“There are a lot of opportunities, and we have a shortage of workers in this county,” said Paul Weifenbaugh, assistant director of the Tri-County Workforce Investment Board and secretary of the consortium. More than 500 of the 1,600 registered nurses in Butler County are age 55 or older, according to Lightcast, an Idaho research company that conducts economic impact analyses for educational institutions.

Delaney, a registered nurse at Butler Memorial Hospital, Girdwood graduated from BC3 in 2021 and Delaney, in 2022. Girdwood is a registered nurse with the state Department of Health in Butler County. Girdwood and Delaney were recognized in 2021. Green is a registered nurse in the intensive care unit at ACMH Hospital in Kittanning and was honored in 2020, the year he graduated from BC3. Marsh is a registered nurse with Butler Medical Oncology in partnership with the UPMC Hillman Cancer Center, and was recognized by the consortium in 2019, the year she graduated from BC3. was BC3’s most-popular career program with an enrollment of 230 students, according to Sharla Anke, the college’s assistant dean of institutional research and planning.Īs of January, health care and social assistance organizations employed 13,856 workers in Butler County, more than any other industry, according to the state Department of Labor & Industry’s Center for Workforce Information & Analysis.įotoh and Francis follow Marissa Marsh, Philip Green, Olivia Girdwood and Marcie Delaney as BC3 nursing, R.N., students to be honored by the consortium. Patty Annear, dean of BC3’s Shaffer School of Nursing and Allied Health.Īs of the start of the 2022-23 academic year, nursing, R.N. Nick Neupauer, president of BC3, is scheduled as the guest speaker.įotoh and Francis exhibit student-learning outcomes that the school expects, said Dr. Nineteen Butler County health care workers also will be recognized at the event. 22, at The Atrium in Prospect.įotoh, Francis and Butler County Area Vocational-Technical School’s Kayla Brooks and Rebeccah Rodgers will be lauded as health care students of the year. program, during its health care worker recognition event at 9 a.m. The Butler County Health Care Consortium will recognize Hostensia Fotoh and Connor Francis, enrolled in BC3’s nursing, R.N. Submitted photoįor the fourth time in five years, a consortium promoting the industry that employs the most workers in Butler County will honor students excelling in Butler County Community College’s most-popular career program. Phillips Nursing and Allied Health Building, which is under construction on BC3’s main campus in Butler Township. Fotoh and Francis are shown in January near the Victor K.

Butler County Community College nursing students Hostensia Fotoh, of Butler, left, and Connor Francis, of Meridian, are among the Butler County Health Care Consortium’s health care students of the year and will be recognized at an event Wednesday, Feb.

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