Butler Community College’s nationally-recognized Livestock Judging program won Team of the Year for the 2024-2025 season after being named Reserve Champions at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo earlier this year. Additionally, four members of the team were named All-Americans. This is the sixth time the Butler judging team has been named national Team of the Year, and the first time since 2020-2021. In order to win the top honor, the team needed to post the lowest cumulative rank across five national competitions, and Butler coach Taylor Frank said it came down to the final contest.

The Butler Community College Board of Trustees is pleased to announce that, after a nationwide search, Dr. Tamara Daniel has been named the sixth President in the college’s nearly 100-year history. Her first day will be Monday, June 23. Dr. Daniel is poised to become the leader of the second-largest community college in Kansas after serving as Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs at Arkansas State University-Mountain Home (ASUMH), a two-year institution with an enrollment of 1,500 students located in Mountain Home, Arkansas. Prior to her time at ASUMH, Dr. Daniel served as Vice