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Shafer Gallery to host clay flower making workshop “Fantastic Flowers”

 
June 30, 2016
Story by Joe Vinduska

The Shafer Art Gallery will host a clay flower making workshop titled “Fantastic Flowers” in conjunction with the “Eufloria” exhibit from 2-4 p.m. July 14 and 21. The first class will be creating the flowers and the second will be painting and surface decoration.

Guest artist Christina Lamoureaux will lead the class and participants will create flowers from paperclay using a fun, lyrical process.

The class is for ages 10 to adult. A donation of $10 is suggested.

Barton Community College students named to President’s List for spring 2016

 

June 28, 2016
Story by Joe Vinduska

Barton Community College has named 250 students to the President’s List for the spring 2016 semester.  To qualify for this honor, students must have been enrolled in a minimum of 12 credit hours and maintained a grade point average of 4.0 on a 4.0 or "A" letter scale.

Abilene
Erik Hageman
Kathryn Hinkle
Tana Stafford

Albert
Coryell Deege

Basehor
Caleb Brown

Bison
Jenny Shaw

Barton Community College students named to Dean’s List for spring 2016

 
June 28, 2016
Story by Joe Vinduska

Barton Community College has named 255 students to the Dean’s List for the spring 2016 semester.  To qualify for this honor, students must have been enrolled in a minimum of 12 credit hours and maintained a grade point average of 3.5 to 3.99 on a 4.0 or "A" letter scale.

Abilene
Cheyenne Cody-Maas

Basehor
Chellcy Miller

Bushton
Julee McAtee

Chapman
Stephen Fries
Courtney Morgan
James Starr

Barton Community College prepares soldiers for transition to civilian life

June 23, 2016
Story and photo by Brandon Steinert

Barton Community College, in conjunction with the National Partnership for Environmental Technology Education (PETE), has been offering a 10-day Hazardous Waste Worker Training Program at military installations across the country. Most recently, the program was offered at Fort Riley.

The training is paid for by a grant from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS). The course is geared toward transitioning soldiers, retirees and family members at no cost.

Mexico native earns U.S. citizenship through Barton naturalization classes

Great Bend entrepreneur Miriam Garcia’s days of renewing her work visa will soon be over, and she’ll officially be a U.S. citizen.

Garcia’s mother brought her to the United States from Mexico more than a decade ago to escape a difficult life circumstance in pursuit of a brighter future. Her mother worked at a meat packing plant in Dodge City to support the family. After graduating high school, Garcia landed a job at a local appliance store.

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