Great Bend Tribune
Published July 3, 2016
Tomorrow is Independence Day, a day to celebrate. For most it’s a day at the lake, a barbecue, and definitely fireworks. Hopefully, we all take a moment to reflect on what happened two hundred and forty years ago and perhaps contemplate politics in 2016. Finally add the importance our agricultural heritage to the mix.
Barton Community College has been awarded a grant of more than $1 million, paid out over three years, to develop its already robust inmate education programming at Ellsworth Correctional Facility and Larned Correctional and Mental Health Facility.
The Improved Reentry Education (IRE) grants were given to only nine communities in the United States.
June 30, 2016
Story by Joe Vinduska
The Shafer Art Gallery will host a clay flower making workshop titled “Fantastic Flowers” in conjunction with the “Eufloria” exhibit from 2-4 p.m. July 14 and 21. The first class will be creating the flowers and the second will be painting and surface decoration.
Guest artist Christina Lamoureaux will lead the class and participants will create flowers from paperclay using a fun, lyrical process.
The class is for ages 10 to adult. A donation of $10 is suggested.
June 28, 2016
Story by Joe Vinduska
Barton Community College has named 250 students to the President’s List for the spring 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 4.0 on a 4.0 or "A" letter scale.
Abilene
Erik Hageman
Kathryn Hinkle
Tana Stafford
Albert
Coryell Deege
Basehor
Caleb Brown
Bison
Jenny Shaw
June 28, 2016
Story by Joe Vinduska
Barton Community College has named 255 students to the Dean’s List for the spring 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
Cheyenne Cody-Maas
Basehor
Chellcy Miller
Bushton
Julee McAtee
Chapman
Stephen Fries
Courtney Morgan
James Starr
Great Bend Tribune
Published June 26, 2016
June 23, 2016
Story and photo by Brandon Steinert
Barton Community College, in conjunction with the National Partnership for Environmental Technology Education (PETE), has been offering a 10-day Hazardous Waste Worker Training Program at military installations across the country. Most recently, the program was offered at Fort Riley.
The training is paid for by a grant from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS). The course is geared toward transitioning soldiers, retirees and family members at no cost.
Great Bend Tribune
Published June 19, 2016
Great Bend entrepreneur Miriam Garcia’s days of renewing her work visa will soon be over, and she’ll officially be a U.S. citizen.
Garcia’s mother brought her to the United States from Mexico more than a decade ago to escape a difficult life circumstance in pursuit of a brighter future. Her mother worked at a meat packing plant in Dodge City to support the family. After graduating high school, Garcia landed a job at a local appliance store.
February 26, 2016
Story by Brandon Steinert
Barton Community College has continued to defy shrinking enrollment trends experienced by other Kansas community colleges, and by no small margin. Barton grew by more than 20 percent since 2010.