Alumni Weekend, May 18-20, is the place for all Baker University alumni to reconnect, rediscover and renew their ties to friends and thier alma mater.
Latest Stories
As the University speeds toward our two commencement weekends, our retiring faculty members will commence new starts and new beginnings at the same time as do our graduating students.
It’s been quite a year! Read about our outstanding students, faculty, staff and initiatives from each of our schools this past academic year.
The research and critical thinking skills senior Andrew Woodworth has honed at Baker have prepared him for future graduate studies at Kings College in London.
Charles Agro, ’79, shares his experiences as a Baker student and athlete while delivering the keynote address at the 71st annual NAIA National Convention.
Several months ago, Executive Cabinet members as a group read five books so we could select the single book that would become the “common reading” book for our CAS freshman in the fall of 2012. We have chosen a riveting and true story, and now you can experience a reading assignment just like a current student.
Diane “Wilson” Blackwelder, ’70, will be named the next National President of Alpha Chi Omega and is slated to be elected at the national convention in July in St. Louis. An alumna of the Omicron chapter of Alpha Chi Omega on the Baker University campus, Blackwelder served as the chair of the Alpha Chi Omega Foundation for four years and a trustee for eight and was named to the National Council as a vice president in 1996.
Baker University junior Lauren Breithaupt was recently selected to participate in the American Psychological Association’s Summer Science Fellowship, which begins June 16 at George Mason University in Fairfax, Va. Breithaupt has been working on a prestigious honorary research fellow at Huntercombe Hospital in Edinburgh, Scotland, during the 2011-12 academic year.
Baker University’s national success during the winter sports season has resulted in a lofty ranking for the Wildcats’ athletic program.
With more than 36 years of private and public sector experience in banking, city management and K-12 education, Robert Hammond, ’72, had an extensive resume when nearly a year ago he was appointed Commissioner of Education for Colorado.












