{"id":18417,"date":"2023-03-21T15:41:32","date_gmt":"2023-03-21T19:41:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.bc3.edu\/?p=18417"},"modified":"2023-04-28T16:57:15","modified_gmt":"2023-04-28T20:57:15","slug":"2-bc3-students-to-receive-scholarships-toward-completing-a-bachelors-degree","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.bc3.edu\/2-bc3-students-to-receive-scholarships-toward-completing-a-bachelors-degree\/","title":{"rendered":"2 BC3 students to receive scholarships toward completing a bachelor\u2019s degree"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"18417\" class=\"elementor elementor-18417\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3a7a3b7 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3a7a3b7\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a5bce6d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a5bce6d\" 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 - 25-04-2024 *\/\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>(Butler, PA) Two Butler County Community College students recognized by the college for academic achievements in the past three semesters will also receive full-tuition scholarships toward completing a bachelor\u2019s degree at a Pennsylvania public four-year institution of their choice.<\/p><p>Olivia Collins, of Butler, and Maddison Tripp, of Sarver, have been named to BC3\u2019s president\u2019s or dean\u2019s lists since fall 2021. They will be honored March 27 in Harrisburg as selections to Phi Theta Kappa\u2019s 2023 All-Pennsylvania Academic Team.<\/p><p>Phi Theta Kappa is an international academic honor society for two-year colleges and programs. Its All-Pennsylvania Academic Team is composed of students enrolled in transfer programs at a Pennsylvania Commission for Community Colleges institution such as BC3.<\/p><p>Phi Theta Kappa chapter advisers annually nominate top student applicants to the All-Pennsylvania Academic Team based on the students\u2019 excellence in the classroom and dedication to their community college and communities.<\/p><p>Collins is president and Tripp secretary of Rho Phi, BC3\u2019s 55-year-old chapter of Phi Theta Kappa.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8fd381c elementor-blockquote--skin-quotation elementor-blockquote--button-color-official elementor-widget elementor-widget-blockquote\" data-id=\"8fd381c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"blockquote.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor-pro - v3.21.0 - 24-04-2024 *\/\n@charset \"UTF-8\";.entry-content 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development<\/cite>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-03bb53c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"03bb53c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>\u201cGiving back \u2026 is so rewarding\u201d<\/h3><p>The Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education has funded scholarships for All-Pennsylvania Academic Team selections since 2001.<\/p><p>Collins, 19, plans to transfer to Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania and Tripp, 20, to Indiana University of Pennsylvania.<\/p><p>Collins is a 2021 graduate of Butler Senior High School. She plans to graduate from BC3 in May with an associate degree in business administration and with a certificate in accounting. Collins intends to pursue a bachelor\u2019s degree in accounting toward a career as a certified public accountant.<\/p><p>\u201cI would love to help people with their taxes and their finances,\u201d Collins said.<\/p><p>She volunteers with roadside cleanups and at fundraisers through Rho Phi \u2013 \u201cGiving back to the community that has done so much for me, and for so many others, is so rewarding and incredibly important to me,\u201d she said \u2013 and works in customer service at a car dealership and at a coffee house in downtown Butler.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8222512 elementor-blockquote--skin-quotation elementor-blockquote--button-color-official elementor-widget elementor-widget-blockquote\" data-id=\"8222512\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"blockquote.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<blockquote class=\"elementor-blockquote\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-blockquote__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\u201cI want to be able to make a difference in the lives of those living in my community with speech and swallowing disorders. I want to help them to reach goals that will improve their self-esteem and their overall quality of life.\u201d\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-q-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"elementor-blockquote__author\">Maddison Tripp, BC3 student, about her goal to become a speech language pathologist<\/cite>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-632f695 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"632f695\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Tripp is a 2021 graduate of Armstrong Junior-Senior High. She expects to graduate from BC3 in August with an associate degree in general studies. She intends to pursue a bachelor\u2019s degree in speech language pathology and hopes to become a speech language pathologist.<\/p><p>\u201cI want to be able to make a difference in the lives of those living in my community with speech and swallowing disorders,\u201d Tripp said. \u201cI want to help them to reach goals that will improve their self-esteem and their overall quality of life.\u201d<\/p><p>She volunteers to decorate the Ford City Public Library during the holidays, and to organize its community enrichment events that include reading and crafts programs, and fundraisers.<\/p><p>\u201cThese experiences are crucial not only for the development of, but the strengthening of, a community,\u201d Tripp said.<\/p><p>She also works as a peer tutor at BC3 and for students in grades kindergarten through 12 at the Ford City and Kittanning public libraries.<\/p><p>Dr. Josh Novak is primary adviser of BC3\u2019s 150-member Rho Phi chapter and is the college\u2019s dean of student development.<\/p><p>\u201cOlivia and Maddison are obviously very committed to being students first and maintaining exceptional grade-point averages,\u201d Novak said. \u201cIt\u2019s difficult sometimes for some students to balance that, to be committed academically, and then to find all the extra time and energy to work with a club or an organization.\u201d<\/p><h3>3.5 GPA minimum for lists, chapters<\/h3><p>BC3 students who have achieved a cumulative grade-point average of 3.75 or higher are named to the president\u2019s list and of 3.5 to 3.74 to the dean\u2019s list following completion of at least 12 semester hours or upon completion of degree requirements.<\/p><p>All-Pennsylvania Academic Team selections must have earned a cumulative grade-point average of at least 3.5 while completing at least 36 credits.<\/p><p>Collins is also a BC3 student ambassador, a member of BC3\u2019s Delta Kappa chapter of Kappa Beta Delta, an international honor society for business students, and is enrolled in BC3\u2019s president\u2019s scholars program.<\/p><p>BC3 student ambassadors assist with college events such as open houses and commencement, and conduct campus tours for prospective students and their families.<\/p><p>New members of Phi Theta Kappa and of Kappa Beta Delta must have a grade-point average of at least 3.5.<\/p><p>Students who have completed at least 12 credit hours toward an associate degree or six credit hours toward a one-year certificate and who meet academic requirements are eligible for membership in Rho Phi.<\/p><p>Students who have completed at least 12 credit hours in BC3\u2019s business division, who are pursuing an associate degree in a business program and who meet academic requirements are eligible for membership in Delta Kappa, formed at BC3 in 2019.<\/p><p>The president\u2019s scholars program is in its ninth year at BC3. The full-tuition waiver for up to 18 credits is available to students in the Top 10 percent of their graduating class and who have achieved at least a 3.5 grade-point average at any of Butler County\u2019s public high schools.<\/p><p>A cyber school student counted in those public schools\u2019 graduating classes is also eligible. 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