<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/newsroom/students-praise-bc3s-practical-learning-opportunities.html" dsn="blogs"><featured/><pubDate>04/03/2025 12:18:36 PM</pubDate><title>Students praise BC3’s practical learning opportunities</title><subtitle>College to showcase hands-on facilities and programs, affordability at Pioneer Night</subtitle><description>(Butler, PA) Prospective students and their families can explore the latest hands-on learning environments at Butler County Community College, examine two-year associate degree and short-term certificate programs and discover how they can minimize or avoid higher education debt during Pioneer Night on April 9.</description><author/><image-caption>Maddy Fields, left, Madelyn Kolarosky and Natalie Volek, students in Butler County Community College’s early childhood education (Pre K-4) associate degree program, react Monday, March 17, 2025, upon entering for the first time the new Dr. Robert L. Paserba Teaching and Learning Lab on BC3’s main campus in Butler Township. Prospective students and their families can explore the college’s hands-on learning facilities and programs during Pioneer Night, scheduled for 5 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. April 9 on BC3’s main campus.</image-caption><tags><tag>Academic Programs</tag><tag>Facilities</tag></tags><image><img src="/_resources/images/newsroom/2025/bc3-teachinglab-a.jpg" alt="This is a photograph of students entering a new facility at BC3."/></image></item>