{"id":1557,"date":"2021-02-11T00:00:19","date_gmt":"2021-02-11T05:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.bc3.edu\/?p=1557"},"modified":"2021-08-12T12:18:07","modified_gmt":"2021-08-12T16:18:07","slug":"bc3-course-examines-rise-fall-of-steel-industry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.bc3.edu\/bc3-course-examines-rise-fall-of-steel-industry\/","title":{"rendered":"BC3 course examines rise, fall of steel industry"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1557\" class=\"elementor elementor-1557\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-39cb1e6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"39cb1e6\" 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-2e6e1bb\" data-id=\"2e6e1bb\" 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-69a19ef elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"69a19ef\" 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>(New Castle, PA) It lifted a region, provided livelihoods to hundreds of thousands, forged secondary and tertiary commerce up and down and across western Pennsylvania.<\/p><p>It fed, it housed and it clothed, financed births and weddings and funerals, empowered its sometimes poorly educated immigrant workers to patronize main streets for a century.<\/p><p>And then the steel industry collapsed.<\/p><p>\u201cLife changed dramatically,\u201d said author Dale Perelman, a New Castle resident whose course titled The Birth and Death of Steel in Western Pennsylvania is one of 47 classes this spring on Butler County Community College\u2019s menu of Lifelong Learning opportunities in Lawrence and Mercer counties.<\/p><p>The Birth and Death of Steel in Western Pennsylvania will be held from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. April 14 and April 19 at BC3 @ Lawrence Crossing, 2849 W. State St., New Castle.<\/p><p>BC3\u2019s Lifelong Learning this spring in Lawrence and Mercer counties will offer noncredit courses in the areas of computers and technology; fine arts and crafts; history; language and travel; personal and professional development; outdoor adventure; special interests; and yoga, Pilates and fitness.<\/p><p>The college\u2019s spring lineup concludes with Kayaking Rescue Technique at Moraine State Park on June 12.<\/p><p>BC3 Lifelong Learning courses will also be offered this spring at BC3 @ LindenPointe, 3182 Innovation Way, Hermitage. Classes include Introduction to Basic Computer Skills, Facebook for Beginners and Let\u2019s Learn Spanish.<\/p><p>Beginning Italian will be offered at BC3 @ Lawrence Crossing, as will Watercolor Painting-Beginners to Intermediate; The 1960s, the Civil Rights Movement and Today\u2019s World; and Understanding your Bible.<\/p><p>Excel-An Introduction, U Podcast and First-Time Home Buyer and Seller will be offered at BC3 @ Lawrence Crossing and at BC3 @ LindenPointe.<\/p><p>BC3\u2019s Lifelong Learning program offers participants an opportunity to develop or increase skills, or to explore new hobbies and new experiences \u201cfor a very affordable price,\u201d said Paul Lucas, director of BC3\u2019s Lifelong Learning program.<\/p><p>The Birth and Death of Steel in Western Pennsylvania, to be offered for the first time, costs $29.<\/p><p>Life changed dramatically in Ellwood City, New Castle, Sharon and across the state line in Youngstown beginning in the early 1970s, said Perelman, who earned a bachelor\u2019s degree in English literature at Brown University in Providence, R.I., and a master\u2019s degree from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia.<\/p><p>Perelman has written nine books, including \u201cRoad to Rust: The Disintegration of the Steel Industry in Western Pennsylvania and Eastern Ohio,\u201d and \u201cSteel: The Story of Pittsburgh\u2019s Iron &amp; Steel Industry: 1852-1902.\u201d Each was published by The History Press, in 2018 and in 2016, respectively.<\/p><p>His discussion will appeal to former steelworkers and history buffs, Perelman said, and conclude with labor union, corporate and governmental missteps that culminated 40 years ago.<\/p><p>\u201cMy story,\u201d Perelman said, \u201cis that all three made errors, and it became a perfect storm, and it destroyed the steel industry.\u201d<\/p><p>Physical distancing measures will be enforced to maintain a safe environment at all BC3 facilities. 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