By COLE REIF
Great Bend Post
Barton Community College introduced their new Academic Integrity
Ambassadors at last week’s Board of Trustees study session. The group of six students will be the face of academic honesty at Barton.
Barton reported 122 XF grades in the 2018-2019 academic year. The XF is a
letter grade usually associated with students that are caught performing acts
of academic dishonesty, or cheating.
Barton Director of Student Academic Development Stephanie Joiner said the six
students chosen as ambassadors represent honesty, trust, responsibility,
respect, fairness and courage.
"The ambassadors were nominated by faculty and staff on all of our campuses," said Joiner. "I had the privilege of meeting them last week to get to know them."
After 2018, Barton revamped their Academic Integrity Council that works with
students on academic honesty through awareness, presentations and discussions.
In 2022, the college reported seven XF grades.
The ambassador students will be assisting with student presentations during
Barton’s Academic Integrity Week Oct. 17 - Oct. 21.
The six students selected as Academic Integrity Ambassadors are Harley Headley,
Molly Norris, Tionna Caldwell, Marina Clark, Jonathan Beers and Marcos
Gonzalez.