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January 16, 2019

Story by Brandon Steinert

Barton Community College will be closed for Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Monday, Jan. 21. 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. 22.

January 16, 2019
Story by Brandon Steinert

Barton Community College is offering woodworking courses from 6-10 p.m. on Mondays from February 4 to through April 22 at Ellsworth High School, 211 W. 11th St. in Ellsworth.

The instructor will be David Weeks. Classes of various levels will be available including Woodworking I, Woodworking II and Individual Woodworking Projects. Each course will count for three credit-hours.  The cost is $336 per class and fees for materials used.

January 14, 2019
Story by Julie Fiedler

Megan Janousek struggled in high school and college. She had trouble learning in a classroom environment and decided to quit school. She started working at a local country club and wasn’t sure what she wanted to do. A mentor stepped in and encouraged her to continue her education and become her best self.

Janousek had tried a university setting and didn’t like it, so she started looking at community colleges. Her husband’s family was from Great Bend and had ties to Barton, so she enrolled.

January 14, 2019

Caterina Lingenfelter is a single mom who works as a human resources assistant and is a sergeant with the National Guard. She’s also earning her associate degree in general studies from BARTonline.

“Barton has been really great to be able to manage the workload of being able to go to school full-time,” she said. “I’m a single working mom and I don’t have time, but sometimes you have to prioritize.”

January 11, 2019
Story by Maggie Reinhardt
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For the first time, Barton Community College will host an art exhibit that showcases talent from every segment of the campus – students, faculty and staff. The exhibit’s name is BaRTaRT.

Andy Brown, guest juror, will speak at the Opening Night Awards Reception at 6:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 18 at the Shafer Gallery in the Fine Arts Building. Awards will be presented to students only; the exhibit runs through Feb. 16 and the community is invited to attend at no charge.

January 2, 2018
Story by Brandon Steinert and Sara Oberle

The Central Kansas Community Choir (CKCC), which is open to all choral singers high school age and older, will be rehearsing from 7-9 p.m. on Monday evenings beginning Jan. 14 at the Morrison Chapel at Barton Community College in Great Bend in preparation for an April 1 concert.  Accessible parking is available.

January 2, 2018

Story by Brandon Steinert

The nursing program at Barton Community College is accepting student applications for the 2019-20 academic year.  The priority deadline is Jan. 31, 2019.  The secondary deadline is March 1, 2019.  Those wishing to apply to the Barton Nursing Program should first visit apply.bartonccc.edu, then stop by the Nursing Office in the Technical Building to receive an application packet for the program.

Great Bend Tribune
Published December 30, 2018

2019 will be here in less under two days.  We end 2018 with more soil moisture than in many years.  In fact, it is safe to say most of Kansas is wet with barely a trace of dry conditions.  This past year was certainly a rollercoaster in many ways.  So what will be the major stories in the new year for agriculture in Kansas and across the nation?  As always, there are many potential important events and these are in no particular order.