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After years of dedicated service to the students, faculty, staff and constituents of Butler Community College, President Dr. Kim Krull has announced her plans to retire. Krull made the announcement following the February meeting of the Board of Trustees. She will finish her contract, which runs through June 30, and has agreed to serve month to month until a replacement and transition plan are finalized. “It has been the privilege of my career to serve as Butler’s president. I owe a huge thank you to Trustees Ted Dankert, Ted Albright, Ron Engelbrecht, Dr. Greg Joyce, Jim Howell, Candace Kunkel

Butler Community College has announced Dr. Peter Linden as the new Dean of its Career and Technical Education (CTE) Division. The start of Dr. Linden’s tenure coincided with the beginning of the Spring 2024 semester. Linden holds a Ph.D. in Higher Education Leadership and Policy from Loyola University Chicago and an MBA from North Park University in Chicago. Dr. Linden comes to Butler having previously served as Provost and Vice President for Instruction and Student Services at Kalamazoo Valley Community College in Kalamazoo, MI, and Campus President/Chancellor at Ivy Tech Community College in

Butler Community College has released its President’s and Dean’s Honor Roll lists for the Fall 2023 semester, with more than 1,200 students being recognized for their academic achievements. To be named to the President’s Honor Roll students must earn a 4.0 GPA, while students on the Dean’s Honor Roll must earn a 3.50 - 3.99 GPA. For each of the lists below, students are organized by whether they are in-state or out-of-state residents, and then alphabetically by hometown and last name. In addition, students from Wichita are broken out by zip code. PRESIDENT’S HONOR ROLL OUT OF STATE ARIZONA

Butler Community College nursing students gathered with family and friends at the El Dorado Performing Arts Center for the Fall 2023 Nurses Pinning Ceremony on Thursday, December 14, 2023. Janet Schueller, Associate Dean of Health, Education and Public Services, greeted the graduates saying, “I want you all to know that you’ve met the challenge, you’ve met the standard, and you are ready for your next challenge. This ceremony signifies your official passage into the profession of nursing.” “You achieved a huge milestone today, we know. We know what it takes. You’ve juggled finances, you’ve

Butler Community College has announced Shannon Covert as the new Dean of its Science, Engineering and Math (SEM) division. Covert had been serving as Interim Dean since the beginning of the year. Covert earned her Bachelor's degree in Secondary Math Education from Emporia State University and her Master's degree in Curriculum and Instruction from Wichita State University. She also has an ESL endorsement from Kansas State University and a Developmental Education Specialist certificate from Appalachian State University. Shannon started at Butler in 2007 as an adjunct instructor while still

The National Junior College Athletics Association (NJCAA) announced yesterday that, for the very first time, students in Butler Community College's sports media program will be the primary production team for an ESPN broadcast. The Butler Grizzly football team will play Dodge City Community College on Saturday, November 4, in a match-up of nationally-ranked teams, and Butler Creative TV (BCTV) will produce the game in partnership with the NJCAA and California's Tourbeau Sports. Butler’s 40-foot mobile production trailer, donated two years ago by Evergy, will serve as the hub for the production

Butler announced today that it has earned the 2023-2024 Military Friendly® School designation. 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 2023-2024 survey with 665 earning special awards for going above the standard. The 2023-2024 Military Friendly® Schools list will be published in the May and October issue of G.I. Jobs magazine and can be found at www.militaryfriendly.com. Methodology, criteria, and weightings were determined by Viqtory with

The amount of Registered Apprenticeships across Kansas is growing, and this past November, KansasWorks, the state’s Office of Apprenticeships, certified Butler Community College as an Apprenticeship Intermediary. “This means Butler can develop and manage registered apprenticeship programs for large and small employers across all industries,” said Jon Cressler, chief business development officer for BETA, the business development and training arm for Butler. “As an intermediary, we handle the administrative side of the apprenticeship’s operations, much like a concierge service. We manage all

Butler Community College has released its President’s and Dean’s Honor Roll lists for the Fall 2022 semester. To be named to the President’s Honor Roll, students must have earned a 4.0 GPA, and students on the Dean’s List earned a 3.50 - 3.99 GPA. For each list, students are organized by in-state versus out-of-state, then alphabetically by hometown and last name. In addition, students from Wichita are broken out by zip code. Click this link to see the full list of honor recipients.

Butler Community College recognizes students who maintain a 4.0 grade point average for the President's Honor Roll and a 3.50 - 3.99 grade point average for the Dean's Honor Roll. Students are organized by in-state, out-of-state, city and listed in order by first name and last name. President’s Honor Roll listed first, Dean’s Honor Roll listed second. President’s In-state Andale David Graham Andover Amanda Ficken, Andrew Daniels, Angela Maloney, Annetta Connell, Brandon Cross, Breanna Haden, Brec Buster, Brenden Alfers, Britney Rhodes, Brooke Weiss, Brooklyn Barbour, Cara Brockmeyer, Chase