January 8, 2021
Story by Joe Vinduska
Barton Community College will host a blood drive from 9 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 12 in the Technical Building in room T-186, the Case New Holland Training area. Social distancing guidelines will be followed and masks will be required.
Great Bend Tribune
Published January 3, 2021
Great Bend Tribune
Published December 27, 2020
Barton Community College offices will close for holiday break Monday, December 21. All offices will reopen Wednesday, Jan. 6. Spring semester classes will begin Tuesday, Jan. 19.
December 15, 2020
Story by Joe Vinduska
Photo by Brandon Steinert
The Barton Music Department will be featured as part of a holiday program on KAKE TV on Dec. 25 from 11 a.m. to noon. Selections from the “Virtual Holiday Concert” will be showcased along with other performances from around the state.
All videos for the concert were filmed by Coordinator of Video Julie K. Munden and Public Relations Video Student Employees Aaron Crawford and Payton Steiner, with additional videos by Dance Instructor Danika Bielek and Theatre Technical Director Leon Sobba.
December 11, 2020
Story by Joe Vinduska
Barton Community College’s Center for Adult Education will soon begin another nine-week GED Preparation Class. However, orientation sessions are required before starting the class.
Multiple delivery types are available for students to select for orientation. Students can choose between LiveOnline, Fuzion, or face-to-face sessions. LiveOnline sessions will meet exclusively via Zoom. Fuzion sessions will feature a combination of face-to-face students and Zoom students.
December 17, 2020
Story and photo by Joe Vinduska
Registered Nurse Eden Mulligan of Great Bend used Barton's services all the way from her high school equivalency degree through nursing school, and she now provides for her family with a job she loves.
It wasn’t an easy path. Mulligan overcame many hardships to get to where she is today.
Tragedy struck at the age of 16, when she lost her father in a motor vehicle accident. The toll of the loss, compounded by dysfunctional home life and alcohol abuse, sent her down a dark path.
Great Bend Tribune
Published December 6, 2020
The Barton Performing Arts Department invites the community to enjoy nostalgic, holiday-themed entertainment from the comfort of their own home as it presents its first-ever “virtual” Holiday Concert premiering at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 16.
The Drought Monitor, as of this past Tuesday, shows the pattern of last week intensifying with extreme and severe drought encompassing much of Northwest and Southwest Kansas. Most of Barton, Stafford, Pawnee, Rice, and Reno Counties are still in moderate drought.