Butler Community College is pleased to announce it has been awarded the 2025-2026 Silver Military Friendly® School designation. The announcement comes as Butler and McConnell Air Force Base prepare to celebrate their 50-year partnership with a special event later this month. Institutions earning the Military Friendly® School designation were evaluated using both public data sources and responses from a proprietary survey. More than 1,800 schools participated in the 2025-2026 survey with 830 earning special awards for going above the standard. “This recognition is immensely valuable to Butler

Butler Community College is pleased to announce the names of the four finalists for its ongoing presidential search. In alphabetical order, the finalists are Dr. Samuel “Todd” Brand, Dr. Tamara Daniel, Dr. Marc Malone and Dr. Greg Nichols. Starting March 31, each finalist will be welcomed to campus for a day of tours, official interviews and meetings, including a specific forum for community and business partners from 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. each day. PRESIDENTIAL FINALISTS Dr. Samuel “Todd” Brand has spent twenty-five years working in the field of higher education. Originally from Mendenhall

The Butler Community College Board of Trustees and the Kansas Board of Regents recently approved an update to the Redler Institute of Culinary Arts curriculum, which includes a new group of certificate pathways aimed at refining the educational process for tomorrow’s top chefs. In addition to the standard associate degree in culinary arts, the Redler Institute will now offer one, two and four semester certifications which give students the option to take a variety of courses related to event management, food truck entrepreneurship and pastry arts. “The new curriculum is much more streamlined

Butler Community College hosted the annual 2025 Butler County Spelling Bee on Friday, February 7 in the R.D. Hubbard Welcome Center on the El Dorado campus. Samuel Riley of Andover Middle School was named champion. A total of 26 contestants from Butler County elementary and middle schools competed for eight total rounds. Samuel was the only student to advance to the Championship Round. Samuel correctly spelled the word “anxiety” to be named the winner. He will now move on to the state spelling bee on Saturday, March 22, at Mabee Arena at Kansas Wesleyan University in Salina. Blake Dunbar from