This is college on a first-name basis. What does that mean? It means the sense of family you find here. This is a more than a community. It's the kind of place where the president stops to chat with you. Where your professors are there for you -- whether you need help with a class, somebody to talk to, or a home-cooked meal. Where people take an interest in each other. It's a sense of caring runs throughout the entire Barton campus.

Being on a first-name basis with people, having people know who you are, starts the moment you arrive. Along with our highly developed Orientation Program, which introduces you to other freshmen as well as older students, our Freshman Advising Program provides ready-made contacts with faculty members -- your freshman advisor is also your First-Year Seminar instructor. Plus, our low student-faculty ratio of 13:1 guarantees that your professors have the time to get to know you.