Stories that Shape Baker. Voices that Define It.
Baker Voices
Baker Voices is a storytelling series that brings you inside the lives, experiences, and perspectives of the Baker University community.
Baker Voices: Rena Fuerbringer
University Archivist and Museum Director
Rena shares how the archives serve as the living memory of Baker University — preserving stories of institutions, places, and people. She reflects on the importance of collecting and protecting our shared history, ensuring future generations understand where we’ve been and who we are.
Baker Voices: Nicholaus Pumphrey
Chair of the Dept. of History, Culture, and Society
Associate Professor of Religious Studies
In Baker’s Museum Studies Archaeological Field School, students step beyond the classroom to uncover the past by excavating the remains of the Prairie City Catholic Mission, a long-forgotten church along the Santa Fe Trail. The course blends hands-on archaeological practice with historical interpretation. Students dig, sift, and document artifacts, learning how material culture and written records come together to tell a fuller, more inclusive story of the region’s history.
Baker Voices: Alan Salts
Chief Operating Officer & Professor of Business Policy
Step inside Baker’s signature senior capstone course, Business Policy, where theory meets practice. Alan challenges students to think like executives — applying finance, marketing, and management insights to real-world case studies and strategic team projects that mirror today’s business environment.
Baker Voices: Harold Jackson
Pulitzer Prize-Winning Journalist | Class of 1975
In this exclusive alumni spotlight, Harold reflects on his 45-year career in journalism and the powerful mentorship that shaped his path at Baker.
As a student writer for The Baker Orange, Harold explored issues of civil rights, environmental justice, and the Vietnam War — experiences that prepared him to become an influential editorial voice at The Birmingham News and The Philadelphia Inquirer.