Barton Community College

June 17, 2021
Story and portrait by Brandon Steinert

June 17, 2021
Story by Brandon Steinert & Coleen Cape
Photo by Brandon Steinert

Rob and Trisha Dove have devoted nearly two decades of service to the Barton Community College Foundation and were honored for their dedication on June 2 at the Foundation Board of Directors’ annual banquet with the Distinguished Service Award (DSA).

June 13, 2021

June 10, 2021
Story and portrait by Brandon Steinert

This is the second of four stories about how Barton's educational programs in correctional facilities aim to help inmates lead productive lives upon release.

Alfred Obiero felt trapped long before he was incarcerated. He said he was on the streets in Tulsa, Okla., working a dead-end entry-level job at a bus shop. He was denied entry into a welding program because he did not have a high school diploma and was feeling hopeless.

Great Bend Tribune
Published June 6, 2021

June 2, 2021
Story by Joe Vinduska
Photo by Brandy Swartz

There is a special brand of heroes living in our communities. They stand ready to respond to natural or man-made disasters and allow us to take safety for granted. They are people like Janet Charbonneau, the Assistant Emergency Manager for Des Moines County, Iowa, who pursued such a career out of an altruistic desire to serve her neighbors. 

May 25, 2021
Story and portrait by Brandon Steinert

This is the first of four stories about how Barton's educational programs in correctional facilities aim to help inmates lead productive lives upon release. 

James Floyd has missed 10 years of his children’s lives serving a 12-year sentence after his conviction in 2011. His oldest is now 20; his youngest, 16.

May 24, 2021
Story by Joe Vinduska
Courtesy photo

The Barton Community College Department of music will offer instrumental and vocal music lessons to the community this summer from now through the end of July. 

Community members are invited to take lessons to learn a new instrument or enhance their abilities on an instrument they already play. Students will also have the option to perform. Lessons will be offered both in-person and virtually and instruments can be provided. A wide array of instruments is available.

Great Bend Tribune
Published May 23, 2021

Barton Community College will be closed Monday, May 31 for Memorial Day.

The college is now on summer hours. Office hours are 7:30 a.m. – 5 p.m. Monday through Thursday.  The college will be closed on Fridays through July 30.