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.