July 8, 2015
Story by Joe Vinduska

Barton Community College has announced its list of graduates who earned associate degrees or certificates for career training during the spring semester of 2015.

Abilene
Samantha Hinkle, A.S.

Albert
Coryell Deege, A.A.

Andale
Taylor Bugner, A.S.

Attica
Felisa Orr, Dietary Manager Certificate

Belpre
Victoria Wilder, Dietary Manager Certificate

 
July 7, 2015
Story by Joe Vinduska

Barton Community College in Great Bend, Kan. has named 226 students to the President’s List for the spring 2015 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.

Albert
Coryell Deege

Blue Rapid
Amber Stivers

Bushton
Ty Heitschmidt

 
Story by Joe Vinduska

July 7, 2015

Barton Community College in Great Bend, Kan., has named 279 students to the Dean’s List for the spring 2015 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 3.5 to 3.99 on a 4.0 or "A" letter scale.

Andale
Taylor Bugner

Augusta
Abby Tipton

Basehor
Caleb Brown

Great Bend Tribune
Published June 28, 2015
Wheat 2015 & Terminology

Before the rain Thursday night, wheat harvest was running full throttle and overall a much better crop than was predicted.  The forecast indicates everyone should be back in the field soon if they aren’t already (depending on the rainfall received).  A few were commenting their crop would have been better except for late season disease pressure. What happened?  Several things.

Great Bend Tribune
Published June 21, 2015
Agriculture - Separating Fact From Fiction

 
June 24, 2015
Story by Joe Vinduska
Courtesy photo submitted

Heike Arrowood didn’t let obstacles stop her from pursuing her educational goals; she smashed through them.  Fueled by her desire to succeed and a jumpstart from Barton Community College, she now holds the highest level of academia attainable in the nursing field— a doctorate.

Great Bend Tribune
Published June 7, 2015
Corn and Soybean Production - Heat and Light Part 1

If you have been paying attention to farm news in our region, you heard concerns about getting the corn crop in the ground as it was getting late for planting.  You seldom hear those concerns in Kansas regarding soybeans.  Have you ever wondered why?  Well it has to do with the difference in the importance of heat and light for these crops.

 
June 15, 2015
Story and photo by Joe Vinduska

Barton Community College at Fort Leavenworth celebrated the graduation of 27 students on Wednesday at the Lewis and Clark Center at Fort Leavenworth. Of those graduating, 25 chose to walk. The ceremony was in conjunction with other schools who are members of the consortium in the Fort Leavenworth Education Center.

Graduates and their friends and families gathered in the conference center and heard from commencement speaker Maj. Gen. Christopher P. Hughes.

June 15, 2015
Story and photo by Brandon Steinert

The phone has been ringing off the hook in the Admission office at Barton Community College regarding information about the new Commercial Driver’s License offerings.

After 10 hours in the classroom and 30-35 hours of driving time, completers will have training necessary to obtain a Class A license with an air brake endorsement.