11/13/08
Beyond Bars –
Barton Partners with Ellsworth Correctional Facility and Communities to Educate Inmates

At first glance, it seems odd, the idea of Barton Community College going behind bars to provide opportunities for education to those who are incarcerated. But research shows that inmates who take college classes while incarcerated are four times more likely to remain out of prison once they are released. Couple that statistic with the social reality that an educated inmate is more employable upon his release – which helps him and the community he returns to – and that makes providing inmate education at Barton a wise endeavor.
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9/25/08
Barton To Hold Learning Resource Center Groundbreaking Oct. 16

Barton Community College will hold a groundbreaking ceremony Oct. 16 for its Learning Resource Center, formerly known as the Library, which is located in the center of campus. The public is encouraged to attend the groundbreaking and tour the Resource Center and the Technical Building, the two areas where renovations are occurring on campus.
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8/18/08
‘Old Bill’ Raises Funds for Honorarium Scholarships Named for Dan and Nancy Peschka

The old buffalo head known as “Old Bill” has helped raise more than $79,000 for academic scholarships for Barton Community College students in the past 28 years.
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8/7/08
Barton’s Big Benefit Auction Celebrates 30th Year With Festival of Seasons

The Barton Community College Foundation will celebrate its 30th annual Big Benefit Auction Saturday, Aug. 23, with a “Festival of Seasons.” This fund-raising event for academic scholarships will take place at the Highland Hotel Convention Center, beginning with a silent auction at 6 p.m. followed by the live auction at 7 p.m.
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5/16/08
Barton Presents 2008 Distinguished Service Award to Danny and Darlene Biggs

The Barton County Community College Foundation named Danny and Darlene Biggs recipients of the 2008 Distinguished Service Award at Barton’s 38th Commencement on May 15 in the college gymnasium.
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4/11/08
BCCC Foundation Gears Up for Sporting Clay Shoot April 20

The Barton County Community College Foundation is aiming for success with a new fund-raiser – a Sporting Clay Shoot on April 20 at LaSada Sporting Clays and Hunting Service near Russell. This event will raise funds for mini grants for Barton’s faculty to enhance their students’ learning.
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3/26/08
Silver Cougar Club Members Can Get Fit for Life in Barton’s Wellness Center

Barton County Community College’s Silver Cougar Club members can get fit with the help of a trained instructor by enrolling in a Fit for Life class at the college’s Thelma Faye Harms Wellness Center.
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3/4/08
Barton’s Academic Enrichment Fund Campaign Urges Community to ‘Step Up to the Plate”

The Barton County Community College Foundation will ask community members to “Step Up to the Plate in 2008” in its annual Academic Enrichment Fund Campaign to raise money for academic scholarships. Launched March 1, the AEF Campaign is being conducted by direct mail throughout the month of March.
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2/1/08
BCCC Foundation Aims for New Fund-raising Tradition With Sporting Clay Shoot

A Sporting Clay Shoot at LaSada Sporting Clays and Hunting Service near Russell will help the Barton County Community College Foundation fund mini grants for Barton’s faculty to enhance their students’ learning.
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12/29/07
Silver Cougar Club Members Can Get Fit for Life in Barton’s Wellness Center

Barton County Community College’s Silver Cougar Club members can get fit with the help of a trained instructor by enrolling in a Fit for Life class at the college’s Thelma Faye Harms Wellness Center.
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12/29/07
Barton Offers Computer Necessities Workshop

Barton County Community College will offer a basic computer workshop, “Computer Necessities.” The class will meet from 2:30 to 5:30 p.m. on Wednesdays, Aug. 8 through Sept. 5, at the Great Bend Workforce Center, 1025 Main Center.
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12/4/07
Nursing Donor Appreciation Luncheon

10/25/07
Roadster Project to Boost Enthusiasm for Barton’s Auto Technology Program

A street rod project is building momentum to fuel the excitement of students in Barton County Community College’s Automotive Technology Program. The combined efforts of the BCCC Foundation, student mechanic earnings and several local businesses have made the project work.
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10/24/07
Cohens Named Benefactors for Their Gifts to Barton County Community College
 
Dr. Mary Davidson Cohen and her late husband, Bart Cohen, have been named recipients of the 2007 Benefactor of the Year Award by the Council for Resource Development.
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9/21/07
Barton Study of Roaring Twenties Focuses on Harlem Renaissance

Barton County Community College will offer a study of America in the Roaring Twenties, focusing on the Harlem Renaissance and including its art, music, literature and culture. Barton history instructor Linda McCaffery will lead the team-taught classes, introducing guest lecturers at various times throughout the course.
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09/06/07
Agencies Combine to Match KBOR Grant for New Nursing
Faculty Position at Barton

Four Barton County agencies have contributed funds to match a $38,280 grant awarded to Barton County Community College by the Kansas Board of Regents to provide one additional nursing instructor’s position at the college.
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8/15/07
Old Bill and Santa Keep Tradition Going at This Year’s Big Benefit Auction

What do Santa Claus and an old buffalo head known as Old Bill have in common? Both will help raise funds for scholarships at the Barton County Community College Foundation’s Big Benefit Auction.
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8/09/07
Old Bill Raises Funds for Scholarship Named in Honor of Keith and Marian Mull

The old buffalo head known as Old Bill will help raise funds this year for the Keith and Marian Mull Honorarium Scholarship. The Barton County Community College Foundation will auction Old Bill by asking for pledges for the honorarium during its 29th annual Big Benefit Auction set for Saturday, Aug. 25, at the Highland Hotel Convention Center.
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7/13/07
Barton’s 29th Annual Big Benefit Auction Goes ‘Crazy for Christmas’

The Barton County Community College Foundation will prove that Christmas wishes do come true at their 29th annual Big Benefit Auction set for Aug. 25, just four months to the day of Christmas 2007. Theme for the event is “Crazy for Christmas,” and Santa Claus himself has been named honorary chair of the event.
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5/22/07
BCCC Foundation Dedicates Cohen Center at College/Chamber Event

The Barton County Community College Foundation celebrated the completion of the new Cohen Center for Kansas History with a dedication ceremony May 18 hosted in conjunction with the Great Bend Chamber of Commerce

"After Hours" event in the college library.
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5/17/07
Barton Honors Kopkes With 2007 Distinguished Service Award

5/9/07
BCCC Foundation Allows Greensburg High School Seniors to Attend Barton at No Cost

5/01/07
Cohen Center Dedication Rescheduled for May 18

The Barton County Community College Foundation has rescheduled the Dedication Ceremony for the Cohen Center for Kansas History. The new date is Friday, May 18, from 5 to 7 p.m. in the college’s Learning Resource Center (library).
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3/26/07
Barton Library Seeks to Preserve History by Scanning Old Diaries and Other Pieces of the Past Kept by Area Families

3/1/07
Barton's Academic Enrichment Fund Campaign Says 'Give Today - Create Tomorrow'

3/1/07
Kopkes Donate Shafer Watercolors to Gallery

12/12/06
Friend of College and Community, Bart Cohen Dies Following Brief Illness

9/19/06
BCCC Foundation’s Big Benefit Auction Celebrates Star-Spangled Success

The Barton County Community College Foundation Board of Directors welcomed two new members as they assumed their new positions on the board July 1. In addition, the board elected new officers for the 2006-07 academic year.
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8/21/06
Three Agencies Combine Thirds to Match KBOR Grant for Patient Simulation Lab

Barton County Community College’s Nursing Program expects to increase its ability to enhance the supply of registered nurses in this area when it puts into place a new Patient Simulation Lab this fall.
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8/4/06
College’s 28th Annual Big Benefit Auction Tickets on Sale through Aug. 14
Tickets for Barton County Community College’s 28th Annual Big Benefit Auction, themed “Star-Spangled Night,” can still be purchased, but only through Aug. 14. This year’s auction is set for 6 to 9 p.m. Aug. 26 at the Highland Hotel and Convention Center, Great Bend.
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7/28/06
Old Bill to Raise Funds for Tregellas Honorarium at Big Benefit Auction

Each year for the past four years, the Barton County Community College Foundation has named an honorarium for individuals who have generously supported the college. The old buffalo head known as “Old Bill” helps raise funds for the honorarium scholarship.
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7/14/06
College’s 28th Annual Big Benefit Auction Tickets Go On Sale Monday
Tickets for Barton County Community College’s 28th Annual Big Benefit Auction, themed “Star-Spangled Night,” go on sale Monday and are being sold through Aug. 14. This year’s auction is set for 6 to 9 p.m. Aug. 26 at the Highland Hotel and Convention Center, Great Bend.
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6/21/06
Barton Library Receives Publications Scanner To Digitize Books

Barton County Community College’s Library has received a publications scanner that digitizes books. The scanner and accessories used to produce the digitized works was donated through funding by three sources: Dr. Mary Cohen, Leawood, Rob and Trisha Dove, Great Bend, and the estate of Quentin Dressler
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6/15/06
Leawood Couple Donate Extensive History Collection
New Cohen Center for Kansas History Being Added To Barton Library

Dr. Mary and Barton Cohen enjoy traveling to all parts of the world, but when they compare the exotic locations they’ve visited, there is still no place like home for the Leawood couple. The Cohens have spent the past 17 years collecting art and books by artists and authors who hail from the wheat state. They’ve collected more than 700 books, one dating back to 1849 and more than 40 predating 1900, but now they are planning to donate their vast collection to Barton County Community College. The collection will be housed in the college’s library in a newly constructed Cohen Center for Kansas History that the Cohens funded.
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6/5/06
Dr. Doug and Jane Ayre Co-Chair “Star-Spangled Night”
All-American Summer Picnic Planned for Barton’s 28th Annual Big Benefit Auction

Barton County Community College Foundation’s Big Benefit Auction is moving to summer. Scheduled a week before Labor Day weekend, the nation’s unofficial end of summer, the 28th Big Benefit Auction will provide one more opportunity for the public to participate in an old-fashioned, all-American summer picnic.
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5/11/06
Barton Honors Family of Monica Bell Reser With 2006 Distinguished Service Award

The Barton County Community College Foundation named the family of Monica Bell Reser recipients of the 2006 Distinguished Service Award at Barton’s 36th Commencement Thursday evening (May 11) in the college gymnasium.
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4/28/06
Benefactor’s Donation Makes New Video System Possible for Barton

Barton County Community College has been able to replace an antiquated video system in its Fine Arts Auditorium this year, thanks to the generous giving of a local benefactor more than two years ago. Before his death June 3, 2003, at the age of 100, Theodore Frank Deal willed one-third of his estate to the college and Barton’s Institutional Advancement Office received the bequest in December of that year.
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4/25/06
Barton Provides Training for Utility and Pipeline Workers

Barton County Community College hosts numerous training seminars each year for workers in the utility and pipeline industry since the new Midwest Utility and Pipeline Training Center was built on Barton’s campus in 2004.
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3/14/06
Bank of the West Donates Barton Sign on East 10th Street

Bank of the West, Great Bend, is sponsoring a new Barton County Community College sign that appears on a billboard on east 10th Street. Last December, Bank of the West acquired Commercial Federal Bank, which sponsored the previous Barton sign in the same location.
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3/7/06
Eagle Barber Shop Donates To La Oportunidad Fund

Eagle Barber Shop, Great Bend, donated $250 to the La Oportunidad Fund recently for an annually funded scholarship to be awarded to a Hispanic student attending Barton County Community College.
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3/1/06
Barton’s Academic Enrichment Fund Campaign Gets Under Way for Scholarships

The Barton County Community College Foundation launched its annual Academic Enrichment Fund Campaign March 1 to raise money for academic scholarships. Being conducted by direct mail for its third year, the AEF Campaign will continue through March 31. The goal of the 2006 campaign is $45,000, with the theme, “Unlock the Future; You Are the Key,” said Darnell Holopirek, Executive Director of Institutional Advancement at Barton.
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2/27/06
Espinosa Provides Effort, Money to Scholarship Cause
The Natural Alternative Donates to La Oportunidad Fund at Barton

Great Bend business owner and Hispanic Advisory Council member Michael Espinosa has been instrumental in helping establish La Oportunidad Fund, a scholarship program aimed at helping Hispanic students attend Barton County Community College. He secured donations that helped establish a $10,000 endowment for La Oportunidad Fund more than a year ago, and since then, he’s gathered money from five businesses to grow an annual fund.
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2/14/06
Kansas Section of NACE International Establishes $1000 Annual Scholarship at Barton

Kansas Section of NACE International established a $1,000 scholarship for a Barton County Community College student during its 21st Annual Corrosion Control Seminar at the College last week. The annual scholarship will be awarded in $500 increments next fall and spring, preferably to a traditional-age student majoring in pre-engineering or science. Kansas Section of NACE International will also gift conference fees for the scholarship recipient to attend next year’s three-day corrosion control seminar where the student will receive track I training.
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2/08/06
Landmark National Bank Donates To La Oportunidad Fund

Landmark National Bank, Great Bend, donated $500 to the La Oportunidad Fund today (Wednesday) for an annually funded scholarship to be awarded to a Hispanic student attending Barton County Community College.
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1/06/06
Lois Alban Ryan Honored Nationally for Gifts to Barton County Community College

Longtime Barton County Community College supporter and former Great Bend resident Lois Alban Ryan was among 10 individuals or companies honored nationally last month in Washington, D.C., as benefactors to community colleges.
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11/18/05
Great Bend Tribune Donates To La Oportunidad Fund

Great Bend Tribune, 2012 Forest, Great Bend, donated $250 to the La Oportunidad Fund today (Friday) for an annually funded scholarship to be awarded to a Hispanic student attending Barton County Community College.
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10/4/05
Brooke Insurance & Financial Services Donates To La Oportunidad Fund

Brooke Insurance & Financial Services, 1520 Main, Great Bend, donated $250 to the La Oportunidad Fund in late September for an annually funded scholarship to be awarded to a Hispanic student attending Barton County Community College.
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9/27/05
BCCC Foundation’s Big Benefit Auction Sails With Success

The Barton County Community College Foundation went sailing and came back with a bounty of funding for Barton’s 2006-07 scholarships. The Big Benefit Auction with the theme “Sailing for Scholarships” set sail Sept. 10 at the Highland Hotel and Convention Center.
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9/12/05
Lois Alban Ryan Honored With Regional Benefactor Award

Longtime Barton County Community College supporter and former Great Bend resident Lois Alban Ryan has been recognized for her generosity to the college with the 2005 National Benefactor of the Year Award for Region VII of the Council for Resource Development. The BCCC Foundation will honor Lois locally with a reception at 5 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 29, at the Highland Hotel Poolside.
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9/6/05
Donor Appreciation Dinner Gives Barton Students Chance to Say Thank You

The Barton County Community College students who have received Foundation academic scholarships will have the opportunity to thank their donors in person on Sept. 29 when the BCCC Foundation hosts its first Donor Appreciation Dinner.
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8/15/05
Old Bill to Raise Funds for Don and Phyllis Whelan Honorarium at Big Benefit Auction

The old buffalo head known as “Old Bill” again will help raise funds for an honorarium scholarship at Barton County Community College. The BCCC Foundation will seek donations to this honorarium through bids for “Old Bill” during the 27th Annual Big Benefit Auction Sept. 10.
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8/12/05
BCCC Foundation Names New Members, Elects Officers

The Barton County Community College Foundation Board of Directors welcomed six new members at its board meeting June 1. In addition, the Board elected new officers for the 2005-06 academic year. The new members assumed their positions on the Board July 1.
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8/11/05
Sunflower Bank Donates Prize Shafer Bronze For Auction

Sunflower Bank has donated a valuable L.E. Gus Shafer bronze to be auctioned at the Barton County Community College Foundation’s 27th Annual Big Benefit Auction, Sept. 10. The bronze is such a find for collectors that the College’s Shafer Gallery, which bears the name of the late famous Western artist, doesn’t even have “Sundown” within its extensive collection of Shafer bronzes.
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8/3/05
College’s 27th Annual Big Benefit Auction Tickets Now On Sale Through Aug. 21

Tickets for Barton County Community College’s 27th Annual Big Benefit Auction, themed “Sailing For Scholarships,” went on sale Monday and are being sold through Aug. 21. This year’s auction is set for 6 to 9 p.m. Sept. 10 at the Highland Hotel Convention Center, Great Bend.
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