Barton Art Galleries presents Gabe Duggan’s “Certain Mobilities” Exhibition
2025-02-03 - 2025-03-07 | Barton Art Galleries
For additional information, contact the Barton Art Galleries at artgalleries@barton.edu or call 252-399-6476.

Opening Reception for Gabe Duggan’s “Certain Mobilities” Exhibition
2025-02-06 17:00 - 19:00 UTC | Barton Art Galleries
5 p.m. – 7 p.m., Opening Reception
6 p.m., Gallery Talk

Barton Art Galleries, Case Art Building
For additional information, contact the Barton Art Galleries at artgalleries@barton.edu or call 252-399-6476.

Barton College/Wilson Symphony Orchestra’s “Love the Symphony”
2025-02-14 18:00 - 21:00 | Wilson Gymnasium
6:15 p.m. Reception
7 p.m., Symphony Performance
8 p.m., Dinner

Wilson Gymnasium
Detailed information coming soon. Reservations required.

Barton College Homegrown Writers Series
2025-02-18 19:00 - 21:00 | Barton Art Galleries
Featuring student authors
Barton Art Galleries, Case Art Building
For additional information, contact Michael Brantley, Associate Professor of English, at mkbrantley@barton.edu or 252-399-6370.

Honors Faculty Lecture Series: Charlie Ottinger, Ph.D.
2025-03-03 12:00 - 12:30 | Hackney Library
Honors Faculty Lecture Series
Semester Theme: Resistance
Featured speaker: Charlie Ottinger, Ph.D.
Learning Commons, Hackney Library
For additional information, contact Gerard Lange, Director of the Whitehurst Family Honors Program, at glange@barton.edu or 252-399-6475.

About Dr. Ottinger:
Dr. Charlie Ottinger is an assistant professor in the School of Health Sciences. Dr. Ottinger earned his bachelor’s degree in exercise science from Ball State University in 2015 as well as a master’s degree in exercise science with a concentration in sport performance in 2017. In 2022, Dr. Ottinger earned his PhD in human performance from Concordia University of Chicago with specific attention to strength and conditioning and biomechanics. Charlie is also a certified strength and conditioning specialist (CSCS) and an American College of Sports Medicine certified Exercise Physiologist (ACSM-EP) and has over a decade of personal training and strength and conditioning experience. Charlie has competed in numerous sports, including baseball, football, and elite powerlifting, with mountain biking being his latest adventure. Charlie’s research interests include acute and chronic adaptations to resistance training variables as well as the biomechanical determinants of training quality.
Charlie lives in Wendell with his wife and their numerous dogs and cats. They love all things outdoors and travel – especially if good food is involved.

Honors Faculty Lecture Series: Shawn P. McCauley, M.A.
2025-03-10 12:00 - 12:30 | Hackney Library
Honors Faculty Lecture Series
Semester Theme: Resistance
Featured Speaker: Shawn P. McCauley, M.A.
Learning Commons, Hackney Library
For additional information, contact Gerard Lange, Director of the Whitehurst Family Honors Program, at glange@barton.edu or 252-399-6475.

Theatre at Barton presents “Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery”
2025-03-13 - 2025-03-16 | Kennedy Family Theatre, Woodard St NE, Wilson, NC
Holmes and Watson are at it again in this madcap comedy by Ken Ludwig (also known for “Lend Me a Tenor” and “Moon Over Buffalo”). It is a murderously funny adventure with Sherlock Holmes on the case, as the heirs of the Baskerville line are suddenly disappearing one by one. Can our heroes discover the truth in time? Elementary.
March 13-15, 7:30 p.m.
March 16, 3 p.m.
With limited seating capacity, advance reservations are required at www.barton.edu/theatre
$15 adults; $10 seniors (60+), military, and Barton faculty/staff Barton students – free admission with I.D. and advance reservation. For additional information, email theatre@barton.edu or call 252-399-6492.

Honors Faculty Lecture Series: Mark Basinger, Ph.D.
2025-03-17 12:00 - 12:30 | Hackney Library
Honors Faculty Lecture Series
Semester Theme: Resistance
Featured speaker: Mark Basinger, Ph.D.
Learning Commons, Hackney Library
For additional information, contact Gerard Lange, Director of the Whitehurst Family Honors Program, at glange@barton.edu or 252-399-6475.

About Dr. Basinger:
Dr. Mark Basinger came to Barton College in 2000 from Southeast Missouri State University where he completed a one-year teaching appointment in the Department of Biology. His previous research focused on vascular plant inventories of natural areas and study of flooding and windstorm damage, along with short-term recovery, in two old-growth forests in southern Illinois. Basinger has over 15 years of summer work experience with the Shawnee National Forest and has done a wide variety of ecological and floristic projects for the forest service. He is considered an expert on the vascular plants of the eastern United States. He teaches many of the introductory biology, botany/environmental science, and field biology courses at Barton including Principles of Biology I and II; Organismal Biology; Non-Vascular and Vascular Plants, and Exploring the North Carolina Coast, Coastal Plain, and Mountains.

The Victor R. Small Writers Series
2025-03-19 19:00 - 20:00 | Howard Chapel
Featured Speaker: Joseph Bathanti
For additional information, contact Michael Brantley, Associate Professor of English, at mkbrantley@barton.edu or 252-399-6370.

Barton Art Galleries and Friends of Visual Arts present Artist-in-Residence Alia El-Bermani’s “Of Bone and Soil” Exhibition
2025-03-31 - 2025-04-12 | Barton Art Galleries
(Artist-in-Residency will run from March 31 – April 12)
Community Workshops: April 5 and 12, from 10 am. to 4 p.m.
For additional information, contact the Barton Art Galleries at artgalleries@barton.edu or call 252-399-6476.

Honors Faculty Lecture Series: Lauren Biscardi, Ph.D, M.S., M.B.A
2025-03-31 12:00 - 12:30 | Hackney Library
Honors Faculty Lecture Series
Semester Theme: Resistance
Featured speaker: Lauren Biscardi, Ph.D, M.S., M.B.A
Learning Commons, Hackney Library
For additional information, contact Gerard Lange, Director of the Whitehurst Family Honors Program, at glange@barton.edu or 252-399-6475.

About Dr. Biscardi:
Dr. Lauren Biscardi is an assistant professor in the School of Allied Health and Sport Studies. She earned her bachelor’s degree in business management with a concentration in marketing from Stony Brook University in 2009 and her master’s degree in business administration with a concentration in information technology management from the University at Albany in 2011. She earned her master’s of sport science with a concentration in strength and conditioning from Hofstra University. She earned her Ph.D. in education with a concentration in kinesiology from George Mason University. She holds her certified strength and conditioning specialist (CSCS,*D) and sports nutritionist (CISSN) certifications. Dr. Biscardi has taught at the college level for 10 years prior to joining the Barton community. She competed as a Division I athlete in college and remains active coaching track and field. Her research interests include studying sport and exercise from a social cognitive perspective.

Opening Reception for “Of Bone and Soil” Exhibition by Alia El-Bermani
2025-04-03 17:00 - 19:00 | Hackney Library
5 p.m. – 7 p.m., Opening Reception
6 p.m., Gallery Talk
For additional information, contact the Barton Art Galleries at artgalleries@barton.edu or call 252-399-6476.

Honors Faculty Lecture Series: Greg Bauer, D.H.Sc.
2025-04-07 12:00 - 12:30 | Hackney Library
Honors Faculty Lecture Series
Semester Theme: Resistance
Featured speaker: Greg Bauer, D.H.Sc.
Learning Commons, Hackney Library
For additional information, contact Gerard Lange, Director of the Whitehurst Family Honors Program, at glange@barton.edu or 252-399-6475.

About Dr. Bauer:
Dr. Greg Bauer began his career at Barton in 1997 and has served in numerous roles over his tenure. Most recently, Dr. Bauer served as the Dean of New Learning, and Healthcare Administration Program Director as well as providing faculty support and education as an online learning expert. Dr. Bauer has recently taken on a role in the School of Business with a focus on the MBA program and graduate education.
Dr. Bauer is rooted in the philosophy that the best professors are those who stay current and relevant in their field. Practicing this ideology himself, Dr. Bauer splits his time between Barton College and the business world, by continuing to work in a number of roles in the healthcare industry, including clinical practice and administration. He has a special interest in emergency management and disaster preparedness in healthcare and continues to work both domestically and internationally in these roles. He is a frequent speaker at national conferences in the area of healthcare preparedness, emergency management, and workforce development.
In addition to his roles at Barton College and in the healthcare industry, Dr. Bauer continues to serve as a sworn law enforcement officer in eastern North Carolina. He is also an avid runner and triathlete and can often be found running marathons all over the East Coast.

Barton College/Wilson Symphony Orchestra’s Spring Concert
2025-04-13 15:00 - 17:00 | Kennedy Family Theatre, Woodard St NE, Wilson, NC
$15 per ticket or by season ticket. Reservations required.
For additional information, contact Bonnie LoSchiavo at blloschiavo@barton.edu or 252-399- 6559.

K.D. Kennedy, Jr. Rare Book Room & Special Collections Forum
2025-04-15 16:30 - 18:00 | Hackney Library
Featured Presenters: Dr. Bill Hunt, Dr. Lydia Walker, Naija Speight
Student Speakers: Terra Schmidt and Jack Welch
Attendees will be presented with a sample of items in the collection that may spur further interest or become a source for use in the classroom, and as a research resource for students.
Sponsored by the Barton College School of Arts and Humanities and Willis N. Hackney Library, this event is free and open to the public. For more information, contact Michael Brantley, Jordan Chair of Southern Literature, at mkbrantley@barton.edu.

Days of Scholarship and Engagement
2025-04-28
Full schedule coming soon.
For additional information, contact Gerard Lange, Director of the Whitehurst Family Honors Program, at glange@barton.edu or 252-399-6475.

Barton College Choir Spring Concert
2025-04-30 19:00 - 20:00 | Kennedy Family Theatre, Woodard St NE, Wilson, NC
Joyful voices sharing music to welcome the sounds of spring.
No admission charge. Reservations are not required. For additional information, contact Sherry Lee Allen, Theatre at Barton, at slallen@barton.edu or 252-399-6492.

Theatre at Barton presents “Student Produced Works and Spoken Word”
2025-05-02 19:30 - 21:00 | Kennedy Family Theatre, Woodard St NE, Wilson, NC
Join us as we celebrate our students’ original works, plays. stories, poems, thoughts, and heartfelt messages to enlighten or shine a spotlight upon a relevant issue in today’s society. Listen to what other others are saying out loud and proud.
Admission is free; no reservations are required. For additional information, email theatre@barton.edu or call 252-399-6492.

Barton Art Galleries presents the Spring 2025 Senior Exhibition
2025-05-05 - 2025-05-15 | Barton Art Galleries

Opening Reception for the Spring 2025 Senior Exhibition
2025-05-08 17:00 - 19:00 | Barton Art Galleries

Baccalaureate Service
2025-05-16 16:00 - 17:00 | Howard Chapel
For additional information, contact Alysun Skinner, Chaplain of the College, at alskinner@barton.edu or 252-399-6372.

123rd Commencement
2025-05-17 10:30 - 12:00 | Center Campus
For additional information, Sheila Milne, registrar, at 252-399-6326 or smilne@barton.edu
