Butler Community College - Grizzly Growl Yearbook (El Dorado, KS)

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TK€ GRIZZLY BUTL€R COUNTY COMMUNITY COLL€G€ 1975 €L DORdDO , KdNSdS

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A community college means education and service to all in the community regardless of age or background. Education For All: President Edwin J. Walbourn Edwin J. Walbourn, President of Butler County Community College, has played an integral part in the growth of the college since he arrived at El Dorado Junior College in 1952 when the school had an enrollment of 265 students. President Walbourn taught at El Dorado High School for one year beginning in 1951, and then transferred to the junior college as an instructor. He became an administrator when he was named Dean of the College, the highest administrative post at that time. When the voters of Butler County elected to accept El Dorado Junior College as a county institution in 1963 and the Board renamed the school Butler County Junior College, Edwin J. Walbourn was named as its first president. Enrollment at the school continued to increase, and the electorate voted bonds in the amount of $1, 998,000 for the construction of a new campus in 1964. In 1966, BCJC moved to its new site. During President Walbourn ' s tenure, he has seen the enrollment grow to its peak of 1500 students in the 1970-71 school year. Although the enrollment, following national trends, has now leveled off, the President feels that new course offerings to meet the community needs will help maintain enrollments.