February 2021 Advancing Butler Newsletter

FEBRUARY 2021 - VOLUME 9 - ISSUE 1

ADVANCING BUTLER

The Butler Community College Foundation newsletter From the desk of Executive Director Tom Borrego Contact: 316.323.6729 or tborrego@butlercc.edu

NEWS, IDEAS, AND INSIGHTS It takes a community to educate a Grizzly you make it happen!

THE BUTLER BENEFIT AUCTION GOES VIRTUAL The Foundation's premier fundraising event will be held online this year for safety.

Presenting Sponsor

Join us on March 5 for our annual auction to support the mission of the Foundation and provide scholarships for students in need! Our usual in-person event will be viewed as a livestream on YouTube with bidding available on your mobile phone.

For details about the event and to learn how to RSVP, visit butlercc.maestroweb.com and browse our amazing selection of auction items! Bid from the comfort of your home and help us provide resources to students so they can finish what they start!

Thank you to our sponsors for the Butler Benefit Auction!

You can view all of our generous sponsors at butlercc.maestroweb.com

FORMER NURSING FACULTY PROVIDES ESTATE GIFT Scholarship endowed at $50,000

Ag Programs Online In December, the Associate

of Science in Agriculture and Associate of Science in Agribusiness degrees became part of the college's online program offerings.

Former nursing faculty member, Pamela S. Busch (pictured below), passed away in 2020 and provided

Joe Leibbrandt, lead

for Butler in her estate.

instructor for both programs,

The Pamela S. Busch Presidential Nursing

great way for working

Scholarship will assist students in Butler's nursing program. The gift came to the Foundation near the end of 2020.

"Many of our donors know they can make their biggest impact for our students with an estate gift," Averie Nelson, assistant director of development and scholarships, said. "A gift of this size helps us help more students at one time."

If you wish to learn more about planned and estate giving, please visit our website at butlercc.giftlegacy.com

said the online options are a students to still access the agricultural knowledgebase needed to strengthen their career.

Graduates of the program can transfer to a four-year degree program or utilize their skills immediately in the workforce.

Butler Online has been utilizing technology to teach at a distance since 1998. The division offers 25 degrees and more than 1,000 online courses.

Recent Memorials Luke Lucas Ted (Mike) Smith Pauline Pershall