Student Musicians Take Center Stage Next Week for Fall Concert. The Butler Community College Instrumental Music Department will perform its Fall Concert next week on the Butler of El Dorado campus. The performance takes on an extra-special meaning by showcasing the world premiere of Centennial Pulse by Grace Baugher-Dunlap, commissioned in celebration of Butler's 100th anniversary year. Student musical groups performing in the Fall Concert include Butler's Concert Band, Jazz Ensemble and Show Band, as well as the Woodwind and Brass Ensembles. The Instrumental Music groups are directed by Music

Community colleges across Kansas are partnering with the 184th Cyberspace Operations Group of the Kansas Air National Guard to strengthen cybersecurity education and workforce development through the newly formed Kansas Community College Cyber Consortium. As part of this collaborative effort, the 184th Cyberspace Operations Group, led by Colonel Jeremy Cook, recently presented a cybersecurity session, “Perspective of the Wolf,” at Butler Community College in Andover, bringing together community college leaders, faculty and cyber students from across the region. The Cyber Consortium, formed

Butler Community College’s Life Enrichment will welcome a presentation by Marcia Sebree about POW camps in Peabody, Kansas, and a performance by Handpan Dan on Tuesday, Oct. 6, at 9 a.m. in the Hubbard Welcome Center on the El Dorado campus. Sebree, president of the Peabody Historical Society, will begin the event at 9 a.m. by sharing information about the German POWs who came to Peabody in the fall of 1943. The POWs helped with the harvest and did other jobs around town. The POWs stayed in Peabody for two years. Daniel “Handpan Dan” Baird will present the handpan at 10 a.m., a peaceful and

Board of Trustees chooses not to exceed revenue neutral rate Butler Community College will not increase the amount of property-tax revenue it collects in Fiscal Year 2027 (FY2027), despite an estimated 5.9% increase in property valuations. On Tuesday, Sept. 8, the Butler Community College Board of Trustees approved a budget that does not exceed the revenue neutral rate, resulting in an estimated mill levy of 12.502 mills, a decrease of 0.74 mills from FY2026. As Butler celebrates its 100th anniversary in 2027, the college is honoring its founding year of 1927 by reducing its property tax levy

Butler Community College and Susan B. Allen Memorial Hospital (SBA) celebrated the opening of a new healthcare training facility Thursday, August 6, creating new opportunities for Butler students to gain hands-on experience in a real-world healthcare setting. The facility is located in the North Hall on the third floor of SBA, a space which had been empty for several years. Butler now has access to eight furnished patient rooms, along with a conference room, control room and medication room, creating a setting for students to learn and practice in a functioning healthcare environment. A