Jordan Cornell Lantern Staff This year Butler Community College made some changes to their tuition price for students. In-county students of Butler County saw a $2 decrease in tuition costs per credit hour this semester while out of county students’ tuition costs increased $4 per credit hour. This change went into effect for the 2019-2020… Continue reading Students see changes to tuition
Emmie Boese Business Manager Coming back home seems to be the trend for Butler’s new associate athletic director. Butler recently hired Tyler Nordman. Nordman replaced former Associate Athletic Director Matt Jacobs who was in the position for 12 years. Nordman spent the past two years at Highland Community College as athletic director but is now coming… Continue reading Nordman comes back home
Amanda Smith Managing Editor Every year, the Board of Trustees meets to discuss salaries and benefits of Butler employees under the Master Agreement and this year the negotiation team had proposed a 2.5 percent salary increase with no change in insurance– a policy that will be up for approval on Tuesday, Sept 10. This… Continue reading Employees expected to see salary increase
Raymond Hoare Student Sports Media The soccer season is upon us and after weeks of training to scrimmage games, the Butler Grizzlies are ranked 8th in the top 20 NJCAA Women’s Soccer preseason poll. The Butler Grizzlies were eyeing for a win at home for their season opener at home against the Northern Oklahoma-Tonkawa Mavericks. Many new faces joined the Grizzlies this year as a few sophomores remained in… Continue reading Women’s soccer strike early at home opener
Caelin Bragg Lantern Reporter Local used bookstore, The Next Chapter Books and Novelties, reaches its final chapter and is closing its doors after a year of service on Saturday, Aug. 24. Errin Moore took over the bookstore from the previous owner, Sandra Emlet, and renamed it from The Book Grinder to The Next Chapter in… Continue reading Moore closes the book on ‘Next Chapter’
Caelin Bragg Butler Lantern The Butler Community College Board of Trustees have issued a lawsuit against the City of Andover because of the city’s demands for payment of infrastructure improvements at the 5000 building before the college is allowed to expand its campus. The petition from Butler, filed on Thursday, May 16 by Ray Connell, of the El Dorado law… Continue reading Trustees sue Andover following expansion headaches
Emmie Boese Lantern Staff If students are looking for a scholarship for the 2019 – 2020 school year for either the fall or spring semesters, the BCCEA is offering a $500 scholarship for students who are pursuing a degree at the post – secondary or preK-12 levels. The BCCEA stands for the Butler Community College Education… Continue reading BCCEA offers scholarship for education majors
Timothy Johnson Lantern Staff Hard work, enthusiasm, and ingenuity have been the model of Professor of Economics Noreen Templin’s work in and outside the classroom. It is for this reason that she was named the Master Teacher Award recipient during the Professional Development Day assembled for Butler Community College faculty. “Enthusiasm for the subject and… Continue reading Templin receives Master Teacher award
Caelin Bragg Advertising & Distribution Manager After two months of debate in the Kansas House of Representatives and Senate, Gov. Laura Kelly has approved house bill (HB) 2144 to become law next year. The bill, originally presented to the Kansas House by District 77 Representative Kristey Williams on Tuesday, Feb. 5, was heavily amended following… Continue reading Governor approves transparency bill
Bryce Hirayama Student Sports Media The Butler baseball team swept Dodge City in a four-game series taking place from Friday, April 26 through Saturday, April 27 with two games at home and two away. In the first game, the team won 11- 1 in five innings. They scored five of their 11 runs in the… Continue reading Baseball sweeps Dodge City in 4-game series
