Butler Community College celebrates 2020 graduates, awards honors during virtual ceremony
Butler Community College celebrates 2020 graduates, awards honors during virtual ceremony
Hubbard Award recipient, Order of the Gold, Order of the Purple announced
Butler Community College celebrated its 93rd commencement in a new way under the circumstances of the pandemic.
Watch the online-streamed commencement here: https://bit.ly/butler2020commencement.
Jim Howell, Butler Board of Trustees Chairman, said it best, “who would have thought that ‘Zoom’ meant something other than driving fast in your car?”
Graduating nearly 550 students and more than 80 Early College Academy students, Butler persevered through the sudden changes that arose in the 2020 spring semester.
Butler’s President, Dr. Kim Krull, stated that “it is a privilege to be on this unplanned journey with such an outstanding group of students.”
For the 35th year, the Butler Foundation gave away The Hubbard Award of Excellence. This award is a $15,000 scholarship to a transfer school of choice granted to an honorable and deserving graduate. President-elect of Butler’s Foundation, Rod Young, presented the Hubbard Award of Excellence to Alanis Balza of Maize. While at Butler, Balza was involved in the Butler Headliners, Butler Noteables, Grizzly Ambassadors, Catholic Grizzlies, and was the president of Collegiate National Association of Music Educators. Balza was on the President’s Honor Roll and plans to transfer to Emporia State University to continue her music education degree.
The remaining four finalists will receive a $500 scholarship to the transfer school of their choice. Those finalists include Bailey Baker of Marion, Hannah Becker of Wichita, Kylie Litavniks of Andover, and Summer Scharenberg of Wichita.
Area students honored are listed below.
The three lists, in order, are Order of the Gold, Order of the Purple, and the remaining 2020 Graduates. Order of the Gold represents graduates who maintained a 4.0 GPA and Order of the Purple represents graduates who maintained a 3.5-3.9 GPA.
Order of the Gold
Andover
Litavniks, Kylie
Augusta
Childers, Makenzie
Johnston, Sophie
El Dorado
Chanvannasee, Southatta
Rose Hill
Korte, Caitlyn
Order of the Purple
Andover
Cook, Deborah
Hodgens, Mikala
Wenant, Elisabeth
Augusta
Bright, Brianna
Foy, Madison
Hoyt, Nathan
Locke, Kyle
McGaha, Kaitlynn
Rinkenbaugh, Samuel
Wright, Hanna
Douglass
Wasson, Isaiah
El Dorado
Bonomini, Dante
Hanks, Ethan
Kabutu, Yasmine
Koontz, Emily
Liggett, Kayla
Martinez, Gloria
McGee, Amanda
Scanlon, Sydney
Shum, Gretchen
Sullivan, Sidney
Rose Hill
Barlett, Taylor
Towanda
Winningham, Evan
Virgil
Garcia, Gonzalo
Whitewater
Brazell, Daniel
All Other Graduates
Andover
Ali, Ruaa
Barr, Jadyn
Bender, Daniele
Conard, Easton
Cooper, MiKayla
Crafton, Crystal
Edwards, Alexis
Hamilton, Andre
Hopkins, Shanna
Huber, Zachary
Hunter, Jaden
Johnson, Kattie
Knoblauch, Alex
Lessard, Sherri
Linn, Timothy
Manon, Connie
Martinez, Emilie
McKenzie, Julia
Rathod, Vanita
Showalter, Nicholas
Stover, Lauren
Augusta
Allen, Grace
Baker, Mariah
Burnham, Trenton
Cunningham, Hunter
Gorton, Nichole
Hillis, Emily
Howell, Jace
Huff, Mikayla
Jansen, Matthew
Johnson, Cole
Jones, Ashley
Moore, Josh
Moore, Tatum
Mosier, Kolbe
Palmer, Colton
Peacock, Haley
Prentice, Ashley
Roberts, James
Stark, Marissa
Todd, Austin
Trumpower Garner, Brittany
Weir, Kayla
Winzer, Faith
Benton
Hoover, McKayla
Hoyt, Emma
Leis, Christian
Moore, Landon
Morgan, Chad
Perry, Zac
Vargas, Jessica
Burns
Scott, Thomas
Douglass
Alexander, Jenna
Carr, Johna
Dunham, Kaden
Peck, Josef
Puckett, Nicole
Swigart, Gratya
El Dorado
Arnold, Nathaniel
Bassford, Adriene
Bell, Jordan
Chabot, Makayla
Detlefsen, Connor
Duryea, Peyton
Griffith, Chelsea
Hayes, Makenna
Hoyt, Natalie
Jorrick Jr, Michael
Kellogg, Charles
Kermode, Taylor
Kissel, Ian
Lawrence, Delaney
May, Michaela
McAdoo, Jaden
McGee, Abigail
Melugin, Kolton
Middleton, Drake
Mitchell, MaKalee
Sollers, Spencer
Stephens, Skylur
Taylor, Schyler
Tillman, Natoshia
Trier, Ellie
VanKleeck, Jonnie
Wise, Wesley
Potwin
Duncan, Cole
Rose Hill
Beason, Ethan
Bischler, Braden
Chickadonz, Jayden
Futhey, Annie
Jordan, Sarah
Lee, Haley
Neises, Rose
Neuhaus, Jason
Parks, Heather
Riisoe, Clayton
Rose, Mekenzie
Sommerhauser, Joseph
Tipton, Calli
Towanda
Hepburn, Silvia
Johnson, James
Sartin, Brian
Schmitt, Codi