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Barton Community College to Close for Spring Break
March 11, 2010
Barton Community College day and evening classes will be closed for the college’s Spring Break March 15-19. Barton’s offices will remain open through March 17, but will be closed March 18 and 19. The Shafer Gallery will be closed March 13-27.
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Barton Offers Certified Nurse Aide Course in Lyons
April 6, 2010
Barton Community College will offer a Certified Nurse Aide Course in Lyons. The class will meet from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Tuesdays and Wednesdays, April 13 through May 26, at Lyons Good Samaritan Center, 1311 S. Douglas, Lyons. Check-in will be at 8 a.m. April 13. Instructor is Linda Runge.
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Barton Community College Offers Medication Aide Update in Ellsworth
March 30, 2010
Barton Community College will offer a Certified Medication Aide Update to provide CMAs with continuing education and a review of medications and delivery styles.
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Barton Instrumental Music Groups to Present Concert March 11
March 5, 2010
Barton Community College’s instrumental music department will present Barton’s String Ensemble and Jazz Ensemble in concert at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, March 11, in the college’s Fine Arts Auditorium. Admission is free.
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Shafer Gallery Exhibits Talents of Barton County High School Artists
March 4, 2010
Awards were presented during a reception honoring the students Feb. 28 at the gallery. The exhibit will continue through March 12. Jurors for the exhibition were Barton art instructors Bill Forst and Steve Dudek.
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Barton Art Instructor Wins Best of Show at Wichita Garden Show
March 5, 2010
Barton Community College art instructor Steve Dudek was awarded Best of Show at the 2010 Wichita Garden Show for his painting, “Cana and Crows.” The show opened March 3 and continues through March 7 at Century II in Wichita.
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Dress Rehearsals Prepare the Way for Barton’s ‘Beauty and the Beast’
March 3, 2010
The cast is in full costume as dress rehearsals continue this week in preparation for this weekend’s performances of Barton Community College’s spring musical, “Beauty and the Beast.” Performances are set for 7:30 p.m. March 5 and 6, and 2 p.m. March 7 in the college’s Fine Arts Auditorium.
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Barton’s Vocal Masterclass Features Bethel College Professor as Clinician
February 25, 2010
Barton Community College’s Music Department will present its 26th Annual Vocal Masterclass on March 6, featuring guest clinician Soyoun Lim Chun, assistant professor of voice at Bethel College. Barton students and high school students from the area will perform for the clinician throughout the day.
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Barton BML Program Offers Business Law and Accounting Hybrid Courses
March 17, 2010
Barton Community College’s Business Management and Leadership accelerated degree program will offer Business Law and General Accounting as hybrid courses beginning March 24. Instructor is Kathy Boeger, Barton’s instructor/coordinator of business and accounting
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Barton Hosts Largest KASIE Tournament in Organization’s History
February 24, 2010
Barton Community College hosted the State Parliamentary Debate and Kansas State Individual Events (KASIE) Championships Feb. 19 and 20. Competing in the speech and debate tournaments were 13 teams, from two- and four-year programs across the state.
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Reading, Writing and Romance - Couples Spend Lives Together After Meeting at Barton
February 19, 2010
In the fall of 1969, when Barton County Community Junior College opened for the first time to students, twins Dennis and Ken Wallace were high school juniors living nearly 300 miles away in their boyhood hometown of Pampa, Texas. Their distance to the College grew much closer later that year when their father moved the family to Great Bend for a job.
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Barton Community College Honors Homecoming Royalty
February 15, 2010
Barton Community College sophomores Morgan Cooper and Jared Marcuson were named Queen and King of Barton’s 2010 Basketball Homecoming on Feb. 13. They were crowned during the intermission between the women’s and men’s basketball games against Butler.
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Cox Communications Donates Annual $1,000 Scholarship to Barton
February 11, 2010
Cox Communications initiated a $1,000 scholarship to Barton Community College, which has been awarded this academic year. Wednesday, Cox Manager of Government Affairs for Kansas Reynaldo Mesa announced the award will be given annually.
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Barton’s Community Student Organization Accepts Donations for Care Kits for Haiti
February 11, 2010
Barton Community College’s Community Student Organization is accepting items or monetary donations to provide care kits for the Haiti earthquake survivors.
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Tickets on Sale for Barton’s Spring Musical, ‘Beauty and the Beast’
February 11, 2010
Ticket sales started this week for Barton Community College’s spring musical, “Beauty and the Beast.” Barton’s 2010 musical is based on Disney’s 1994 Broadway theatrical production with music by Alan Menken, lyrics by Howard Ashman and Tim Rice, and the book by Linda Woolverton.
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Barton Foundation to Host Reception for Barton’s New Vice President
February 5, 2010
The community will have an opportunity to meet and welcome Barton Community College’s new vice president of Instruction and Student Services at a welcome reception hosted by the Barton Community College Foundation.
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Barton Reports Substantial Enrollment Increases for Summer/Fall 2009
January 28, 2010
Barton Community College enrollment records show that the college’s summer and fall 2009 enrollment has increased significantly over last year’s figures. Online enrollment showed the greatest increase at a record 27 percent over last year’s figures.
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Board Approves Increase in Tuition and Fees for Next Fiscal Year
Jan. 21, 2010
A 13 percent drop in state funding for higher education last year triggered Barton Community College’s Board of Trustees to raise tuition and fees for the next fiscal year. By approving the consent agenda during its regular meeting Jan. 21, the Board approved the tuition-and-fees increase, a combined increase of $8 per credit hour for in-state students. Trustees approved the item with the anticipation that the state economy will continue to struggle during the next few years.
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Barton Offers Introduction to Excel and Advanced Excel in Mini Classes
January 29, 2010
Barton Community College will offer a mini class in Microsoft Excel on March 2, followed by Advanced Excel on April 6, both led by Deanna Stevens, Barton’s business computer management instructor.
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Grassroots Effort Grows Strong Booster Club with Start of College
January 20, 2010
A month before the first classes began at Barton Community College more than 40 years ago, the Cougar Booster Club formed in support of the College’s first student-athletes, who had yet to arrive on campus. The club organized in August 1969, when 25 area men gathered in a lecture hall on the newly built college campus to plan support for men’s basketball and men’s track and field, the only two athletic programs at Barton for the few years.
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Barton’s New Literary Magazine Prairie Ink Extends Submission Deadline
January 15, 2010
The submission deadline for Barton Community College’s first literary magazine, Prairie Ink, has been extended to April 1.
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Two Barton Students Selected for All-Kansas Academic Team
January 14, 2010
Two Barton Community College students will join other Kansas community college scholars on Feb. 18 in Topeka to be honored for their scholastic achievement.
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Shafer Gallery Presents Mayfield & Forst: Paintings and Ceramics
January 8, 2010
Barton Community College art instructor Bill Forst and his wife, Ginger Mayfield, differ distinctly in their artistry, yet they complement each other in collaborative works.
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25th Annual NACE Corrosion Control Seminar Presented at Barton
January 7, 2010
Barton Community College and the Kansas Section of NACE International will present the 25th annual NACE Corrosion Control Seminar Wednesday through Friday, Feb. 3 and 4, at the Midwest Utility and Pipeline Training Center and Barton’s Fine Arts Building.
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Shoot-Don’t-Shoot Simulator to Train Barton Students and Area Law Enforcement
December 18, 2009
Barton Community College’s criminal justice instructor Randy Smith sees a training opportunity not only for the College’s criminal justice students, but also for law enforcement personnel in this area.
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First Class Relishes Rugged Experiences at Barton during First Years
December 17, 2009
Students attending Barton Community College 40 years ago endured unique experiences compared to their counterparts at other colleges of the day. Their environment was also drastically different from Barton students who have followed in their footsteps these past four decades.
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Academic Department Welcomes Writers to Barton’s First Literary Magazine
December 15, 2009
Barton Community College’s first literary magazine, Prairie Ink, will be published in the spring of Barton’s 40th anniversary year, Dean of Academics Dr. Rick Abel has announced. “The addition of a Barton literary magazine nicely expands our endeavors in the fine and performing arts,” Abel said.
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Last in Line Becomes First to Enroll at Barton
December 15, 2009
Forty years ago, 18-year-old Connie Kruckenberg became first by being last. The 1969 Great Bend High School graduate became the first student to enroll at Barton County Community Junior College on Sept. 3 of that year. As a student employee for the startup College, which was a day away from holding its first enrollment in the newly built library, Kruckenberg was manning the last enrollment table when the moment of historical significance came.
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Barton Community College Named “8 Wonders” Winner in Commerce Category
December 9, 2009
Barton Community College was named an “8 Wonders” Winner in the Commerce Category this week. It was noted by the Chamber’s Marketing Coordinator Rachel Mawhirter that Barton received 60 percent of the votes by more than 600 voters to earn distinction as the “8 Wonders” winner in the Commerce category.
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Barton Offers Early Childhood Creative Experiences Course at NCKTC-Hays
November 20, 2009
Barton Community College will offer a course in Creative Experiences for Children from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays, Jan. 12 through March 12, on the Hays campus of North Central Kansas Technical College. Shara Neidenthal will be the instructor.
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Barton Forensics Team to Present Recital and Fund-raiser
December 4, 2009
Barton Community College’s Forensics (Speech and Debate) Team will present a performance recital and fund-raiser from 4-6 p.m. Friday, Dec. 11, in the Dorothy Moses Morrison Chapel, located in the Fine Arts Building, F-157. Admission is free, but donations at the door are welcome for the team’s travel expenses.
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Barton Art Students Exhibit Work in Fine Arts Display Cases
December 4, 2009
Barton Community College art students Karen Shaner and Petr Grigor’ev are exhibiting their artwork now through January in the display cases in the college’s Fine Arts Building lobby. Barton art instructor Steve Dudek selected the artists to exhibit their work as part of an ongoing series of student exhibits in the display cases.
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Board Approves Hire of Barton’s New Vice President
November 19, 2009
The Board approved the hiring of Dr. Penny Quinn as Barton’s next Vice President of Instruction and Student Services. She is expected to arrive at Barton in early January, Barton President Dr. Carl Heilman said.
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Barton at Fort Riley Leads 8th Annual Fisher House Fund Drive
December 1, 2009
Barton Community College, on both Barton County and Fort Riley campuses, has actively raised funds for Fisher House in Landstuhl, Germany, for the past seven years. Barton’s 8th Annual Fisher House Fund Drive began on Veteran’s Day, Nov. 11, and will continue through Dec. 24.
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Barton Phi Theta Kappa Organizes College Collection for Food Bank
November 24, 2009
Barton Community College Phi Theta Kappa provided food drop-off boxes for each building on Barton Campus and challenged each building to compete for collecting the most items. This year, 1,086 items were donated, and the Science and Math Building won the contest with 261 items. The Administration Building came in as a close second with 253 items.
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Barton Sets Auditions for Spring Musical, ‘Beauty and the Beast’
November 19, 2009
Barton Community College’s Music and Drama Departments have announced auditions for the college’s spring musical, Disney’s “Beauty and the Beast.”
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Barton Auto Tech Students Put Professionalism to Work in Class
November 19, 2009
Barton Community College Automotive Technology students now attend their classes dressed like professionals in new uniform shirts donated by the county’s four new-automobile dealerships, Dove Chevrolet Buick Pontiac Cadillac, Marmies, Manweiler Chevrolet, and Doonan GMC.
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Barton Forensics Team Places in Sweepstakes at Hutch Blue Dragon Tournament
November 18, 2009
The Barton Community College Forensics Team traveled to Hutchinson Community College Nov. 7 and 8 to compete in the Blue Dragon and Alumni Swing Tournament.
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Barton Announces Cast for Fall Play, “True West”
November 5, 2009
Barton Community College Theatre Director Erin Renard has announced cast members for the fall play, “True West” by acclaimed playwright Sam Shepard. Performances are set for 7 p.m. Sunday and Monday, Nov. 22 and 23, in Barton’s Fine Arts Auditorium.
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Barton Celebrates 25 Years with Fort Riley Operations
November 4, 2009
Kansas National Guard soldiers in Afghanistan take an online Western Civilization course in their off-duty hours. Nearly 10 thousand miles away at Fort Riley Army Base a soldier’s spouse concentrates in a classroom, while she is taking a daytime psychology course, on her way toward earning an associate’s degree. Nearby on base, soldiers are getting a detailed study of U.S. Department of Transportation fuel regulations. A few miles away from the base, EMT instructors prepare emergency workers for state certification. And a hundred miles west of the base, or even a few states away for that matter, employees of a manufacturing plant train on the proper handling of hazardous materials.
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Barton Forensics Team Places in Sweepstakes at KCKCC Tournament
October 29, 2009
The Barton Community College Forensics Team traveled to Kansas City to compete in the Kansas City Kansas Community College/West Texas A&M University “Reduce, Reuse, Recycle” Swing Tournament Oct. 24 and 25 on the KCKCC campus. The event was Barton’s third tournament of the season.
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Report Card Available from Barton Board of Trustees
October 29, 2009
“Report Card 2009,” which provides information about the 2008-09 academic year at Barton Community College, was published this month. Provided by the College’s Board of Trustees, the publication is available online.
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Barton Music Students Prepare for NATS Competition
October 28, 2009
Barton Community College music students presented their first recital of the school year Oct. 27, and at the same time, were preparing for competition in the National Association of Teachers of Singing Regional Student Auditions set for Oct. 29-31 at Kansas State University.
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Barton Recognizes Employees for Years of Service to College
October 28, 2009
Barton Community College honored 25 employees during an All-College Forum in October, recognizing them for their years of service to the College. Human Resources director Julie Knoblich presented the awards for five, 10, 15, 20, 25 and 35 years of service.
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Board Approves New Track and Soccer Field
October 15, 2009
Weather permitting, Barton Community College will have a new track and soccer field by springtime. The Board of Trustees approved the construction project during its monthly meeting Oct. 15.
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Students to Meet Former NASA Astronaut at Barton’s Jack Kilby Science Day
October 15, 2009
Area high school students will meet former NASA astronaut Steven Hawley at Barton Community College’s sixth annual Jack Kilby Science Day honoring the memory of 2000 Nobel Laureate in Physics Jack Kilby. Set for 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 20, on Barton’s campus, the event will offer a variety of science presentations, demonstrations and experiments.
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New Instructors Bolster Barton Academics in 1970-71
October 14, 2009
During his first few weeks at Barton Community College, history instructor Gary Kenyon’s podium was a lower-level seat in the gymnasium where he lectured to students sitting a few seats above. His office was a carrel in the library where he packed up his belongings every afternoon only to bring them back the next morning.
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First Graduates Who Found Careers at Barton Look Back After 40 Years
October 12, 2009
On May 15, 1971, Carol Davis and Linda Dodson were among the 200 students who walked across a platform in Barton Community College’s newly built gymnasium to become the College’s first graduating class.
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Barton Makes Plans for Spring Musical, ‘Beauty and the Beast’
October 2, 2009
Barton Community College’s Music and Drama Departments have announced plans to present Disney’s “Beauty and the Beast” as the college’s 25th spring musical.
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Barton Holds Auditions for Fall Play, “True West”
October 2, 2009
Auditions for Barton Community College’s fall play, “True West” by acclaimed playwright Sam Shepard, were held Oct. 5, in Barton’s Fine Arts Building, F-145. Barton Theatre Director Erin Renard will direct the play. Performances are set for Nov. 22 and 23 in Barton’s Fine Arts Auditorium.
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Business Community Establishes College’s Early Endowment Association
September 16, 2009
Barton Community College Foundation owes its beginning to two business competitors who also were friends and shared a similar vision for a recently approved community college that was yet to be built. Insurance business owner Bruce Buehler, along with Grant Hoener, an agent with New York Life Insurance, believed that the upstart college needed an endowment association to help make it accessible to all area students. In early 1967, they visited with Board of Trustees Chairman Joe Mermis Jr., and he agreed.
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‘Buckskin, Boots and BBQ’ Lead to Rip-Roaring Good Time
September 8, 2009
“Buckskin, Boots and BBQ” made a hit with auction-goers attending the Barton Community College Foundation’s Big Benefit auction this year. Darnell Holopirek said she could tell by the number of those attending whose dress matched the Western theme and by the compliments the Foundation received on the theme and the chuck-wagon barbecue.
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Peters Becomes First Female to Run and Serve as College Trustee
August 18, 2009
There was no sense of historical significance, and certainly no thought of one female breaking down late-1970s-barriers to the doors of male-dominated board rooms. In 1977, Bobbie Peters became the first woman to run for a seat on Barton Community College's Board of Trustees simply because she felt she was well qualified to carry out the duties of the position.
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Early Trustees Remember Their Roles in Forming College
August 17, 2009
Among the elder statesmen who comprised the Board of Trustees for Barton Community College when the start-up college was being planned more than 40 years ago were two young leaders of the community. Dean Wells and Dr. Jerry Schrader, both in their mid-to-late 30s at the time, weren't original Board members, but they replaced two of the original members and were involved at the ground-breaking level of forming the new college.
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Barton Community College Celebrates 40 Years of Service to Community
August 14, 2009
Barton Community College opened its doors to students for the first time 40 years ago this fall. Barton will celebrate this milestone by incorporating its 40th anniversary themes into the College's activities and events throughout its 2009-10 academic year.
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Barton EMS Education Partnership With Pratt CC Good for Both Colleges
August 13, 2009
Field Ops Day Brings Out Cooperative Efforts
Barton Community College's Emergency Medical Services Education partnership established four years ago with Pratt Community College has become a lesson in cooperation that can be witnessed especially on Barton's EMS Field Operations Days.
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Big Benefit Auction Takes on Western Flair with ‘Buckskin, Boots & BBQ'
July 27, 2009
A custom-made cowboy hat from the Greeley Hat Co. and a cowboy figurine made by local artist Loretta Miller will help convey the theme of the Barton Community College Foundation's 31st annual Big Benefit Auction set for Saturday, Aug. 22, at the Highland Hotel and Convention Center.
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Barton Student Completes Medical Assistant Externship at CKMC
July 26, 2009
Like many new college students, Jennifer Wood didn't know exactly what career path she should take. The medical field looked promising and after considering a few options, Wood has found her niche as a medical assistant.
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NCKTC Barton Partnership Leads to Degree in Early Child Education
July 23, 2009
Responding to the growing demand for qualified child care providers and educators in the Hays area, North Central Kansas Technical College has established a partnership with Barton Community College to provide course work that will lead to an associate degree in early childhood education on NCKTC's Hays campus.
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Barton Hosts Rotary Youth Leadership Awards Event
July 22, 2009
Barton Community College hosted the Rotary Youth Leadership Awards camp July 17-19. RYLA is a worldwide program that provides future leaders the opportunity to expand and hone their leadership skills.
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Barton Offers CNA Course to High School Students Through Technical Talent Grant
July 9, 2009
Barton Community College will offer Certified Nurse Aide courses for students in three area high schools starting this fall through a Carl D. Perkins Leadership Fund Grant for the project titled "Targeting Technical Talent in the High School."
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Barton Partners with NCKTC to Offer Pharmacy Tech Program This Fall
July 9, 2009
The demand for pharmacy technicians is expected to grow much faster than the average career field through 2016, according to new economic predictions. With that outlook, Barton Community College will begin a Pharmacy Technician Certificate Program this fall in collaboration with North Central Kansas Technical College, Hays campus.
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Barton's Silver Cougar Club Still Growing After Eight Years
June 29, 2009
Barton Community College's Silver Cougar Club, specifically for people age 55 or older, has grown steadily since its beginning in 2001 with a nucleus of 12 members. Eight years later, at the time of its June picnic and membership drive, the club boasted more than 577.
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