July 2, 2014

Story by Brandon Steinert

Barton Community College is one of the area’s largest employers. It’s a progressive, comprehensive community college with offerings ranging from art and traditional associate degree options to more than 25 industry-specific training programs like nursing, natural gas measurement and more. The college’s activities bring in money to the area, stimulate the local economy and it is a driving force behind reducing crime rates and improving quality of life.

July, 2014

Story by Brandon Steinert

Barton Community College has seen steady growth for six years. The institution as a whole drew nearly 4,300 full-time-equivalent (FTE) students in 2013-14, which is about a 4-percent increase over last year, and a 32-percent increase since the growth trend began in 2007-08, according to the full-time equivalent (FTE) data gathered at the close of the spring semester. Note: Figures subject to slight changes until data “freeze” date in August. This information is a reflection of the current outlook.

June 17, 2014
Story by Joe Vinduska

Barton Community College has named 204 students to the President’s List for the spring 2014 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
Jonathan Winingham

Albert
Coryell Deege

Andover
Mackenzie Orchard

Beloit
Richard English
Shani Jennings

June 17, 2014
Story by Joe Vinduska