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By Elvyn Jones
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April 30, 2014
- As Baker University band director, Ray James can’t go out quietly. The end of the semester is always a busy time for the school’s music department, and this year is no different. There’s a concert every day this week as James prepares to retire from Baker after 17 years.
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April 22, 2014
- The choral division of Baker University’s Department of Music and Theatre will present Spring Sing at 7:30 p.m. Friday, May 2, at Baldwin First United Methodist Church.
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April 22, 2014
- The Baker Orange newspaper and its accompanying website, thebakerorange.com, recently earned several state and national honors.
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April 22, 2014
- The Baker University Jazz Ensemble, under the direction of Baker Professor of Music J.D. Parr, will host the Chris Grubb Memorial Jazz Scholarship Concert at 7:30 p.m., Thursday, May 1, at Rice Auditorium.
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Special to the Signal
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April 16, 2014
- Dustin Turner, a Baker University junior from Overbrook, has been awarded a scholarship from the National Federation of the Blind based on his performance in the classroom, an essay competition and campus activities.
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April 10, 2014
- Registration is being accepted through June 1 for the Broadway at Baker and Music Theatre for Young People summer camps. The camps will be from July 6 through 13 and July 20 through 27. Students 13 to 18 years of age will gain stage skills during weeklong intensive preparation, which end with theater performances.
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By Elvyn Jones
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April 9, 2014
- Although she’s new to her position as Baker University health and counseling service coordinator, Sherri Pahcoddy is aware of the potential life-saving importance of the Community Wellness Festival she is organizing. The past two years, she helped her predecessor Ruth Sarna organize the health fair, Pahcoddy said.
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April 2, 2014
- The Baker University Choirs (Cathy Crispino, conductor) will join voices with the Johnson County Chorus (Anita Cyrier, conductor) for the Midwest premiere of Mark Hayes’ “Requiem” at 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 4, in Rice Auditorium, 404 Eighth St. on Baker’s Baldwin City campus.
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March 28, 2014
- Folk and jazz singer Erin Bode will return to the Baldwin City campus for a free concert at 7:30 p.m., Monday, April 7, at McKibbin Recital Hall. Joined by Adam Maness (keyboards and guitar), Syd Rodway (bass) and Tara Santiago (cello), Bode will sing many songs from her latest and recent
album, “Be Still, My Soul.”
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March 28, 2014
- The 13th annual Community Wellness Festival, sponsored by the Baldwin City Recreation Commission and Baker University, is scheduled for 9 a.m. to noon, Saturday, April 12, at the Collins Center on the Baldwin City campus.
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By Elvyn Jones
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March 20, 2014
- As the longtime former Baker University athletic director, Dan Harris knows how busy the Collins Center is. Collins is not only the home for Baker’s winter sports of men’s and women’s basketball and wrestling, but the school’s baseball, softball, soccer and track teams use the facility for their preseason or off-season conditioning, Harris said.
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March 11, 2014
- Ira DeSpain, the minister to Baker University since 1992, will deliver his “Last Lecture” at 9 p.m., Wednesday, March 26, at Rice Auditorium. The event is part of a series hosted by Baker’s Student Activities Council. The public is welcome to attend.
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March 5, 2014
- Katelin Colby, a Baker University senior from Paola, placed third in creative nonfiction essays at Sigma Tau Delta International 2014 on Feb. 26-March 1 in Savannah, Ga. More than 1,000 students and faculty attended the English honors society event featuring the best student writers in the country.
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March 5, 2014
- Tyler Sloan, a junior exercise science major from Kansas City, Kan., has been named Baker University’s Student Leader of the Month for February.
