January 30, 2017
Story by Micah Oelze
Barton Community College students named to Dean’s List for fall 2016
Barton Community College has named 252 students to the Dean’s List for the fall 2016 semester. To qualify for this honor, students must have been enrolled in a minimum of 12 credit hours and maintained a grade point average of 3.5 to 3.99 on a 4.0 or "A" letter scale.
Abilene
Troy Blevins
Brandy Havener
Amanda Larson
Atwood
Scott Brown
Carrie Hogg and her daughter Peyton in downtown Russell.
January 27, 2017
Story and photo by Micah Oelze
CTE Month 2017: This feature is the first of four stories to be released by Barton Community College in February in celebration of Career Technical Education (CTE) Month.
Katie Koestner poses for a portrait.
January 25, 2017
Story by Micah Oelze
Courtesy Photo
Barton Community College’s Sexual Misconduct & Assault Resources Team (SMART) will be hosting expert campus safety speaker Katie Koestner, who will present three sessions at 10:30 a.m., 11:30 a.m., and 7 p.m. on Feb. 2 at Barton Community College. The morning sessions will take place in the Fine Arts Auditorium with the evening session in the Barton Gymnasium.
January 18, 2017
Story by Micah Oelze
Courtesy Graphic
Barton Community College will help area high school juniors plan for their futures at Junior Day, starting at 9 a.m. Feb. 15, with a sign-up deadline of Feb. 1. Those interested can sign up at juniorday.bartonccc.edu.
Junior Day will feature campus tours, info sessions with admissions, observation of the college classroom setting in two areas of interest and two scholarship drawings for three-credit-hour face-to-face classes with books included.
January 18, 2017
Story by Micah Oelze
Barton Theatre will hold open auditions for its spring production “The Servant of Two Masters” from 4-8 p.m. January 23 and 24 in the Fine Arts Auditorium. Those interested in auditioning may come on either night during the allotted times and do not need to prepare any pieces. The Theatre Department will be casting all roles and all technical positions. For character descriptions and play summary, please go to theatre.bartonccc.edu.
January 18, 2017
Story by Micah Oelze
The Barton Theatre Department is calling for original plays from the community for its Original Playwright Series. Three of the submitted plays will be chosen to be performed on April 27, 2017 in the Fine Arts Auditorium. Playwrights have until Feb. 1, 2017 to submit their play.
Plays must be:
Great Bend Tribune
Published January 15, 2017
Part I – Soil Testing
January 11, 2017
Story by Micah Oelze
Barton Community College will be closed for Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Monday, Jan. 16. Barton's Center for Adult Education and the Shafer Art Gallery also will be closed. Offices will reopen and classes will resume on Tuesday, Jan. 17.
Great Bend Tribune
Published January 8, 2017
"Three Twelve P.M." by Wayne Conyers
January 4, 2017
Story by Micah Oelze
Courtesy Photo
The search for meaning in life is one as old as time. People have gone to extremes to explore this question. Professor and artist Wayne Conyers’ search for meaning explores the world of theoretical physics through his art.
