Welcome to the Baker family
Support Your Wildcat
First of all, congratulations! We are so happy to welcome you and your family into our own.
Here is a page designed to make your time as a Wildcat family as easy as possible. Keep up to date on the happenings on campus and learn all there is to know about Baker University.
Services & Resources
Health & Safety
Residence Life
Student Activities & Involvement
Baker Outreach Network
If you have a concern about your student that you would like to make us aware of or seek help with, let us know by submitting the form below to the Baker Outreach Network, which consists of Student Academic Success, Academic Advising, the Registrar, and the Dean of Student offices. All information will remain private and is recorded in an access-restricted reporting system. You will be contacted with an update.
Directions to Campus
From Kansas City
Take I-35 south to the Gardner exit (Exit 210). Follow US-56 to Baldwin City (about 15 miles).
From Wichita
Take I-35 to the US highway 59 N exit (exit 188) toward Lawrence. Merge onto highway 59 N, and proceed north to the junction of 59 and highway 56 (about 10 miles). Go east on 56 to Baldwin City (about 5 miles).
From Lawrence
Take highway 59 south to the junction of highways 59 and 56 (about 10 miles). Go east on 56 to Baldwin City (about 5 miles).
How to Mail a Package
| Address for Students Baker University Student Name 615 Dearborn St., Lower Level Baldwin City KS 66006 |
University Address Baker University 615 Dearborn Street PO Box 65 Baldwin City, KS 66006 |
Packages cannot be delivered to Baker living quarters. They will be delivered to the Mail and Copy Center, which is open only on weekdays, so do not pay for Saturday or Sunday delivery.
If the package will be delivered by Amazon, please download this PDF and follow the instructions to ensure your package arrives safely to Baker.
Students will receive an email from mailsvcs@bakerU.edu if they have a package. Packages will either be in a parcel locker or in the Mail and Copy Center. Students will receive a separate email for mail, and this is held in the Mail and Copy Center.
If you order something for your student, please make sure their name and not yours is on the package. This is important because our database has only the student name in it, not the parents. If a package comes in without a valid name, we scan it into our system under the name of the Mail and Copy Center director. If the student can provide the tracking number, we can look it up in our system, and the package will be released to the student.
A small refrigerator is available for perishable items. We work closely with Residence Life to ensure these items are picked up as soon as possible. Other than medications, perishable items will be held seven calendar days and then tossed.
All other packages will be held for two months and then either returned, raffled off (free), or tossed.
Making the Transition
Choosing to attend college is a big decision, one that some students do not always make for themselves. For many, attending college is just the next logical step because they have been expected to attend. For others, the decision is more life changing, especially if they are the first in their family to attend college or have had to sacrifice greatly to get here.
A third group are not the traditional first-year students or even of college age because they went a different direction after high school and are now making the choice to complete their degrees.
No matter the category students identify as theirs, the transitions ahead cannot be overlooked. They play a huge role in their future successes.