Baker College to celebrate graduates in Flint

FLINT TOWNSHIP, Mich. – Baker College’s Online/Graduate Studies and Flint campus will honor nearly 1,700 graduates in June.

The 2017 commencement ceremony for the 1,061 graduates of Baker College Online/Center for Graduate Studies was Friday, June 2, at The Whiting, Flint. The commencement ceremony for approximately 600 students from Baker College’s Flint and Cass City campuses is 1 p.m., Sunday, June 11, at Dort Federal Credit Union Event Center, 3501 Lapeer Road, Flint.

“It is with great honor that we present the 2017 class of Baker College graduates,” said Wen Hemingway, MBA, CTP, Baker College of Flint president. “We’re proud that they chose Baker College to prepare them to fulfill their goals as so many others have done since the college was founded in 1911.”

2017 marks the first graduates of the new Baker College electrical engineering bachelor’s degree program, which was first launched at the Flint campus.

An outstanding student in each of the Flint campus’ career programs will be recognized at the June 11 commencement ceremony.

Baker College employees among this year’s graduates are:

• Danielle Duncan, of Grand Blanc, surgical technology/sterile processing program director – master’s degree in healthcare administration.
• Rebecca Richmond, of Birch Run, medical assisting program coordinator – master’s degree in education.
• Catherine Ann Trammel, of Howell, nursing faculty member – master’s degree in nursing.
• Kathleen Kyle, of Grand Blanc, nursing faculty member – master’s degree in nursing.
• Jill Witzman, of Flint, nursing faculty member – master’s degree in nursing.

At the Online/Graduate Studies commencement ceremony, Baker College Career Advisor Lisa Grundy, of Grand Blanc, earned an MBA in leadership studies. She walked together with her daughter, Halley Hutchins, of Flint, who received a medical assistant associate degree.

For more information about Baker College career programs, contact Kevin Pnacek in the admissions office at 810.766.4000 or kevin.pnacek@baker.edu or visit www.baker.edu.

The largest private college in Michigan, Baker College is a not-for-profit higher education institution accredited by the Higher Learning Commission. Founded in 1911, Baker College grants doctoral, master’s, bachelor’s and associate degrees, as well as certificates in diverse academic fields including applied technology, business, education, engineering, health science, information technology and social science. Baker College has on-ground campuses throughout Michigan and offers online programs that can be completed 100 percent online without ever visiting a campus. In 2016, the Online Learning Consortium recognized Baker College Online with the OLC Quality Scorecard Exemplary Endorsement, the highest ranking for online higher education programs. For information, visit www.baker.edu or follow Baker College on Twitter, @bakercollege, or on Facebook, www.facebook.com/bakercollege.

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It was a mother-daughter event at the Baker College Online/Graduate Studies commencement ceremony June 2. Lisa Grundy, of Grand Blanc, earned an MBA in leadership studies, and her daughter, Halley Hutchins, of Flint, received a medical assistant associate degree. The commencement ceremony for Baker College’s Flint and Cass City campuses is June 11.