New Castle, PA) Geoffrey Bokor, 23, transferred to BC3 @ Lawrence when it debuted in August and after attending a regional public university, and Madison Ritter, 24, enrolled after working as a cosmetologist and as a child care provider. “I feel it’s a great decision,” said Bokor, of Ellwood City. “I know I kind of did the order a little backwards. A lot of people go to BC3 and then to a bigger institution.” Ritter, of Mahoningtown, said she “was just researching colleges around here, and BC3 was the best. I was looking up BC3’s information and it had really…

Butler County Community College will establish in August 2027 a radiologic technology career program using contributed imaging equipment that will prepare students to enter a high-priority occupation in Pennsylvania and augment the hospital-like Victor K. Phillips Nursing and Allied Health Building on the college’s main campus in Butler Township. Butler Memorial Hospital’s donation of decommissioned devices will enable the college to create a simulated X-ray laboratory within its state-of-the-art facility that since its opening 2½ years ago has trained students in simulated patient and simulated intensive care unit rooms. “Their generosity of donating the equipment speaks volumes and is reflective…