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Doves Chosen to Lead Barton Community College Foundation’s AEF Campaign

March 3, 2010
Each year, the Barton Community College Foundation launches its Academic Enrichment Fund Campaign on March 1, designating the entire month as a time for businesses and individuals to add to their established scholarships or to create new scholarships to help students achieve their educational goals at Barton.
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Barton Announces Recipients of Honor Scholarships

February 12, 2010
Barton Community College has announced recipients of $800 Honor Scholarships for the 2009-10 academic year. To earn an Honor Scholarship at Barton, the student must maintain a grade point average of 3.0 to 3.49. The following students, listed by hometown, are recipients of Honor Scholarships:
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Barton Foundation Receives Distinguished Service Award from ECF Jaycees

February 2, 2010
The Barton Community College Foundation has been offering privately funded scholarships since 2006 for inmates taking Barton’s classes at Ellsworth Correctional Facility.
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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 Community College Awards Excellence Scholarships

January 28, 2010
Barton Community College has announced recipients of Excellence Scholarships for the 2009-10 academic year. To qualify for an Excellence Award, a student must have a grade point average of 3.5 to 4.0 and be enrolled full time at Barton. The following students, listed by hometown, are recipients of the scholarships:
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Barton Community College Awards Endowed Scholarships

January 12, 2010
Barton Community College has announced recipients of endowed scholarships for the 2009-10 academic year. These scholarships are given by the Barton Community College Foundation.
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Foundation Collaborates With Community to Create 40th Anniversary Cookbook

January 11, 2010
A cookbook produced by the Barton Community College Foundation celebrates the College’s 40th anniversary. It also recognizes the relationships that have grown over the years among Barton’s students, faculty and staff, and the College’s strong ties with surrounding communities, whose leaders have played essential roles in Barton’s accomplishments.
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Barton Awards Keith and Marian Mull Honorarium Scholarships

January 7, 2010
Barton Community College has announced recipients of the Keith and Marian Mull Honorarium Scholarships for the 2009-10 academic year. The Barton Community College Foundation raises funds for honorarium scholarships named each year in honor of an individual or individuals who have given generously to the college through their service and their gifts. The Mulls were honored through contributions to the honorarium with the traditional auctioning of the old buffalo head, “Old Bill,” at the 2007 Big Benefit Auction.
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Barton Awards Dan and Nancy Peschka Honorarium Scholarships

December 18, 2009
Barton Community College has announced recipients of the Dan and Nancy Peschka Honorarium Scholarships for the 2009-10 academic year. The Barton Community College Foundation raises funds for honorarium scholarships named each year in honor of an individual or individuals who have given generously to the college through their service and their gifts. The Peschkas were honored through contributions to the honorarium with the traditional auctioning of the old buffalo head, “Old Bill,” at the 2008 Big Benefit Auction.
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Barton Awards Employee Development Fund Scholarships for 2009-10

December 7, 2009
Barton Community College has announced recipients of the Barton Community College Employee Development Fund Scholarships for the 2009-10 academic year. These endowed scholarships are given by the Barton Community College Foundation.
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Business Community Establishes College’s Early Endowment Association

Sept. 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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Big Benefit Auction's ‘Old Bill' Raises Funds for Al Yost Honorarium Scholarships

August 13, 2009
The Barton Community College Foundation has named its Honorarium Scholarships this year in honor of Great Bend oil man Al Yost, recognizing his generosity to the College.
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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'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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