Barton Community College offers a Veteran Services Office at the Great Bend campus and the Fort Riley campus.
Fort Riley & Fort Leavenworth LSEC and CP courses
Jenny Payne
VA Certifying Official
211 Custer Avenue, Room 211 (Main Post)
(785) 785-6606 ext 713
paynej@bartonccc.edu
Barton provides two School Certifying Officials (SCO) to assist Barton students with their VA educational benefits. SCO's must abide by the federal laws that dictate the Dept. of Veterans Affairs. Your School Certifying Official is responsible to ensure the following:
Reporting Enrollment Status: Report enrollment, withdrawals, changes in degree program, unsatisfactory progress, academic warning and dismissals, and the monitoring of courses to ensure students are enrolled in courses needed for their current degree program.
Barton School Certifying Officials (SCO) needs assistance to ensure the most accurate and timely information is sent to the Dept. of Veterans Affairs-on the student's behalf. The following student responsibilities are required of each VA student using benefits for courses taken at Barton.
Purpose: To activate benefits for the first time.
Students visiting Barton to take classes to transfer back to their home school are required to submit the following documentation:
Purpose: Verification of approved/enrolled courses
Barton Community College supports our veterans and veterans' family members in applying for and managing their VA Education Benefits/GI Bill®. (GI Bill® is a registered trademark of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). More information about education benefits offered by VA is available at the official U.S. government Web site at hwww.benefits.va.gov/gibill.)
June 2, 2020
Story by Joe Vinduska
Barton Community College’s Center for Adult Education will soon begin its nine-week GED Preparation Class. Orientation classes are required and are the first step to obtaining the Kansas State High School Diploma through the GED Prep Program. Barton added the session to help area residents affected by the closing of the Pawnee County Learning Center, but the session is open to anyone.
June 2, 2020
Story by Joe Vinduska
The Barton Community College Department of music will offer instrumental music lessons to the community this summer from now through July 23.
Community members are invited to take lessons to learn a new instrument or enhance their abilities on an instrument they already play. Students will also have the option to perform. Lessons will be offered both in-person and virtually and instruments can be provided. A wide array of instruments is available.
Great Bend Tribune
Published May 31, 2020
