{"id":25416,"date":"2024-04-11T16:11:58","date_gmt":"2024-04-11T20:11:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.bc3.edu\/?p=25416"},"modified":"2024-05-11T00:39:25","modified_gmt":"2024-05-11T04:39:25","slug":"transfer-student-reaches-new-heights-in-bc3-metrology-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.bc3.edu\/transfer-student-reaches-new-heights-in-bc3-metrology-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Transfer student reaches new heights in BC3 metrology program"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"25416\" class=\"elementor elementor-25416\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bf15d26 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"bf15d26\" 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-d9aa7f1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d9aa7f1\" 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) Annabel Schaffner will not be able to answer questions and lead tours of Butler County Community College as a student ambassador during BC3\u2019s Pioneer Night on April 16.<\/p><p>Schaffner, 21, is a student in BC3\u2019s rare <a href=\"https:\/\/bc3.edu\/programs-classes\/degrees-certificates\/engineering-applied-technology\/measurement-science-metrology-technology.html\">measurement science-metrology technology<\/a> career program.<\/p><p>The Butler resident and other students in one of only three associate degree programs in the field in the nation will themselves be touring the National Institute of Standards and Technology in Gaithersburg, Md., on April 16, and examine how the U.S. Department of Commerce agency works to ensure the accuracy of measurements across the country.<\/p><p>\u201cMetrology at the highest level in the United States,\u201d Schaffner said. \u201cIt will be cool to see exactly how everything that we\u2019ve learned in theory and in labs is put into practice.\u201d<\/p><p>Prospective students have the opportunity to explore BC3\u2019s associate degrees in career and transfer programs and its one-year certificate programs during Pioneer Night from 5 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. April 16 on the college\u2019s main campus in Butler Township.<\/p><p>BC3 will waive its $25 application fee for prospective students who apply for admission at Pioneer Night. 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class=\"elementor-blockquote\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-blockquote__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\u201cI am a little disappointed to miss Pioneer Night. Giving tours to large groups of (prospective) students is an opportunity to meet a lot of them at once.\u201d\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-q-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"elementor-blockquote__author\">Annabel Schaffner, BC3 measurement science-metrology technology student<\/cite>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-735043f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"735043f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.21.0 - 08-05-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".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=\"785\" src=\"https:\/\/news.bc3.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/BC3_Student-Ambassadors_October2022-1024x785.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-25422\" alt=\"BC3_spring 2024_Pioneer Night\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.bc3.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/BC3_Student-Ambassadors_October2022-1024x785.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/news.bc3.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/BC3_Student-Ambassadors_October2022-350x268.jpeg 350w, https:\/\/news.bc3.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/BC3_Student-Ambassadors_October2022-150x115.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/news.bc3.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/BC3_Student-Ambassadors_October2022-768x589.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/news.bc3.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/BC3_Student-Ambassadors_October2022-750x575.jpeg 750w, https:\/\/news.bc3.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/BC3_Student-Ambassadors_October2022-1140x874.jpeg 1140w, https:\/\/news.bc3.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/BC3_Student-Ambassadors_October2022.jpeg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" data-full-width=\"1500\" data-full-height=\"1150\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Butler County Community College student ambassadors are shown at an October 2022 open house on BC3\u2019s main campus in Butler Township. From left, Addison Ritzert, Taylar Nackrelli, Brooke Richardson, Olivia Collins, Bailey Beers, Annabel Schaffner, Jessica Sentgeorge and Olivia Vissari.<\/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-c984140 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c984140\" 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>Pioneer Night offers \u201ca kind of conference schedule\u201d<\/h3><p>Prospective students and current applicants can attend sessions about BC3\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bc3.edu\/programs-classes\/degrees-certificates\/index.html\">academic programs<\/a>; the college\u2019s affordability, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bc3.edu\/paying\/financial-aid\/index.html\">financial aid<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bc3.edu\/paying\/financial-aid\/scholarships.html\">scholarships<\/a>; steps after completing an application; student life and <a href=\"https:\/\/bc3pioneers.com\/landing\/index\">athletics<\/a>; and <a href=\"https:\/\/bc3.edu\/admission\/high-school-programming\/index.html\">high school programming<\/a>.<\/p><p>\u201cGuests really do have a kind of conference schedule they can pick and choose from throughout the evening,\u201d said Morgan Rizzardi, BC3\u2019s director of admissions. \u201cIf their goal is only to apply and save the $25 and take a campus tour, they can do that or they can take advantage of all the sessions. Pioneer Night really does have a nice menu of opportunities.\u201d<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bc3.edu\/admission\/student-ambassadors\/index.html\">Student ambassadors<\/a> will answer questions and lead tours of BC3\u2019s main campus for prospective students and their families.<\/p><p>\u201cI am a little disappointed to miss Pioneer Night,\u201d Schaffner said. \u201cGiving tours to large groups of (prospective) students is an opportunity to meet a lot of them at once.\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-c416a8f elementor-blockquote--skin-quotation elementor-blockquote--button-color-official elementor-widget elementor-widget-blockquote\" data-id=\"c416a8f\" 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\tSchaffner \u201chas made the most of every opportunity that BC3 has afforded her. The fact that she has been able to balance all this and be so successful is a testament to her character.\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\">Morgan Rizzardi, BC3\u2019s director of admissions<\/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-45cd88e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"45cd88e\" 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=\"717\" src=\"https:\/\/news.bc3.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/BC3_Schaffner_Annabel_041024-1024x717.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-25429\" alt=\"BC3_spring 2024_Pioneer Night\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.bc3.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/BC3_Schaffner_Annabel_041024-1024x717.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/news.bc3.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/BC3_Schaffner_Annabel_041024-350x245.jpg 350w, https:\/\/news.bc3.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/BC3_Schaffner_Annabel_041024-150x105.jpg 150w, https:\/\/news.bc3.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/BC3_Schaffner_Annabel_041024-768x538.jpg 768w, https:\/\/news.bc3.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/BC3_Schaffner_Annabel_041024-750x525.jpg 750w, https:\/\/news.bc3.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/BC3_Schaffner_Annabel_041024-1140x798.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/news.bc3.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/BC3_Schaffner_Annabel_041024.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" data-full-width=\"1500\" data-full-height=\"1050\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Annabel Schaffner, 21, of Butler, is shown Wednesday, April 10, 2024, on Butler County Community College\u2019s main campus in Butler Township. Schaffner is a student in the college\u2019s measurement science-metrology technology career program. Prospective students can learn about BC3\u2019s academic programs and apply free during Pioneer Night from 5 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. April 16 on BC3\u2019s main campus. \n\n<\/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-2010241 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2010241\" 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>\u201cGet a job right after graduation\u201d<\/h3><p>Schaffner enrolled in a bachelor\u2019s degree program in marketing at a private four-year university near Pittsburgh following her graduation in 2021 from Butler Senior High School.<\/p><p>\u201cI think I paid $2,000 out of pocket after scholarships in my first semester,\u201d Schaffner said. \u201cI started looking at my finances for the next semester. It was looking like $10,000, I did not have $10,000, and I did not want to go into debt. I started to look for a program that was practical, where I could get a job right after graduation.\u201d<\/p><p>She transferred to BC3 in spring 2022, and became one of the 25 percent of female students enrolled in the 62-credit measurement science-metrology technology program in his 15 years as coordinator, according to Kevin Ruediger, a professor in the college\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bc3.edu\/about\/who-we-are\/academic-divisions\/stem\/index.html\">science, technology, engineering and mathematics<\/a> division.<\/p><p>Schaffner has made the college\u2019s president\u2019s list three times and expects to graduate debt-free in May.<\/p><p>She also works an average of eight hours each week at a Butler County precision manufacturer as an intern \u201cwho helps in the lab to calibrate different hand tools, things like micrometers, calipers and gauge blocks.\u201d<\/p><p>Schaffner \u201chas made the most of every opportunity that BC3 has afforded her,\u201d Rizzardi said. \u201cThe fact that she has been able to balance all this and be so successful is a testament to her character.\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-8c9d342 elementor-blockquote--skin-quotation elementor-blockquote--button-color-official elementor-widget elementor-widget-blockquote\" data-id=\"8c9d342\" 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\u201cIf you come to BC3, there is a large chance that you are going to have zero debt.\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\">Annabel Schaffner, BC3 measurement science-metrology technology 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-76e0cb2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"76e0cb2\" 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\u2019s affordability, and financial aid and scholarships, allowed 75 percent of the college\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/news.bc3.edu\/biz-owners-among-37-of-bc3-nontraditional-grads-in-2023\/\">Class of 2023<\/a> to graduate debt-free.<\/p><p>\u201cIf you come to BC3, there is a large chance that you are going to have zero debt,\u201d Schaffner said. \u201cYou can go into the workforce if you want and start saving for things like cars, apartments, houses, without having that baggage of student-loan debt on your back. For a large majority of my generation, and the generation before me, student-loan debt has been normalized. And I think that\u2019s really sad.\u201d<\/p><p>Butler County residents attending BC3 this spring are paying $187 per credit in tuition and fees for an in-person course. They would pay at least $437.23 per credit in tuition and fees at a regional public four-year university or $582 at a regional state-related institution\u2019s branch campus this spring.<\/p><p>Financially eligible Butler County residents attending BC3 could also receive a maximum of $7,395 in a federal Pell grant and of $2,568 in a Pennsylvania state grant in the 2023-2024 academic year, said Juli Louttit, the college\u2019s director of financial aid.<\/p><h3>Measuring skills \u201cvery practical\u201d<\/h3><p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bc3.edu\/about\/support\/\">BC3 Education Foundation<\/a> in the 2023-2024 academic year had available a record 155 scholarships that ranged in amounts from $300 to $5,000, according to Bobbi Jo Cornetti, the foundation\u2019s development coordinator.<\/p><p>Students enrolled in a BC3 associate degree, certificate or workplace certificate program and who meet scholarship criteria are eligible to receive a financial award. Students attending any of the college\u2019s six locations, enrolled in online courses or in BC3\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bc3.edu\/programs-classes\/online-distance-education\/virtual-programs.html\">virtual programs<\/a> can apply for a scholarship, Cornetti said.<\/p><p>Students registered for fall 2024 academic courses can apply online for a scholarship from the BC3 Education Foundation beginning April 15.\u00a0<\/p><p>The BC3 Education Foundation in fall 2024 will have 11 named scholarships available from benefactors whose preferences include a student enrolled in BC3\u2019s measurement science-metrology technology program, which has more than 200 tools and emphasizes the traceability of measurements, instrument calibration and precise laboratory procedures.<\/p><p>Schaffner has received from the BC3 Education Foundation the $2,810 Frank W. &amp; Jane E. Preston Memorial Scholarship and the $600 National Conference of Standards Laboratories International Metrology-Precision Measurement Scholarship in 2022-2023; and the $1,250 Frank W. &amp; Jane E. Preston Memorial Renewal Scholarship in 2023-2024.<\/p><p>Students in BC3\u2019s career programs can develop the skills needed to enter the workforce immediately upon graduation. Graduates of the college\u2019s measurement science-metrology technology program can find <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=_8PutqVvuDM\">employment<\/a> in research and calibration laboratories, government agencies or private industries.<\/p><p>\u201cCompanies are looking to employ people who have measuring skills because it\u2019s very practical, and a lot of people don\u2019t know how to do it,\u201d Schaffner said. \u201cThey may have to teach them on the job, which is a whole other thing. Those skills are very much needed in the workforce.\u201d<\/p><p>Central Georgia Technical College, Macon, Ga., and Monroe County Community College, Monroe, Mich., also offer associate degrees in the field, as previously reported by callabmag.com, the international journal of metrology.<\/p><p>BC3\u2019s credits can be applied toward a bachelor\u2019s degree at public, private and online four-year colleges and universities.<\/p><p>Students named to BC3\u2019s president\u2019s list have achieved a cumulative grade-point average of 3.75 or higher in a semester.<\/p><p>BC3 has been ranked as the <a href=\"https:\/\/news.bc3.edu\/bc3-earns-9th-no-1-ranking-in-9-years\/\">No. 1 community college<\/a> in Pennsylvania nine times since 2015, most recently for 2024 by BestColleges.com.<\/p><p>The college\u2019s summer session begins May 13 and its fall semester, Aug. 26.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Butler, PA) Annabel Schaffner will not be able to answer questions and lead tours of Butler County Community College as a student ambassador during BC3\u2019s Pioneer Night on April 16. 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