JUNE 2021 - VOLUME 9 - ISSUE 3
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!
HUBBARD AWARD PRESENTED TO BURNS, KANSAS NATIVE Janet Busenitz, pictured right, is the 2021 Hubbard Award of Excellence recipient! Janet will continue to study Nursing at the University of Kansas in the fall. Janet graduated with a 4.0 GPA, volunteers and works with children, and maintained her academics. Janet beat nearly 60 other applicants for the award, which was presented at spring commencement on May 14. The Hubbard Award of Excellence is Butler's most prestigious award and comes with $15,000 toward tuition at the winner's transfer university. Our partnership with the R.D. and Joan Dale Hubbard Foundation makes this life-changing award possible.
94TH COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES HELD MAY 14 Nearly 1,000 spring graduates complete degrees and certificates
My El Dorado 150 Years Celebrated Please bring historical photos, journals, and other mementos that pertain to the local history of El Dorado
Fate intervened and the rain stopped long enough on Friday, May 14, for Butler to hold its spring commencement at the BG Products Veterans Sports Complex. 2021 Distinguished Alumna, Junetta Everett, gave the commencement address. Junetta is a 1975 graduate of Butler.
and Butler County to be scanned for a website the City of El Dorado is creating, "Our First 150 Years." The more identifying information you can give, the better. People and place names/dates are important. Do not bring newspaper
Mara Stewart of El Dorado, Kansas, was presented
articles. Scanning sites will
with the Butler Community College Trustee
be available by appointment
Scholarship. Mara will study Marketing at Oklahoma
only during June and July.
Christian University. Scanning sites: Bradford
The Early College Academies saw 95 high school
Memorial Library, Butler
students graduate and there were 66 graduates
County Historical Society
from the renowned nursing program.
(Kansas Oil Museum), Butler Community College Library & Archives. Call each site for an appointment. Partnering agencies are El Dorado Senior Center and the South Central Kansas Library System.
Recent Memorials Matthew Eaton Kathryn Wischropp