Never would I have thought during my first class as a college freshman that I would become a college president.
I was a marginal high school student. Played football and baseball. Announced at basketball games. Loved to write. Decided to join the newspaper staff.
During my first class as a print journalism major, I thought that I would become a sports reporter.
Landed a job at a newspaper. Covered the Steelers. Pirates. Colleges. Loved higher education. Decided to earn advanced degrees.
I became Butler County Community College’s president in 2007. I announced recently that I am going to retire later this year.
During my 17-year tenure, I have talked with hundreds of BC3 students – many of them teenagers, as I was in my first class as a college freshman; others nontraditional-aged, seeking a different path, as I did in my mid- to late 20s.
I have been proud to shake the hands of thousands of BC3 graduates at commencement.
You may think you know what you will become.
Higher education has its way of changing who you will become.
Explore the different paths that lie ahead at BC3.
Earn your associate degree or certificate.
Change who you will become.
I will be proud to shake your hand at commencement – my final as president of this wonderful institution.
