BC3 President's Blog

Dear Students, You may have recently read or heard that Butler County Community College suffered a $1 million operating budgetary cut from Butler County - our local sponsor.  While a cut this size is never good news, frankly we were not surprised given these economic times. As President of BC3, I want to ensure each of you [...]

Dear Friends, I wish you all a joyous holiday season and a prosperous new year.  While you enjoy time away from work and share the love of family, please do not forget our troops across the world. See you in January for an exciting spring semester! Posted in BC3 President's Blog   Tagged: community   

As you may recall from my Convocation speech, the College is moving forward in expanding its approach to sustainable/green efforts.  Just this semester alone, we have engaged in the following: Finalized a bid package with a firm that will audit the campus using Enviromental Protection Agency standards and eventual follow through on recommendations from the report. As expanded [...]

As Thanksgiving is fast approaching, I am already counting my blessings and thanks.  Foremost, I am thankful for my family and the opportunity to serve as the eighth President of Butler County Community College.  Just today I ran into a former student from my Introduction to Public Relations class from spring of 2004.  She said she still [...]

I write as I am on the 40th floor of the Marriott New York Grand Marquis in Times Square.  The City is at its normal hustle-and-bustle for another business day.  Spirits seem high with yesterday’s huge gain on Wall Street.  The Association of Community College Trustees 39th Annual Leadership Conference begins today.  Some of the sessions [...]