Great Bend Tribune
Published March 10, 2019
March 8, 2019
Story by Brandon Steinert
Barton Community College has been providing affordable and accessible higher education to Barton County for almost 50 years, and the question of what exactly taxpayers are getting for their money comes up every year at tax time.
The college’s Institutional Effectiveness Department has attempted to make the return on investment easy to understand and as simple as one number. The answer they have provided is for every $1 in taxes, Barton County residents enjoy a return of $2.76 injected into the local economy.
March 8, 2019
Story by Brandon Steinert
Barton Community College will present a Vocal Masterclass on Saturday, March 23rd, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Dorothy Moses Morrison Chapel.
Clinicians from the contemporary ensemble, The Meadowlark Project, from the University of Kansas will serve as the master teachers beginning at 2 p.m., followed by their own performance of “Sounds of the Plains” at 7 p.m. in the Chapel, located in the Fine Arts building.
March 7, 2019
Story and photo by Brandon Steinert
March 5, 2018
Story and photo by Brandon Steinert
The cost of education is more often than not a barrier to people hoping to improve their lives and advance their families’ situations. The Barton Community College Foundation makes it a point to help students transcend this barrier, and one of its biggest annual fundraising efforts is the Academic Enrichment Fund (AEF) Campaign, held throughout the month of March.
March 4, 2019
Story by Brandon Steinert
Barton Community College will have no classes during its spring break from March 11-15. Barton’s offices will remain open through March 13, but will be closed March 14 and 15.
The college’s regular class schedule and business hours will resume Monday, March 18.
Great Bend Tribune
Published March 3, 2019
March 1, 2019
Story and portrait by Brandon Steinert
Ana Cristina Potoret, a native of Germany, recently earned her US Citizenship in the summer of 2018. She’ll tell you how much she loves Fort Leavenworth, the state of Kansas and the United States.
She has visited 38 countries has lived in Hungary, Romania and Germany.
Kansas, she says, is her home. But she wasn’t always so sure.
February 28, 2019
Story by Brandon Steinert
Barton Community College will offer a Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) refresher course 8 a.m.-5 p.m. March 11-12 in the Adult Healthcare Lab, T-119.
This 15 contact-hour course is approved by the Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services (KDADS) for a Kansas CNA who has gone inactive and wishes to reactive their credential. It is a state requirement to pass a refresher course to reactivate CNA credentials.
February 27, 2019
Story by Dave Barnes & Brandon Steinert
The Shafer Art Gallery’s latest exhibit is “Biodiversity in the Art of Carel Pieter Brest van Kempen,” produced by David J. Wagner, L.L.C. It is the latest installment of The CUNA Mutual Retirement Solutions Art and Science Encounter Series. The exhibit is scheduled for March 1 through April 18, with a public reception to kick off the exhibit at 6:30 p.m. Friday, March 8.