Butler County Community College issued the following announcement.
July 9, 2020
(Butler, PA) Graduates in Butler County Community College’s Class of 2020 can celebrate their
achievement during a 1.2-mile-long drive-thru commencement that begins at 10 a.m. Aug. 1 on
BC3’s main campus in Butler Township.
Graduates who attended BC3’s main campus or its additional locations in Armstrong, Butler,
Jefferson, Lawrence or Mercer counties and who have registered for commencement should
bring their mortarboard, gown, tassel and degree cover to the ceremony, which is expected to last
daylong.
Graduates who have registered for the drive-thru commencement will be informed of their
designated arrival time by email.
Only one vehicle is requested per graduate. It is highly recommended the graduate not be the
driver.
Graduates and guests can enter BC3’s College Drive from Decatur Drive. Graduates can later
exit their vehicle at a designated station and proceed across a stage to have their name, degree,
program and academic honors announced.
Photographs and videos will be taken of graduates on the stage.
Graduates and guests can also view short commencement videos on their phones and from within
their vehicle.
Those videos will include a welcome from Lindsay Lanigan, president, Faculty Organization; a
greeting from BC3 alumni Joseph E. Kubit, an attorney and chair of BC3’s board of trustees, and
from Kimberly Geyer, a Butler County commissioner and ex-officio member of BC3’s board of
trustees; and a keynote speech from John Reddick, a BC3 graduate and architect at Stantec,
Butler.
Additional videos will feature the conferring of the degree from Dr. Nick Neupauer, BC3
president, and from Dr. Belinda Richardson, BC3 vice president for academic affairs; and
addresses from 2020 graduates Teresa Kuo and Laura Gutauskas.
Graduates and guests can also view a board with messages of congratulations and of
encouragement from the BC3 community. Drivers can then enter Parking Lot 6, where occupants
can leave the vehicle and follow signs to an instant photograph booth and to a selfie area near
BC3’s iconic Conestoga wagon.
Appropriate COVID-19 safety precautions will be in place and enforced. Graduates or guests
should exit vehicles only at designated stations and maintain six feet of social distance between
others. BC3 campus rules and regulations will be in effect.
For those unable to attend, a compilation video of commencement will be available later at
www.bc3.edu/2020grad.
BC3’s Class of 2020 includes 563 students receiving associate degrees, or certificates or
workplace certificates that take one year or less to complete. BC3 has eclipsed 560 graduates for
a fourth consecutive year.
Original source can be found here.
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