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Barton Named Top 200
for Aspen Prize
The Aspen Institute has named Barton Community College as one of the 200 institutions eligible to compete for the $1 million Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence.
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Adult Education
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Current Kansas high school students can save money on Barton classes with new tuition rates ($50 per credit hour) or scholarship rates ($75 per credit hour)!
Events
College News
Barton Community College has been selected as a key research partner in the new Prison Education Action Research Lab (PEARL), which is being launched this year by the University of Utah with an $8 million award from Ascendium Education Group.
The Central Kansas Community Choir (CKCC), in conjunction with Barton’s Music Department, will host a festive evening of sacred and secular choral music to welcome the holiday season at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 8 at the First United Methodist Church Great Bend at 2123 Forest Ave., in Great Bend.
Students taking lessons through Barton’s Community Music School will host a recital at 1 p.m. Dec. 6 in the Dorothy Morrison Chapel in the Fine Arts Building.
Barton at Fort Riley student 21-year-old Chris Boothe grew up hearing his father’s stories about analyzing fingerprints and other evidence, so it is no surprise he has chosen to pursue a career in the same field to help law enforcement as part of a crime scene investigation team.
The Barton Performing Arts Department invites the community to enjoy nostalgic, holiday-themed entertainment, as well as the induction of the second class into the Fine and Performing Arts Hall of Fame, at its annual holiday concert at 7:30 p.m. on Dec. 4 in the Fine Arts Auditorium.
Barton Community College will be closed for Thanksgiving break Nov. 26 through Nov. 28. The college will resume its regular schedule on Dec. 1.





