Barton Community College Plumbing Instructor Jeff Meyer was recently recognized as a 2026 Western Region Skilled Trades Instructor Honoree at the Associated General Contractors (AGC) of Kansas Skilled Trades Instructor Conference.

Barton Community College’s Health Occupations Students of America (HOSA) Future Health Professionals chapter has been awarded $2,000 through the Kansas HOSA Rural Chapter Grant Program as part of the Rural Health Transformation Plan.

Barton Community College is expanding its commitment to serving military-connected students by offering Live Online and Barton Online courses to students at Fort Leonard Wood, Mo.

Barton Theatre will hold auditions for its winter production of “4 A.M. Friends” at 4 p.m. Oct. 11 and 12 at the Crest Theatre in Great Bend.

The Barton Community College Library will team up with the English department and Barton’s literary annual “Prairie Ink” staff to host a Writers’ Workshop from 6-7:30 p.m. Oct. 15 in the Cavanaugh Room of the Learning Resource Center and via Zoom at https://bartonccc-edu.zoom.us/my/brownj.

Barton Community College will help area high school seniors plan for their futures at Senior Day, starting at 9 a.m. Nov. 18, with a sign-up deadline of Nov. 2.

With a focused casting of only five people and on-stage black box style seating, Barton’s new Director of Theatrical Activities Jack Greenwood knew that he could offer audiences a fresh theatre experience they would be able to relate to and be immersed in when he chose Annie Baker’s “Circle Mirror Transformation” as the fall play.

Children aged 3-11 who love being creative can enjoy an afternoon of artistic expression led by Barton Dance Theatre students from 2-5 p.m. Sept. 26 in the Fine Arts Building.

Barton Community College will host a blood drive from 9 a.m.- 2:30 p.m. Oct. 1 in the Case New Holland Lab in the Technical Building, T186. Donors will be able to sign up for a $15 e-gift card from the American Red Cross.

The Shafer Art Gallery will come alive for an evening of costumes, music, and celebration during the annual Bill McKown Masquerade Ball from 6-9 p.m. Oct. 9.