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Throughout the spring semester, SWAG�ϼ� faculty and staff participated in various activities that tied into USD 428’s district-wide reading of the book “Wild Robot,” which included a focus on how robots work and how they fit into the various STEM disciplines.

US Senator Jerry Moran visited SWAG�ϼ� last week to address the challenges rural students face and how the College is providing opportunities to help overcome those obstacles.

A growing topic of interest in the agricultural community from producers to government agencies is regenerative agriculture (RA).��

***THIS HAS BEEN CANCELED*** The SWAG�ϼ� Theatre Department will host a showcase by the Alithea Mime Theatre at 7:30 p.m. March 9 the Fine Arts Auditorium, and tickets are $10. The show is appropriate for ages 12 and up. For more ticket information, visit shows.bartonccc.edu.

Last week, we briefly discussed the importance of soil microorganisms and some invertebrates in the soil ecosystem and their importance to plant communities. Whether the native plant community, from grasslands and forests, or our crop plants.

Not only does the SWAG�ϼ� Foundation award hundreds of thousands of dollars in scholarships to SWAG�ϼ� students each year, but it also aims to help students succeed in all scholarship endeavors and is offering a thorough but easily digestible scholarship workshop March 5 at 2 and 6 p.m. in the Academic Development Center in the SWAG�ϼ� Library, room 136 or via zoom at .

The SWAG�ϼ� Theatre Department will present the time-honored classic musical “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang,” by Jeremy Sams, at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 29 and March 1 and 2, and at 2 p.m. March 2 and 3 in the Fine Arts Auditorium, and tickets are only available in advance.

Today, as we head towards spring, and all that it means for agriculture, let’s take time to discuss the soil as an ecosystem.��

SWAG�ϼ� has a long history of providing affordable and accessible higher education to SWAG�ϼ� County for over 50 years, and thanks to a collaborative study with the Docking Institute at Fort Hays State University, the College continues to confirm the economic benefit of the college to the county.

SWAG�ϼ� has named 245 students to the President’s List for the fall 2023 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.