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(From left) Kimberly Dutill, Julie Henderson, Branson Hoffman, Barton Community College President Dr. Carl Heilman, Selina Beydili, Kami Maxwell and Sina Carwell pose for a photo after the awards banquet at the Topeka Ramada Inn Convention Center on Thursday.  PTK All-Kansas Academic Team honorees earned medals and certificates to commemorate their achievement.
 
February 16, 2015
Story and photo by Joe Vinduska

 
February 10, 2015
Story by Joe Vinduska

Barton Community College in Great Bend, Kan., has named 225 students to the President’s List for the fall 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
Casity Dozler
Brandon Green

Albert
Coryell Deege

Buhler
Jordan Stiles

Bushton
Ty Heitschmidt

 
February 10, 2015
Story by Joe Vinduska

Barton Community College in Great Bend, Kan., has named 261 students to the Dean’s List for the fall 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 3.5 to 3.99 on a 4.0 or "A" letter scale.

Abilene
Trevor McKee

Alden
James Yohn

Andale
Taylor Bugner

Basehor
Chellcy Miller

February 9, 2015
Story by Brandon Steinert

Two candidates have been identified for the opening of the Barton Community College Executive Director of Institutional Advancement, which oversees the Barton Foundation.

Lindsey Bogner of Hoisington and Steve Webster of Great Bend will be introduced to the Barton Community College employees and the public at two upcoming forums.

Bogner’s forum is scheduled for 2:30 to 3:30 p.m., Feb. 17.

Webster’s forum is scheduled for 2:30 to 3:30 p.m., Feb. 19.

February 6, 2015
Story by Brandon Steinert

Barton Community College’s relationship with the US Army is as long as it is strong, celebrating more than 30 years of “serving those who serve.”

Barton is once again officially recognized as a top “military friendly” school for 2015, as designated by Military Advanced Education, a publication highlighting education opportunities at installations across the country and beyond. Barton is featured as a Top School in the 2015 edition of the MAE Guide to Colleges and Universities.

 
February 6, 2015
Story by Joe Vinduska

Filling out the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) can be a daunting task, but Barton Community College’s Financial Aid Department will offer students and parents free assistance in making sure the application is filled out correctly.  Barton is participating in a national initiative “College Goal Sunday,” from 2-4 p.m. Feb. 22 in the Learning Resource Center on the Barton County campus.

 
February 2, 2015
Story by Joe Vinduska
 
Barton Community College will host a blood drive from 10 a.m. until 2:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 13 in the Technical Building in room T-186, the Case New Holland Training Building.

Information about blood donation from the American Red Cross: