03/23/2023
Congratulations Maddison & Olivia!
Meet Olivia Collins and Maddison Tripp: BC3 students, PTK officers and the two Pioneers selected to the 2023 All-PA Academic Team!
All-Pennsylvania Academic Team is composed of students who are members of Phi Theta Kappa and enrolled in transfer programs at a Pennsylvania Commission for Community Colleges institution. These , who will be honored in Harrisburg on March 27, will receive a full-tuition scholarship toward completing a bachelor’s degree at a Pennsylvania public four-year institution of their choice. Collins, 19, plans to transfer to Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania and Tripp, 20, to Indiana University of Pennsylvania.
Collins plans to graduate from BC3 in May with an associate degree in business administration and with a certificate in accounting. She plans to pursue a bachelor’s degree in accounting toward a career as a certified public accountant.
“I would love to help people with their taxes and their finances,” Collins said.
Olivia volunteers with roadside cleanups and at fundraisers through Rho Phi – “Giving back to the community that has done so much for me, and for so many others, is so rewarding and incredibly important to me,” she said – and works in customer service at a car dealership and at a coffee house in downtown Butler.
Tripp expects to graduate from BC3 in August with an associate degree in general studies. She intends to pursue a bachelor’s degree in speech language pathology and hopes to become a speech language pathologist.
“I want to be able to make a difference in the lives of those living in my community with speech and swallowing disorders. I want to help them to reach goals that will improve their self-esteem and their overall quality of life," said Tripp.
Maddison volunteers to decorate the Ford City Public Library during the holidays, and to organize its community enrichment events that include reading and crafts programs, and fundraisers. She also works as a peer tutor at BC3 and for students in grades kindergarten through 12 at the Ford City and Kittanning public libraries.
“These experiences are crucial not only for the development of, but the strengthening of, a community,” Tripp said.
Dr. Josh Novak is primary adviser of BC3’s 150-member Rho Phi PTK chapter and is the college’s dean of student development.
“Olivia and Maddison are obviously very committed to being students first and maintaining exceptional grade-point averages,” Novak said. “It’s difficult sometimes for some students to balance that, to be committed academically, and then to find all the extra time and energy to work with a club or an organization.”
Full story: https://news.bc3.edu/2-bc3-students-to-receive-scholarships-toward-completing-a-bachelors-degree/
Congratulations to our All-PA Pioneers!
PA Commission for Community Colleges
Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society
