{"id":15139,"date":"2022-10-13T16:44:08","date_gmt":"2022-10-13T20:44:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.bc3.edu\/?p=15139"},"modified":"2023-02-03T11:57:44","modified_gmt":"2023-02-03T16:57:44","slug":"bc3-brockway-to-showcase-advantages-at-open-house-tuesday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.bc3.edu\/bc3-brockway-to-showcase-advantages-at-open-house-tuesday\/","title":{"rendered":"BC3 @ Brockway showcases advantages at open house Oct. 18"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"15139\" class=\"elementor elementor-15139\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-caa545a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"caa545a\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5ff0fcf\" data-id=\"5ff0fcf\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1912abe elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1912abe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.21.0 - 08-05-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>(Brockway, PA) Isabel Mercado said she struggled academically as a student at Clearfield Area Junior-Senior High School, enrolled at BC3 @ Brockway only following the prodding of her mother, \u201ccame out of my shell\u201d and has earned nothing but A\u2019s in her first two semesters.<\/p>\n\n<p>\u201cMy professors,\u201d Mercado said, \u201chave all been amazing. I love learning from them. I feel like I have never grasped information the way that I do now. I wish I could go there for four years, that I didn\u2019t have to transfer.\u201d<\/p>\n\n<p>Mercado, a 19-year-old from Grampian, is pursuing an associate degree in psychology, one of the nine career or transfer programs prospective students can explore during BC3 @ Brockway\u2019s open house Oct. 18.<\/p>\n\n<p>BC3 @ Brockway\u2019s open house is scheduled for 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. at 1200 Wood St., Suite D, Brockway.<\/p>\n\n<p>A $25 application fee will be waived for prospective students who apply for admission at the open house. Prospective students can RSVP at apply.BC3.edu\/open-house.<\/p>\n\n<p>Prospective students at BC3 @ Brockway\u2019s open house can explore programs and instructional formats, tour classrooms and facilities, review financial aid opportunities and tuition, and learn about support services and student activities.<\/p>\n\n<h3>Nursing info session same evening<\/h3>\n\n<p>A Nursing, R.N., information session will be held at 5:30 p.m. and feature representatives of BC3 and Penn Highlands Healthcare, according to Dr. Jill Martin Rend, director of BC3 @ Brockway.<\/p>\n\n<p>Penn Highlands Healthcare this summer announced it would help to expand BC3 @ Brockway\u2019s Nursing, R.N., program by sponsoring tuition for select students who sign an employment agreement. BC3 @ Brockway is the only Butler County Community College additional location to offer the career program in Nursing, R.N.<\/p>\n\n<p>Students in BC3 @ Brockway\u2019s career programs can develop the skills needed to enter the workforce immediately upon graduation. BC3 @ Brockway\u2019s graduating class of 2022 in Nursing, R.N., was its largest.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to Nursing, R.N., BC3 @ Brockway offers career programs in business management, health care science and office administration-executive.<\/p>\n\n<p>In addition to psychology, BC3 @ Brockway offers transfer programs in business administration, early childhood education (Pre K-4), general studies and social work.<\/p>\n\n<p>Health care science; general studies; Nursing, R.N.; early childhood education (Pre K-4); psychology and business administration are the top associate degree programs of new BC3 students in the fall 2022 semester, according to Sharla Anke, BC3\u2019s assistant dean of institutional research and planning.<\/p>\n\n<p>BC3 @ Brockway students can apply credits earned toward a bachelor\u2019s degree at public, private and online four-year colleges and universities. Approximately 60 percent of BC3 students this fall are enrolled in transfer programs, according to Anke.<\/p>\n\n<h3>\u201cMotivated by my professors\u201d<\/h3>\n\n<p>BC3\u2019s student-to-faculty ratio is 11:1.<\/p>\n\n<p>\u201cThe classes are smaller,\u201d Mercado said. \u201cEven the big classes are smaller than my high school classes. I feel like you gain relationships with your professors versus being a number. It helps me to learn the material, which I feel would not happen in a class of 50 people. I feel motivated by my professors. They make me want to be there and want to do the work.<\/p>\n\n<p>\u201cI didn\u2019t realize how smart I was until I went to college. And then I thought, \u2018Wow. I really have some potential here.\u2019 BC3 really helped me to get to that point in my life. I would have never been there without it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n<p>Mercado has twice earned BC3 president\u2019s list honors, a recognition for students who earn a grade-point average of at least 3.75 following the completion of at least 12 credits during a semester.<\/p>\n\n<p>She is also a member of Rho Phi, BC3\u2019s chapter of Phi Theta Kappa, an international academic honor society whose new members must have a minimum grade-point average of 3.5.<\/p>\n\n<h3>Save estimated $20K on higher education<\/h3>\n\n<p>Students who attend a community college for their first two years can save an estimated $20,000 on the cost of higher education, according to the Pennsylvania Commission for Community Colleges.<\/p>\n\n<p>Tuition and fees for face-to-face classes this fall for students attending BC3 @ Brockway cost $280 per credit.<\/p>\n\n<p>The most recent tuition and fees published by regional public four-year universities cost between $437.23 and $532.81 per credit for Pennsylvania residents for an in-person class. Tuition and fees for Pennsylvania residents attending regional state-related universities\u2019 branch campuses this fall cost between $582 and $734 per credit for an in-person class.<\/p>\n\n<p>The average student-loan debt for Pennsylvania\u2019s Class of 2019 was $38,521, according to a January report in LendEDU, a website that provides comparisons for loans, credit cards and other financial products.<\/p>\n\n<p>Nearly 60 percent of BC3\u2019s Class of 2022 graduated debt-free.<\/p>\n\n<p>Mercado plans to graduate debt-free from BC3 @ Brockway in May.<\/p>\n\n<p>\u201cLook at the benefits, look at the professors and everything that this school does in general for its students,\u201d Mercado said. \u201cYou get the same education and honestly, I would say even a better education than you would if you go to a big school. And you are not going to get into all the debt.\u201d<\/p>\n\n<p>Students who complete a BC3 @ Brockway degree in business administration, general studies, psychology and Nursing, R.N., can transfer all credits to a parallel program at any Penn State University commonwealth campus.<\/p>\n\n<p>Students who complete a BC3 @ Brockway degree in business administration, early childhood education (Pre K-4), psychology and social work can transfer all credits to a parallel program and with junior standing at any Pennsylvania public four-year institution.<\/p>\n\n<p>Mercado plans to transfer to Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania at Lock Haven, and pursue bachelor\u2019s and master\u2019s degrees in social work toward her goal of becoming a therapist.<\/p>\n\n<h3>BC3 scholarships reach $280K<\/h3>\n\n<p>The BC3 Education Foundation has awarded a record $280,000 in named scholarships to BC3 students in the 2022-2023 academic year.<\/p>\n\n<p>BC3 has been ranked as the No. 1 community college in Pennsylvania eight times since 2015, most recently for 2023 by Niche.com.<\/p>\n\n<p>Sources in Niche\u2019s August report included the National Center for Education Statistics\u2019 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System; the U.S. Department of Education\u2019s Office of Post-Secondary Education and College Scorecard data; the Brookings Institution, a Washington, D.C., nonprofit public policy and research organization; and its college student survey.<\/p>\n\n<p>Mercado said she is pleased she was urged to enroll at BC3 @ Brockway by her mother, Jency.<\/p>\n\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m so glad that I did,\u201d she said, \u201cbecause I literally just love everybody.\u201d<\/p>\n\n<p>Students who take health care science courses at BC3 @ Brockway can also finish associate degrees in medical assistant; physical therapist assistant; or in technical trades-massage therapy management option on BC3\u2019s main campus. 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