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September 29, 2014
- Leonard Ortiz, associate professor of history and the Susan Perry chair of the American West at Baker University, has been elected to the board of directors for the Kansas Humanities Council.
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September 25, 2014
- A bur oak tree will be planted at 1:30 p.m., Sunday, Sept. 28, in front of Old Castle, 511 Fifth St., in honor of Henry Barricklow, one of the founders of Baker University. The public is welcome to attend.
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September 25, 2014
- Old Castle Hall on the Baker’s Baldwin City campus will be open on Saturday, Sept. 27, as part of the Smithsonian Magazine’s 10th annual Museum Day. Admission is free.
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By Elvyn Jones
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September 15, 2014
- Community-minded Baker University students traded food for fun Friday at the Baldwin City Fire Station.
After preparing enough Mexican food to feed 20 Baldwin City Fire Department firefighters, members of the Baker University’s Community Service Organization, or Baker Community Serve, were afforded the chance to climb into the cab of the department’s ladder truck.
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By Elvyn Jones
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September 10, 2014
- As they walked between classes Wednesday on the Baker University campus, freshmen Amanda Love and Rachel Lund were already aware the school had been named the top regional university in the state and the 44th such university in the Midwest. Moreover, the two freshmen said they were aware Baker was on the list last year when they were deciding where they would go to college.
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September 4, 2014
- The Baldwin City Chamber of Commerce/Baker University mixer will be from 4:30 to 6 p.m. Friday at The Lodge.
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By Elvyn Jones
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September 1, 2014
- Baker University freshmen Carson Ferren and Sydnie Hanson didn’t expect to enroll at a school so close to their Overland Park homes when they started looking at where they would spend their college years.
“I thought I would go farther from home,” Hansen said as she walked Friday from class to class on Baker’s Baldwin City campus.
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By Elvyn Jones
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August 26, 2014
- New light-filled Pat Long Student Activities Center with Starbucks, Jamba Juice and high-tech study rooms completed in Harter Union
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Steve Rottinghaus
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August 22, 2014
- Before becoming a professor in 2005 at Baker University, Joe Watson worked 15 years in television news and four years in public relations.
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Steve Rottinghaus
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August 21, 2014
- Ever since she participated in grade-school oratorical contests, Lynne Murray has been comfortable in front of a crowd.
An essay contest sponsored by the local American Legion in Ridge, Md., piqued Murray’s interest as a second-grader. She entered and placed first for her entry in “What America Means to Me” and received a government bond. Since that moment, Murray savors those times when she can speak before a crowd.
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August 14, 2014
- Baldwin City residents are again invited to join the Baker University Community Choir under the direction of Cathy Crispino, Baker interim director of choir activities.
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August 13, 2014
- Colleges of Distinction, a guidebook highlighting four-year colleges and universities that are considered “hidden gems,” has recognized Baker University in its 2014-2015 publication.
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By Elvyn Jones
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July 30, 2014
- When asked to name her favorite item in Baker University’s prized Quayle Bible Collection, Kay Bradt qualifies her answer with the that acknowledgement it changes regularly as she researches and studies the collection.
There’s a lot for the Baker University director of library services to choose from in the collection housed in the Spencer Wing of Baker’s Collins Library.
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July 28, 2014
- Face to Face is a weekly feature highlighting those who live or work in Baldwin City. Each week the Signal will pick one person to highlight in the community. This week we meet Baker University’s new campus minister Kevin Hopkins
