{"id":21865,"date":"2023-10-04T10:36:32","date_gmt":"2023-10-04T14:36:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.bc3.edu\/?p=21865"},"modified":"2024-02-28T14:02:38","modified_gmt":"2024-02-28T19:02:38","slug":"2-bc3-students-among-19-in-u-s-picked-for-coca-cola-scholarships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.bc3.edu\/2-bc3-students-among-19-in-u-s-picked-for-coca-cola-scholarships\/","title":{"rendered":"2 BC3 students among 19% in U.S. picked for Coca-Cola scholarships"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"21865\" class=\"elementor elementor-21865\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7a4f554 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7a4f554\" 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-e9c2b30 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e9c2b30\" 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>(Butler, PA) One day, Mya Slomers said, she wants to comfort surgical patients before they receive anesthesia and one day, Bailey Bevington said, she wants to counsel children as they discuss having been abused.<\/p><p>Today, Slomers and Bevington are Butler County Community College students selected to receive $1,000 scholarships that acknowledge their leadership potential.<\/p><p>Because they achieved a grade-point average of at least 3.5 at BC3 in the fall 2022 semester, Slomers and Bevington were eligible in the spring 2023 semester to become members of Phi Theta Kappa.<\/p><p>Phi Theta Kappa is an international academic honor society for two-year-colleges and programs.<\/p><p>The Coca-Cola Leaders of Promise scholarships that Slomers and Bevington received are awarded to select Phi Theta Kappa members based on outstanding academic achievement and demonstrated leadership potential.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ad45cae e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"ad45cae\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a74a849 animated-slow e-flex e-con-boxed elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-id=\"a74a849\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cb5728b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"cb5728b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.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-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><span class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">PIONEERS WITH PROMISE<\/span>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2b0995f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2b0995f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">6<\/span>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-29fa4f4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"29fa4f4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The number of BC3 students who have been awarded the Coca-Cola Leaders of Promise scholarship since 2012.<\/span>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f5c0b5e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f5c0b5e\" 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>Scholarship process \u201ccompetitive,\u201d BC3 dean says<\/h3><p>Approximately 19 percent of the nearly 1,100 Phi Theta Kappa members nationwide who completed Coca-Cola Leaders of Promise scholarship applications that required listing their accomplishments and stating their goals were picked by judges currently unaffiliated with Phi Theta Kappa or Coca-Cola.<\/p><p>\u201cTo be selected is really a huge, huge honor,\u201d said Dr. Josh Novak, BC3\u2019s dean of students and primary adviser of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bc3.edu\/current-students\/get-involved\/clubs-organizations.html\">Rho Phi<\/a>, the college\u2019s 55-year-old chapter of Phi Theta Kappa. \u201cIt\u2019s a competitive process.\u201d<\/p><p>Slomers, of Butler, and Bevington, of Worthington, are among the 213 Phi Theta Kappa members chosen in 2023 to receive the scholarship, and the fifth and sixth BC3 students selected since 2012, according to Caroline Moreno, Phi Theta Kappa communications coordinator.<\/p><p>Slomers and Bevington are 19 and former members of the National Honor Society, Slomers at Butler Senior High and Bevington at Armstrong Junior-Senior High.<\/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-c903df4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c903df4\" 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=\"1140\" height=\"798\" src=\"https:\/\/news.bc3.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/BC3_Slomers_Mya_092823-1140x798.jpg\" class=\"attachment-jnews-featured-1140 size-jnews-featured-1140 wp-image-21879\" alt=\"young woman smiling in nursing uniform, bc3 student mya sloamers\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.bc3.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/BC3_Slomers_Mya_092823-1140x798.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/news.bc3.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/BC3_Slomers_Mya_092823-350x245.jpg 350w, https:\/\/news.bc3.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/BC3_Slomers_Mya_092823-1024x717.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/news.bc3.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/BC3_Slomers_Mya_092823-150x105.jpg 150w, https:\/\/news.bc3.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/BC3_Slomers_Mya_092823-768x538.jpg 768w, https:\/\/news.bc3.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/BC3_Slomers_Mya_092823-1536x1075.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/news.bc3.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/BC3_Slomers_Mya_092823-750x525.jpg 750w, https:\/\/news.bc3.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/BC3_Slomers_Mya_092823.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1140px) 100vw, 1140px\" data-full-width=\"2000\" data-full-height=\"1400\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Mya Slomers, 19, of Butler, is a second-year Nursing, R.N., student on Butler County Community College\u2019s main campus. Slomers is a member of BC3\u2019s Rho Phi chapter of Phi Theta Kappa, an international academic honor society for two-year-colleges and programs, and has been selected to receive a 2023 Coca-Cola Leaders of Promise scholarship. She is shown Thursday, Sept. 28, 2023, near the Victor K. Phillips Nursing and Allied Health Building on BC3\u2019s main campus.<\/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-220d8bd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"220d8bd\" 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>\u201cTalking people through hard situations\u201d<\/h3><p>Slomers at Butler High served as a student ambassador and realized \u201cI was a people person,\u201d she said.<\/p><p>\u201cI always enjoyed being there for people, especially if they are in a vulnerable state. I\u2019ve always been really good at talking people through hard situations.\u201d<\/p><p>The second-year <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bc3.edu\/programs-classes\/degrees-certificates\/health-care\/nursing.html\">Nursing, R.N.<\/a>, student on BC3\u2019s main campus plans to attend medical school to become a nurse anesthetist.<\/p><p>\u201cI\u2019d like to be one of those last people who someone sees before they go into surgery,\u201d Slomers said. \u201cI like to be a friendly face. Sometimes people get really nervous. I\u2019ve gone under for a couple of surgeries before and the nurses that I had were just so sweet. I feel it\u2019s really important, especially if someone doesn\u2019t have a family member to be there with them.\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-5e1d576 elementor-blockquote--skin-quotation elementor-blockquote--button-color-official elementor-widget elementor-widget-blockquote\" data-id=\"5e1d576\" 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 - 30-04-2024 *\/\n@charset \"UTF-8\";.entry-content blockquote.elementor-blockquote:not(.alignright):not(.alignleft),.entry-summary blockquote.elementor-blockquote{margin-right:0;margin-left:0}.elementor-widget-blockquote blockquote{margin:0;padding:0;outline:0;font-size:100%;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;quotes:none;border:0;font-style:normal;color:#3f444b}.elementor-widget-blockquote blockquote 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class=\"elementor-blockquote\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-blockquote__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\u201cI\u2019d like to be one of those last people who someone sees before they go into surgery. I like to be a friendly face. ... I feel it\u2019s really important, especially if someone doesn\u2019t have a family member to be there with them.\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\">Mya Slomers, BC3 student<\/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-ca89db1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ca89db1\" 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>Slomers and Bevington have each been named to BC3\u2019s president\u2019s list, a recognition for students who achieve a grade-point average of at least 3.75 or higher.<\/p><p>Slomers provided refreshments to hospitalized patients as a volunteer at Butler Memorial Hospital, packed school supplies for underprivileged children through BatchPacks for Kids and assisted military veterans on a trip to the Flight 93 National Memorial in Shanksville. She has also worked as a greeter at Butler Memorial Hospital.<\/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-552d53f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"552d53f\" 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=\"1140\" height=\"798\" src=\"https:\/\/news.bc3.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/BC3_Bevington_Bailey_092823-1140x798.jpg\" class=\"attachment-jnews-featured-1140 size-jnews-featured-1140 wp-image-21874\" alt=\"young woman smiling with arms crossed against slatted-wood wall, bc3 student bailey bevington\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.bc3.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/BC3_Bevington_Bailey_092823-1140x798.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/news.bc3.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/BC3_Bevington_Bailey_092823-350x245.jpg 350w, https:\/\/news.bc3.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/BC3_Bevington_Bailey_092823-1024x717.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/news.bc3.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/BC3_Bevington_Bailey_092823-150x105.jpg 150w, https:\/\/news.bc3.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/BC3_Bevington_Bailey_092823-768x538.jpg 768w, https:\/\/news.bc3.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/BC3_Bevington_Bailey_092823-1536x1075.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/news.bc3.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/BC3_Bevington_Bailey_092823-750x525.jpg 750w, https:\/\/news.bc3.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/BC3_Bevington_Bailey_092823.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1140px) 100vw, 1140px\" data-full-width=\"2000\" data-full-height=\"1400\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Bailey Bevington, 19, of Worthington, is a second-year psychology student at BC3 @ Armstrong, Butler County Community College\u2019s additional location in Ford City. Bevington is a member of BC3\u2019s Rho Phi chapter of Phi Theta Kappa, an international academic honor society for two-year-colleges and programs, and has been selected to receive a 2023 Coca-Cola Leaders of Promise scholarship. She is shown Thursday, Sept. 28, 2023, at BC3 @ Armstrong.<\/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-aa224d8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"aa224d8\" 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>&#8220;I want to make a difference&#8221;<\/h3><p>Bevington, a second-year <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bc3.edu\/programs-classes\/degrees-certificates\/liberal-studies\/psychology-degree.html\">psychology<\/a> student at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bc3.edu\/campus\/armstrong\/index.html\">BC3 @ Armstrong<\/a>, plans to become an adolescent therapist because \u201cI have seen a lot of children who suffer, who come from bad homes, and I just want to be able to help those kids,\u201d she said. \u201cI want to bring some light to their life. That is why I chose to pursue this career.\u201d<\/p><p>Bevington has volunteered with Armstrong Community Theater and has worked at Lifesteps in Butler \u201chelping people with special needs,\u201d she said. \u201cThat made me feel confident that I was choosing a rewarding career. There is a stigma around mental health still. There are people who need help. And I want to make a difference.<\/p><p>Career pursuits of helping patients about to undergo surgery or counseling children who have been abused \u201care obviously very noble aspirations,\u201d Novak said. \u201cTo dedicate your career to giving back in those particular ways speaks to the nature of students who represent BC3.<\/p><p>\u201cNot only are they excelling in the classroom, and in their community, and with service and engagement on campus, but they have also given some tremendous thought to what they want to do with their life and how that can impact others.\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-89657b1 elementor-blockquote--skin-quotation elementor-blockquote--button-color-official elementor-widget elementor-widget-blockquote\" data-id=\"89657b1\" 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\"There is a stigma around mental health still. There are people who need help. And I want to make a difference.\"\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\">Bailey Bevington, BC3 student<\/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-7814002 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7814002\" 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>Slomers and Bevington plan to graduate debt-free from BC3 in May. Slomers has also received the Glenn Miller \u201981 BC3 Alumni Legacy and the Caitlyn Kaufman \u201918 Legacy Nursing scholarships from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bc3.edu\/paying\/financial-aid\/scholarships.html\">BC3 Education Foundation<\/a>.<\/p><p>Slomers intends to transfer to Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania and Bevington, to Indiana University of Pennsylvania following their graduation from BC3.<\/p><h3>BC3 students from 14 counties Rho Phi members<\/h3><p>Other BC3 students who received Coca-Cola Leaders of Promise scholarships were Ashley Hevesy in 2012, Tiffany Root in 2013, and Ian Moore and Megan Denny in 2021, according to Moreno.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9a8bfd0 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"9a8bfd0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4e0cca0 e-grid e-con-full e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4e0cca0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-43568de elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"43568de\" 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\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"504\" src=\"https:\/\/news.bc3.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/BC3_Hevesy_Ashley_Class-of-2014-360x504.jpg\" class=\"attachment-jnews-360x504 size-jnews-360x504 wp-image-21876\" alt=\"young woman smiling\" data-full-width=\"600\" data-full-height=\"900\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\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-4e5d8a0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4e5d8a0\" 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<h4><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Ashley Hevesy, 2012<\/span><\/h4><p>Hevesy achieved an associate degree in Nursing, R.N., from BC3 in 2014.\u00a0<\/p><p>The Butler resident earned a bachelor\u2019s degree in nursing from Slippery Rock University in 2016. She graduated in 2020 from Carlow University with a master\u2019s degree in nursing leadership and education, and with a master\u2019s degree in administration in health care management.\u00a0<\/p><p>She served as a clinical instructor with BC3\u2019s Nursing, R.N., program and oversees a clinic at the VA Butler Healthcare System.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-143709a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"143709a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b36ab4f e-grid e-con-full e-con e-child\" data-id=\"b36ab4f\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0322042 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"0322042\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div 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src=\"https:\/\/news.bc3.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/BC3_Moore_Ian_Class-of-2021-360x504.jpg\" class=\"attachment-jnews-360x504 size-jnews-360x504 wp-image-21877\" alt=\"young man smiling headshot, ian moore\" data-full-width=\"600\" data-full-height=\"900\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\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-d23b16b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d23b16b\" 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<h4>Ian Moore, 2021<\/h4><p>Moore achieved an associate degree in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bc3.edu\/programs-classes\/degrees-certificates\/business-entrepreneurship\/business-administration.html\">business administration<\/a> from BC3 in 2021.\u00a0<\/p><p>The Butler resident is pursuing bachelor\u2019s degrees in finance, and in health care administration with a financial management focus, at Slippery 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