{"id":20504,"date":"2023-07-21T13:49:33","date_gmt":"2023-07-21T17:49:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.bc3.edu\/?p=20504"},"modified":"2024-02-28T14:14:22","modified_gmt":"2024-02-28T19:14:22","slug":"truly-truly-amazing-bc3-brockway-turns-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.bc3.edu\/truly-truly-amazing-bc3-brockway-turns-10\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cTruly, truly amazing\u201d BC3 @ Brockway turns 10"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"20504\" class=\"elementor elementor-20504\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-92799d5 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"92799d5\" 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-7c7e1f2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7c7e1f2\" 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) Microphone in hand, 20-year-old student Jordan Miller turned from the former state senator, the business executive, the president of Butler County Community College and others seated under a canopy tent and glanced over his left shoulder toward the complex housing BC3\u2019s additional location in Brockway.\u00a0<\/p><p>\u201cI love this campus,\u201d Miller said. \u201cIt\u2019s beautiful. It\u2019s small. It\u2019s a 25-minute drive from where I am. And the counselors here, and everyone here was so accommodating. \u2026 BC3 @ Brockway, I cannot put into words how it has changed my life.\u00a0<\/p><p>\u201cIt\u2019s truly, truly amazing.\u201d<\/p><p>The associate degree in business management that the 20-year-old DuBois resident intends to earn in August will benefit his goal to advance at the Martin\u2019s Food Store where he works 40 hours a week.<\/p><p>Miller and others Tuesday gathered at an outdoor celebration marking the 10th anniversary of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bc3.edu\/campus\/brockway\/index.html\">BC3 @ Brockway<\/a>, created to serve Pennsylvania counties under-represented by higher education, and the fifth of its registered nursing program, established to address a regional shortage in the high-priority occupation.<\/p><p>Business management and Nursing, R.N., are among BC3 @ Brockway\u2019s two-year career programs in which students can develop the skills needed to enter the workforce immediately upon 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.elementor-blockquote:before{content:\"\u201c\";font-size:100px;color:#f9fafa;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-weight:900;line-height:1;display:block;height:.6em}.elementor-blockquote--skin-quotation .elementor-blockquote__content{margin-top:15px}.elementor-blockquote--align-left .elementor-blockquote__content{text-align:left}.elementor-blockquote--align-left .elementor-blockquote .e-q-footer{flex-direction:row}.elementor-blockquote--align-right .elementor-blockquote__content{text-align:right}.elementor-blockquote--align-right .elementor-blockquote .e-q-footer{flex-direction:row-reverse}.elementor-blockquote--align-center .elementor-blockquote{text-align:center}.elementor-blockquote--align-center .elementor-blockquote .e-q-footer,.elementor-blockquote--align-center .elementor-blockquote__author{display:block}.elementor-blockquote--align-center .elementor-blockquote__tweet-button{margin-right:auto;margin-left:auto}<\/style>\t\t<blockquote class=\"elementor-blockquote\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-blockquote__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\u201cOur vision as the northwestern-most community college was \u2026 that imaginary county lines should not interfere with our delivery of high-quality, accessible education throughout the northwestern Pennsylvania region.\"\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\">Dr. Nick Neupauer, BC3 president<\/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-53671d0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"53671d0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.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-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"692\" src=\"https:\/\/news.bc3.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/BC3_Brockway_071823_b-1024x692.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-20513\" alt=\"BC3 @ Brockway_10-year anniversary.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.bc3.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/BC3_Brockway_071823_b-1024x692.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/news.bc3.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/BC3_Brockway_071823_b-350x236.jpg 350w, https:\/\/news.bc3.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/BC3_Brockway_071823_b-150x101.jpg 150w, https:\/\/news.bc3.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/BC3_Brockway_071823_b-768x519.jpg 768w, https:\/\/news.bc3.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/BC3_Brockway_071823_b-750x507.jpg 750w, https:\/\/news.bc3.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/BC3_Brockway_071823_b-1140x770.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/news.bc3.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/BC3_Brockway_071823_b.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" data-full-width=\"1500\" data-full-height=\"1013\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">From left, Peter C. Varischetti, president of Varischetti Holdings, Joseph Scarnati, former president pro tempore of the state Senate, and Dr. Nick Neupauer, president of Butler County Community College, are shown Tuesday, July 18, 2023, at an outdoor celebration in Brockway marking the 10th anniversary of BC3 @ Brockway and the fifth of its registered nursing program. Varischetti and Scarnati are Brockway residents.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-05076a0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"05076a0\" 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>Opportunities for rural Pennsylvanians<\/h3><p>Brockway residents Joseph Scarnati, former president pro tempore of the state Senate, and Peter C. Varischetti, president of Varischetti Holdings, were instrumental in helping BC3 to create an additional location in Brockway, said Dr. Nick Neupauer, BC3\u2019s president since 2007.\u00a0<\/p><p>\u201cVarious sectors of higher education stayed in their own lanes\u201d when BC3 was considering expansion in 2011, Neupauer said.<\/p><p>\u201cOur vision as the northwestern-most community college was \u2026 that imaginary county lines should not interfere with our delivery of high-quality, accessible education throughout the northwestern Pennsylvania region.<\/p><p>\u201cWe heard of Joe\u2019s and Peter\u2019s vision. Each time we walked away from our meetings in Brockway feeling more confident. \u2026 But we needed state support. Senator Scarnati saw to that funding.\u201d<\/p><p>Scarnati for nearly two decades served a 25th senatorial district that included Elk and Jefferson counties, and a portion of Clearfield County.<\/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-8b3c9b9 elementor-blockquote--skin-quotation elementor-blockquote--button-color-official elementor-widget elementor-widget-blockquote\" data-id=\"8b3c9b9\" 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\u201cThe only path to economic certainty is through some higher education. And (BC3 @ Brockway) provides it. We have a much higher degree of education levels in this area and that\u2019s because of BC3.\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\">Joseph Scarnati, former president pro tempore of the state Senate<\/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-5fbedce elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5fbedce\" 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>BC3 @ Brockway has received funding through Scarnati\u2019s tenure as an elected official and later through his work with Allegheny Strategy Partners, a consulting firm that lobbies on behalf of clients about issues of importance to the state Legislature.<\/p><p>Rural Pennsylvania, Scarnati said, \u201creally struggled, really struggled, with low-cost, high-quality higher education north of Interstate 80. Didn\u2019t exist. Did not exist. So why should the 255,000 people I represented, and others represented north of Interstate 80, not have that opportunity?<\/p><p>\u00a0\u201cThe only path to economic certainty is through some higher education. And (BC3 @ Brockway) provides it. We have a much higher degree of education levels in this area and that\u2019s because of BC3.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/p><p>BC3 @ Brockway upon its creation was the only community college location north of Interstate 80 in the 268 miles between <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bc3.edu\/campus\/lindenpointe\/index.html\">BC3 @ LindenPointe<\/a> in Hermitage, Mercer County, and Luzerne County Community College in Nanticoke.<\/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-1d36316 elementor-blockquote--skin-quotation elementor-blockquote--button-color-official elementor-widget elementor-widget-blockquote\" data-id=\"1d36316\" 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\u201cWhat BC3 does different than a lot of other educational institutions is that BC3 provides programs that are truly, desperately needed in the area. They take the time to find out what the region needs, and that\u2019s what they put forward.\" \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\">Peter C. Varischetti, Varischetti Holdings president<\/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-e36d215 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e36d215\" 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>Like Scarnati, Varischetti praised the impact BC3 @ Brockway has had in its first 10 years of providing higher education to students in Clarion, Clearfield, Elk and Jefferson counties.\u00a0<\/p><p>\u201cWhat BC3 does different than a lot of other educational institutions is that BC3 provides programs that are truly, desperately needed in the area,\u201d Varischetti said. \u201cThey take the time to find out what the region needs, and that\u2019s what they put forward. It\u2019s not just simply education to BC3. It\u2019s education with job placement.\u201d<\/p><p>Varischetti Holdings owns the former Brockway Glass administration building that once housed 550 employees and today, as the Parkside Complex, accommodates BC3 @ Brockway.\u00a0<\/p><p>The Frank Varischetti Foundation established the Varischetti Family Scholarship with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bc3.edu\/paying\/financial-aid\/scholarships.html\">BC3 Education Foundation<\/a> in 2014 to recruit students to and retain students at BC3 @ Brockway.\u00a0<\/p><p>Nearly $190,000 in Varischetti Family Scholarships have been awarded to 509 BC3 @ Brockway students since 2015, according to Bobbi Jo Cornetti, development coordinator with the BC3 Education Foundation.<\/p><p>Students from 116 ZIP codes have attended BC3 @ Brockway, according to Sharla Anke, BC3\u2019s assistant dean of institutional research and planning. Enrollment has increased 454 percent since fall 2013, from 28 students to 155 in spring 2023.\u00a0<\/p><p>\u201cEvery day has been incredible, exciting, rewarding and enjoyable,\u201d said Dr. Jill Martin Rend, BC3 @ Brockway director. \u201cWe just love being here \u2026 and helping our students be successful and part of the community.\u201d<\/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-e97328d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e97328d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"692\" src=\"https:\/\/news.bc3.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/BC3_Brockway_071823_c-1024x692.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-20535\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.bc3.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/BC3_Brockway_071823_c-1024x692.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/news.bc3.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/BC3_Brockway_071823_c-350x236.jpg 350w, https:\/\/news.bc3.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/BC3_Brockway_071823_c-150x101.jpg 150w, https:\/\/news.bc3.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/BC3_Brockway_071823_c-768x519.jpg 768w, https:\/\/news.bc3.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/BC3_Brockway_071823_c-750x507.jpg 750w, https:\/\/news.bc3.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/BC3_Brockway_071823_c-1140x770.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/news.bc3.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/BC3_Brockway_071823_c.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" data-full-width=\"1500\" data-full-height=\"1013\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">From left, Butler County Community College administrators Dr. Case Willoughby, vice president for student affairs and enrollment management, Dr. Belinda Richardson, provost and vice president for academic affairs, and Dr. Jill Martin Rend, director of BC3 @ Brockway, are shown Tuesday, July 18, 2023, at an outdoor celebration in Brockway marking the 10th anniversary of BC3 @ Brockway and the fifth of its registered nursing program.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1526553 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1526553\" 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>\u201cAn excellent nursing program\u201d<\/h3><p>BC3 @ Brockway in 2018 became the only BC3 additional location to offer the 70-credit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bc3.edu\/programs-classes\/degrees-certificates\/health-care\/nursing.html\">Nursing, R.N.<\/a>, program and in response to a high-priority occupation in the six-county North Central Workforce Development area.\u00a0<\/p><p>The Nursing, R.N., program saves students from an otherwise 160-mile round trip from the Jefferson County location to BC3\u2019s main campus.\u00a0<\/p><p>Forty-eight students have graduated from the program, including five in 2023 who participated in a <a href=\"https:\/\/news.bc3.edu\/penn-highlands-healthcare-bc3-brockway-forge-partnership\/\">tuition assistance program<\/a> established in 2022 and sponsored in BC3 @ Brockway\u2019s service area by Penn Highlands Healthcare, DuBois.\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-df4f680 elementor-blockquote--skin-quotation elementor-blockquote--button-color-official elementor-widget elementor-widget-blockquote\" data-id=\"df4f680\" 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 cannot overemphasize that BC3 @ Brockway offers an excellent nursing program that effectively prepares students to transition from the classroom to the clinical setting.\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\">Heather Franci, Penn Highlands Healthcare chief nursing officer<\/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-d9c3264 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d9c3264\" 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>Penn Highlands Healthcare in the past year has hired more than 30 nurses who graduated from BC3, said Heather Franci, the organization\u2019s chief nursing officer.<\/p><p>\u201cI cannot overemphasize,\u201d Franci said, \u201cthat BC3 @ Brockway offers an excellent nursing program that effectively prepares students to transition from the classroom to the clinical setting.\u201d<\/p><p>\u00a0BC3 @ Brockway offers associate degrees in five transfer and in four career programs. Its students have ranged in age from 17 to 65, according to Anke. Its <a href=\"https:\/\/news.bc3.edu\/bc3-brockways-r-n-grads-most-senior-since-program-addressing-shortage-debuted\/\">Class of 2023<\/a> in Nursing, R.N., was its most senior with an average age of 35.8.\u00a0<\/p><p>\u201cHere we are in this small community and we are putting out well-educated, pristine nurses that are ready to accomplish the world,\u201d said Tracey McAllister, a 54-year-old mother of five who graduated from BC3 @ Brockway\u2019s Nursing, R.N., program in May.<\/p><p>\u201cIt gives you an education beyond anything that I ever thought you would find in a small community like Brockway. \u2026 When you graduate from our nursing program, you have a solid foundation to advance in the nursing field.\u201d<\/p><h3>\u201cThe amazing prices\u201d<\/h3><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.\u00a0<\/p><p>The most recent tuition and fees at regional public four-year universities started at $437.23 per credit for Pennsylvania residents for an in-person course, and started at $374.20 for an online course.<\/p><p>The most recent tuition and fees for Pennsylvania residents attending regional state-related institutions\u2019 branch campuses cost between $582 and $734 per credit for an in-person course, and started at $620 for an online course.<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bc3.edu\/paying\/tuition-fees.html\">Tuition and fees<\/a> this fall for students attending BC3 @ Brockway cost $290 per credit for an in-person course and $315 for an online course.\u00a0<\/p><p>Miller, the 20-year-old who glanced over his left shoulder toward the complex housing BC3\u2019s additional location in Brockway, received a Varischetti Family Scholarship and expects to graduate debt-free from BC3 @ Brockway because of the Varischetti award, \u201cfinancial aid and the amazing prices,\u201d he said.\u00a0<\/p><p>\u201cIf I were to go to a typical four-year university, I would be paying triple, quadruple what I am paying here.\u201d<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bc3.edu\/admission\/nursing.html\">Applications<\/a> for a fall 2024 start in BC3 @ Brockway\u2019s Nursing, R.N., program will be accepted beginning Aug. 1. 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