Five Barton instructors earned the Distinguished Instructor Award for the 2017-2018 school year for their efforts in the classroom. The winners are:Oleg Ravitskiy – Great Bend campus (Full-time)Kayci Strickland – Great Bend campus (Adjunct)James Henderson – Grandview Plaza campus (Full-time)Makenzie Maldonado– Grandview Plaza campus (Adjunct)Randy Klinger – Fort Leavenworth campus (Adjunct) The Distinguished Instructor Award for full-time faculty was created in 1984 to recognize teaching excellence. Faculty members are nominated by their peers and then evaluated by a committee including Barton students, a previous Distinguished Instructor Award recipient, members of the Barton Foundation, Board of Trustees and community members.