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Welcome to Our New Alumni Association Members
Congratulations on your achievement! We’re looking forward to seeing what comes next. Take a look back at Commencement 2022.
June 8, 2022
Annette
In Memoriam
In Memoriam: Spring 2022
James Norson Akin, former student, 87, Feb. 19, 2022, Wamego, Kansas. Christopher D. Alexander, former student, 76, Jan. 5, 2022, Oregon City, Oregon. Carlameta Anderson, ’95 MSM, 83, March 17,
June 3, 2022
Alumni Notes
Alumni News & Notes: Spring 2022
1970s Tammy (Spiva) Hawks, ’72, who is the incoming president of the Greater Kansas City Alumnae Panhellenic, was presented the gavel at Indian Hills Country Club, where 195 women gathered
June 3, 2022
Latest news
Forever Orange campaign raises $41.3 million
Baker University celebrated the end of its most successful fundraising campaign, Forever Orange, with a gala on May 7 with faculty, staff, students, alumni, and friends. At the event, University
June 2, 2022
College of Arts & Sciences
Fostering intellectual curiosity is highlight for Kopke Award winner
Since he arrived on the Baldwin City campus in the fall of 2014, Nick Pumphrey has valued connecting with Baker University students in small classes. “I sometimes will be able
June 2, 2022
Educators
Graduate education alumnus earns prestigious national teaching award
Ryan Pfeifer, ’13 MAEd, savors those moments when his students at Washburn Rural High School in Topeka, Kansas, respond to his lessons explaining complex biological processing mechanisms. “I love teaching
May 27, 2022
College of Arts & Sciences
Graduate takes English-language lessons online
Grant Sundbye, ’15, says he felt directionless before he transferred to Baker University his sophomore year. “I wasn’t really involved in anything, hadn’t decided on a major, and just kind
May 27, 2022
College of Arts & Sciences
Alumna strives to help first-gen students find their network
As a first-generation college student, Jimi (Burke) Bechtel, ’03, was grateful for the support she received from outside her family while looking into colleges. Bechtel learned of Baker from her
March 23, 2022
In Memoriam
In Memoriam: February 2022
Calvin T. Bibbs, ’80, 64, Jan. 20, 2022, Kansas City, Kansas. Gary Bracken, ’78, Zeta Chi, 66, Jan. 29, 2022, Ponca City, Oklahoma. William Buxton, ’58, Kappa Sigma, 85, Jan.
March 16, 2022