Butler Community College News Stories

Browse past news stories for Butler Community College in El Dorado, KS.

• Suspect Arrested In Andover Burglary - KAKE
  posted on February 14, 2013 at 08:49:20 pm
  Kansas.comSuspect Arrested In Andover BurglaryKAKEAll Andover public schools and Butler Community College were placed on lockdown for several hours as a precaution. The search was called off around 10 a.m.. Just after noon, ...
• Jim Wilson files to keep seat on Butler Community College Board of Trustees - AugustaGazette.com
  posted on February 2, 2013 at 04:10:21 am
  Jim Wilson files to keep seat on Butler Community College Board of TrusteesAugustaGazette.com"My plan is to continue to serve on the Board for as long as the public will re-elect ...
• Delta Dental gives Butler Community College grant - Kansas.com
  posted on January 31, 2013 at 12:45:47 pm
  Delta Dental gives Butler Community College grantKansas.comDelta Dental of Kansas Foundation has given Butler Community College a $20,000 grant that ...
• Howell files for seat on Butler Community College Board of Trustees - El Dorado Times
  posted on January 24, 2013 at 09:30:20 pm
  Howell files for seat on Butler Community College Board of TrusteesEl Dorado TimesIn order to help other kids who, like he was back then, aren't quite sure about ...
• Butler Community College Finds Way To Send Emergency Alerts Faster - KAKE
  posted on January 23, 2013 at 01:55:01 pm
  Butler Community College Finds Way To Send Emergency Alerts FasterKAKEIt's only been a month since Butler Community College was put on lockdown after a man with ...
• Offensive Coordinator Finds His Place in Kansas
  posted on December 3, 2012 at 10:43:00 am
  Although not a player, Tony Haynes feels Butler Community College in El Dorado, Kan., provided him ...
• Butler Community College student housing project moves toward fall opening
  posted on March 21, 2012 at 03:00:00 pm
  Butler Community College student ...
• Hurd, Kunkel sworn to BCC posts
  posted on July 18, 2011 at 08:41:35 pm
  Sarah Hurd (left) and Candace Kunkel (center) joined Butler Community ...
• Butler Community College’s Board of Trustees welcomes new members
  posted on July 15, 2011 at 12:29:08 am
  Two new members joined the Butler Community College ...
• BCC trustees meet Tuesday
  posted on July 10, 2011 at 04:44:42 pm
  Augusta, Kan. — A regular Butler Community College Trustees board meeting and a work session are slated for Tuesday ...
• El Dorado’s Nicholas Payne receives Darrin Morrison scholarship
  posted on July 7, 2011 at 10:36:37 pm
  Nicholas Payne is this year’s recipient of the Darrin Morrison Scholarship. Payne, a 2011 graduate from El Dorado High School, plans to attend Butler Community ...
• Exploring career opportunities
  posted on July 7, 2011 at 05:42:05 pm
  On June 6 through 8, Mitch Taylor and Carla Stephens, Butler Nursing faculty, ...
• USD 490, Butler Community College offer thanks to businesses
  posted on June 16, 2011 at 12:21:35 am
  USD 490 and Butler Community College recognized partnerships between businesses and ...
• Honoring business
  posted on June 8, 2011 at 05:32:52 pm
  USD 490 Superintendent Sue Givens and Butler Community College President Jackie ...
• Future leaders graduate with Advance KS through Butle
  posted on May 27, 2011 at 03:15:00 pm
  Augusta, Kan. — Butler Community College graduated 38 business and community leaders from Advance Kansas Thursday at Spirit AeroSystems in ...
• Completing the next step in life
  posted on May 16, 2011 at 05:47:31 pm
  Graduates received their degrees from Butler Community ...
• Butler recognizes 68 students at nurses pinning
  posted on May 14, 2011 at 05:47:38 pm
  Sixty-eight Butler Community College nursing students took the first step in ...
• Butler, Bethel College sign agreement to help make students’ transition easier
  posted on May 13, 2011 at 12:47:51 am
  On Wednesday, Bethel College President Perry D. White and Vice President for Academic Affairs Brad Born ...
• Playing for Butler
  posted on May 11, 2011 at 08:08:38 pm
  Jeff Page will be a redshirt sophomore for the Butler Community College ...
• Broadway comes to Butler
  posted on May 4, 2011 at 05:16:11 pm
  The Butler Community College vocal students, along with some help from the tap dance ...
• Lady Busters drop final homes games as Butler claims division crown
  posted on April 30, 2011 at 05:38:27 am
  Friday afternoon's marquee matchup pitted the Garden City Community College and Butler Community ...
• Pompeo to hold town hall meeting in El Dorado
  posted on April 29, 2011 at 10:24:25 pm
  U.S. Rep. Mike Pompeo, R-Wichita, will hold a town hall ...
• Jazz Days at Butler
  posted on April 29, 2011 at 05:55:57 pm
  Butler Community College will be presenting its annual Jazz ...
• Butler dance department to present concert
  posted on April 29, 2011 at 12:55:38 am
  The Butler Community College Dance Department will present its ...
• Butler art students receive awards during reception
  posted on April 21, 2011 at 12:35:28 am
  Awards were handed out to the Butler Community College art ...
• A tale of two priests
  posted on April 14, 2011 at 05:41:40 pm
  The Butler Community College Theatre Department will present the story of two priests and the ...
• Ingram makes the move from Butler to Minnesota
  posted on April 14, 2011 at 05:09:02 am
  In two years at Butler Community College, Andre ...
• Student-made art
  posted on April 13, 2011 at 05:42:06 pm
  Students at Butler Community College will have the opportunity to have their art hung ...
• Celebrating children
  posted on April 12, 2011 at 05:41:22 pm
  Butler Community College’s EduCare and First Baptist Preschool kicked off Week of the Young Child with ...
• Fall semester enrollment starts at BCC
  posted on April 5, 2011 at 04:28:46 pm
  El Dorado, Kan. — Butler Community College has begun enrollment for the fall 2011 semester for all campuses. To get ...
• Stint in junior college changed Preds lineman's outlook
  posted on March 25, 2011 at 06:07:07 pm
  Playing for Butler Community College in Kansas humbled Paul Griffin, who later went on to play for Florida State ...
• Long ball dooms Jets
  posted on March 22, 2011 at 05:05:16 am
  EL DORADO, Kan. – Butler Community College used a 16-hit attack to defeat the ...
• Numana hosts packaging event
  posted on March 21, 2011 at 05:12:49 pm
  Volunteers from around the area gathered at Butler Community ...
• Coutts Museum to host exhibit featuring high school, college art
  posted on March 10, 2011 at 01:49:47 am
  The Coutts Museum of Art will be the host of another Butler County Student Art Exhibit. The exhibit will feature high ...
• ‘A Vintage Evening’
  posted on March 8, 2011 at 06:04:26 pm
  A large crowd filled the Hubbard Welcome Center Friday evening, all ...
• Butler marketing dept. earns Addy awards
  posted on March 1, 2011 at 01:30:54 am
  The marketing communications department at Butler Community College took home one Gold Addy, four Silver Addys and a Bronze Addy ...
• Augusta student at BCC one of four saluted by PTK
  posted on February 25, 2011 at 06:03:13 pm
  Four Butler Community College students were honored last week in Topeka for their selection to the 2010-2011 All-Kansas Academic Team., includiing Brittany Rieschick of Augusta The students were ...
• A weekend of music
  posted on February 25, 2011 at 01:45:44 am
  The Butler Community College Fine Arts Department will present an instrumental ...
• Butler Pacesetter Campaign raises more than $50,000
  posted on February 22, 2011 at 01:45:28 am
  Every year, the Butler Community College Foundation ...
• Pursuing the princess
  posted on February 17, 2011 at 06:55:35 pm
  Elementary school children this week have been enjoying Butler Community College's performance of ...
• Butler Trustees meeting Tuesday
  posted on February 7, 2011 at 03:50:38 pm
  El Dorado, Kan. — Butler Community College truesttee wlill meet at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 8, for a regular bord meeting. ...
• BCC hosting 'The Stars of Kansas'
  posted on February 6, 2011 at 06:35:38 pm
  El Dorado, Kan. — EL DORADO - Butler Community College's Community Education will host “The Stars of Kansas,” a presentation and ...
• BCC is No. 12 on list for public safety
  posted on February 4, 2011 at 06:21:08 pm
  El Dorado, Kan. — Butler Community College secured a spot on the list of best public safety/campus ...

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