Butler County Community College is celebrating the success of two students who were named to the All-Pennsylvania Academic team.
Jaysa Ditty, of Kittanning, and Sydni Smith, of Cranberry Township, have been selected to the 2021 team by Phi Theta Kappa, an international academic honor society for two-year colleges and programs.
Selections receive a scholarship funded by the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education to attend one of its 14 four-year institutions, which include Clarion, Indiana and Slippery Rock universities of Pennsylvania.
Sydni Smith, of Cranberry Township, was also selected to the 2021 All-Pennsylvania Academic Team by Phi Theta Kappa. Smith, a psychology major who attends BC3 @ Cranberry, is shown Friday, Jan. 22, 2021, at BC3’s additional location in Cranberry Township.
Ditty and Smith, who have been named to BC3’s dean’s list or president’s list, attend BC3 additional locations and plan to graduate debt-free this spring with associate degrees, Ditty in general studies and Smith in psychology. Each intends to transfer to Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania.
Ditty, 19, is a 2019 graduate of Armstrong Junior-Senior High School, where she earned six college credits through BC3’s College Within the High School program. She intends to pursue a bachelor’s degree in education at Slippery Rock toward her goal of teaching pupils in kindergarten through sixth grade.
Smith, 21, is a 2018 graduate of Seneca Valley High School, and transferred to BC3 from a private four-year university in eastern Ohio. She plans to pursue a bachelor’s degree in psychology at Slippery Rock, then a master’s degree toward her goal of becoming a mental health therapist.
