Barton Community College What Drives You?

Great Bend Tribune
Published June 17, 2018

 
June 13, 2018
Story by Micah Oelze
Courtesy Photo from KDOC

Barton Career Advisor Nicole Serpan, who works with inmates at Ellsworth Correctional Facility (ECF) via the Building Academic Skills In Correctional Settings (BASICS) program, was named the Kansas Department of Corrections (KDOC) Outstanding Contract Employee of the Year. She received a certificate from Governor Colyer upon meeting with him Monday morning at the Capitol Building in Topeka.

 
June 4, 2018
Story and Photo by Micah Oelze

​​Restocking paper goods at Great Bend Head Start daycare was a cross-town trip before Barton Community College got involved.

Head Start contacted Matt Mazouch, Barton’s Carpentry Instructor at Larned Correctional Mental Health Facility, after seeing an ad for storage sheds. Larned Correctional Facility inmates construct the sheds through Barton’s Building Academic Skills in Correctional Settings (BASICS) carpentry class. The class teaches inmates how to frame a floor, walls, a roof, etc.

June 4, 2018
Story and photo by Brandon Steinert

Barton Community College will offer a grant-funded two-week certificate program at no cost to transitioning Fort Sill Soldiers and family members with Department of Defense ID cards.

The Hazardous Waste Worker (HWW) program gives Soldiers credentials to help them find work after their tenure in the US Army ends. The next course is set from June 18-29 at Truman Education Center B3281 on post.