August 17, 2018 — Our newest Bulldogs have arrived! Barton College welcomed a new class of freshmen and transfers to campus on Thursday, Aug. 16, as parents, grandparents, and siblings helped students move their favorite items from home to their residence halls on campus. Barton College’s Welcome Weekend extends over the course of four to […]

August 14, 2018 — The “Little Light” exhibition, featuring sculpture and performance works by artist Harriet Hoover, will launch the Barton Art Galleries’ 2018-2019 season. An opening reception and gallery lecture, featuring the artist, will be held on Thursday, August 23, in Case Art Building on the campus of Barton College. The reception will begin […]

Barton College students Michaela Karriker and Sarah Gaskins help move freshman belongings into a residence hall Thursday. Drew C. Wilson | Wilson Times August 16, 2018 – Barton College welcomed a new class of freshmen Thursday to kick off its 2018 Welcome Weekend in Wilson. “It’s always great for a new beginning for a new […]

August 7, 2018 — College Consensus, one of the newest college ranking websites to date, recently announced Barton College in its 2018 “top ten” in two categories:  #8 in its Best Regional Colleges — South; and #9 in its Best Colleges & Universities in North Carolina. Recognized as an aggregate ranking, College Consensus’s rankings are […]

June 19, 2018 — The return of intercollegiate football to the Barton College campus for the first time since 1950 moved significantly closer to reality on Tuesday as school officials introduced the head coach who will lead the program’s revival. At a public ceremony on the Aileen and Bill Parish Plaza, Barton College’s President, Dr. […]

April 11, 2018 – Barton students from Professor Gerard Lange’s photography classes helped to install exhibitions for the upcoming Eyes on Main Street Outdoor Photo Festival in Downtown Wilson, on Wednesday, April 11. This is the fourth year that Barton Students have volunteered to help festival organizer and artistic director Jerome De Perlinghi mount large-scale […]

March 23, 2018 – Ivana Beck is the current visiting artist at Barton College. Originally from Serbia, she moved to the United States 15 years ago and has resided in Raleigh, North Carolina for 1 ½ years. Beck is a mother and a full-time artist who aspires to be a teacher as well. Her primary […]

March 22, 2018 – In response to the Blackout Poetry event hosted by the Diversity and Inclusion, the Barton Art League created a Zine to document the event. A zine is an improvised magazine made on a copy machine. During the event students created poetry by adapting famous texts by civil rights leaders. Participants “blacked […]

By Lindsey Winstead A Barton student and a professor have teamed up to form a running club on campus. Freshman Shelby Smith and Dr. Elizabeth Dennis, associate professor of English, are organizing the new club. Both are avid runners, and their love for recreational running has inspired them to create the club. “I started running […]