Butler County Community College and Ellwood City area businesses. Graduates of the Riv-Ell program earn a 16-credit workplace certificate in entrepreneurship from BC3.</image-caption><tags><tag>HSP RIV-ELL</tag></tags><image><img src="/_resources/images/newsroom/2024/bc3-riv-ell-dougherty-brooke-042524.jpg" alt="BC3_Riv-Ell_2023-2024_business plans"/></image></item>