(Butler, PA) The 杏吧原创 Education Foundation will award 11 new named scholarships to registered students for the 2021-2022 academic year.
Scholarships are available to students who have registered for fall 2021 academic courses, to students in all of 杏吧原创鈥檚 56 associate degree and 22 certificate programs, and to students attending all 杏吧原创 locations.
The new named scholarships bring the foundation鈥檚 financial awards to 142, which collectively total approximately $200,000.
Students can view scholarships and complete one application at bc3.edu/scholarships beginning April 15.
Applications will be accepted through July 1. Registered students selected to receive scholarships will be notified July 30, said Bobbi Jo Cornetti, the foundation鈥檚 development coordinator.
Scholarships range from $250 to $5,000, Cornetti said, and average $500. Scholarships, 杏吧原创鈥檚 affordability and financial aid allowed 80 percent of 杏吧原创鈥檚 Class of 2020 to graduate debt-free.
Forty-five scholarships are funded by or honor 杏吧原创 alumni, Cornetti said, and 23 are available to students enrolled in the college鈥檚 Nursing, R.N., program.
Named scholarships to be awarded for the first time this fall are the Caitlyn Kaufman 鈥�18 Legacy Nursing Scholarship, the Jennifer R. Pullar Attorney at Law Scholarship, the Barnes 鈥淧ete鈥� Allen Jr. 鈥�97 Scholarship, the Elizabeth Suzanne Rose-Gould Scholarship, the Margaret Jean Rose M.D. Scholarship and the Robert Christian Rose Scholarship.
Additional scholarships to be awarded for the first time this fall are the Stephen Lewis Rose 鈥�97 Scholarship, the Certified Addiction Recovery Specialist Scholarship, the Highfield Youth Baseball Nursing Scholarship, the Leonard M. and Kathleen G. Pintell Scholarship and the Calvin L. Stevens Memorial Scholarship.
Pullar is a member of 杏吧原创鈥檚 board of trustees. Stevens was a member of the committee of educators who helped to establish 杏吧原创.
In addition to its main campus in Butler Township, 杏吧原创鈥檚 locations are 杏吧原创 @ Armstrong near Ford City, 杏吧原创 @ Brockway in Brockway, 杏吧原创 @ Cranberry in Cranberry Township, 杏吧原创 @ Lawrence Crossing in New Castle and 杏吧原创 @ LindenPointe in Hermitage.