With multiple people in her family being teachers, including her parents, Barton Alum Courtney Cook of Ellinwood always knew she wanted to be a teacher, and getting to do that in her hometown has made accomplishing her goal even sweeter.
Barton Community College invites the public to take part in a series of free computer and digital literacy classes offered throughout June.
Barton Community College will host a school bus, defensive driving, and CPR training course July 21-24.
Barton Dance Theatre’s popular “Dancing with the Cougars” classes have returned for the spring summer with a line dancing class from 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. June 5 in Studio 34.
Barton Community College will no longer receive the federal grant that has supported the Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP), a vital service for older adults across the region, for nearly five decades.
Developmental education at Barton provides students with an opportunity to improve their basic math, reading, and/or writing skills.
Barton continually updates courses in the developmental program to develop more efficient instructional methods to help students achieve college-readiness and to decrease the cost to students in time and in money.
Barton Community College will be closed May 26 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 25.
Barton Community College has been named a 2025-2026 Military Friendly® School by Viqtory, a designation that recognizes the college’s ongoing commitment to supporting military-affiliated students.
The English for Speakers of Other Languages program prepares students to communicate in English to improve skills to further their academic studies. The goal is to provide students with the opportunity to attain fluency in English. Classes focus on academic instruction to include vocabulary, conversation, sentence structure and reading, test-taking skills, listening, speaking, and writing.
Barton Community College has announced Emma Hickel of Claflin and Allyson McDougal of Moore, Oklahoma as its 2024-25 Brant J. Ballhorst Student Ambassadors of the Year.