October 15, 2019
Story by Joe Vinduska
Barton Student Services will lead a campus-wide celebration nurturing positive mental health, depression awareness and suicide prevention from October 21-25. The featured event is a presentation at 6 p.m., Oct. 24 in the Fine Arts Auditorium by Michele Hansen (LPC, LMAC) and Jim Yoder (Wichita Support Group Facilitator). A suicide loss tribute performance by the Barton Dance Team will precede the presentation.
October 15, 2019
Story by Joe Vinduska
Editors of Barton Community College’s literary journal “Prairie Ink” invite the public to a launch party for the publication’s tenth issue from noon to 2 p.m. Friday, Nov. 1 in the Cavanaugh Room, in the Learning Resource Center, L116.
The come-and-go social event will include refreshments and live readings from some of the published authors.
The “Prairie Ink” is intended as a venue for local authors to showcase their creative writing talents.
October 14, 2019
Story by Joe Vinduska
Barton Community College will host a blood drive from 9 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 25 in the Technical Building in room T-186, the Case New Holland Training area. Free “I am Humankind” t-shirts will be given to all donors while supplies last.
Great Bend Tribune
Published October 5, 2019
October 3, 2019
Story and photo by Brandon Steinert
October 3, 2019
Story by Joe Vinduska
Photo by Brandon Steinert
Barton Community College will help area high school seniors plan for their futures at Senior Day, from 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Nov. 13, with a sign-up deadline of Oct. 31. Those interested can sign up at seniorday.bartonccc.edu.
October 2, 2019
Story by Joe Vinduska
Photo by Brandon Steinert
The Barton Visual and Performing Arts Department will host its annual Sneak Preview Concert at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, October 10 in the Fine Arts Auditorium. Admission is free and open to the public.
The event will feature performances by the Hilltop Singers, Concert Choir, Jazz Ensemble, Prairie Winds Concert Band and Barton Dance Theatre to give the community a peek into what each talented group has in store.
September 30, 2019
Story and photo courtesy of the United States Air Force
The United States Air Force Academy Band’s “Falconaires” jazz ensemble from Colorado Springs will perform a free concert at 7 p.m., Oct. 12 in the Fine Arts Auditorium.
September 24, 2019
Barton Community College has announced its list of graduates who earned associate degrees or certificates for career training during the summer semester of 2019.
Bushton
Rosa Vasquez, Pharmacy Technician Certificate
Clay Center
Esther Varner, A.S.
Ellsworth
Tony Hunt, A.G.S.
Momodou Jallow, A.G.S.
David Marcus, A.G.S.
September 23, 2019
Story and photos by Joe Vinduska
The Barton Community College Theatre Department will present “The Diviners,” by Jim Leonard, Jr at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 4 and 5, with a matinee at 2 p.m. Oct. 6 in the Fine Arts Auditorium. Tickets are $5 at the door; students admitted free with a valid student ID.
The play is the story of a disturbed young man and his friendship with a disenchanted preacher in Southern Indiana in the early 1930s. This comedic drama highlights well-intentioned friends and neighbors and small-town life.
