Baker College News

A 25,000-square-foot center is expected to be ready by next fall for visitors to the Baker College of Jackson campus.

The economic crisis is taking a major toll on the retail industry. As big chains stores and restaurants continue to scale back, they are leaving behind a number of vacant stores across the country and even in Mid-Michigan. In some cases, the buildings can sit vacant for years.

The Genesee Regional Chamber of Commerce has recognized 10 area businesses and individuals for their achievements in the community.

Baker College veterinary tech students Maria Bommarito, left, Holly Mays and Heather Dixon react as a mouse runs up Mays arm in a surgical suite at Transpharm in Napoleon.

Ryan Joseph Sheedy and Courtney Ann Hart along with their parents, proudly announce their engagement.

Mercy Regional Cancer Center will have its 18th annual Cancer Care Symposium from 7:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Nov.

Edwin and Phyllis Hopper of Muskegon had good reason on Oct. 20 to celebrate their 69th wedding anniversary at Baker College's Culinary Institute of Michigan at Clay Avenue and Third Street in downtown Muskegon.

For the second time in just over a year, the culinary chief has left Baker College.

Warren -- After 22 years as a contract employee at the General Motors Tech Center, Tim Jarrell found himself laid off and looking for another career about four years ago.

Baker College's largest investment in Muskegon, the new Culinary Institute of Michigan, gives students real-world experience in a restaurant and a coffee and pastry shop that are open to the public.

A view of redeveloped downtown Muskegon at Third St. and W. Western Ave. The city has made progress toward realizing its Imagine Muskegon plan for a "city center" of commercial and residential developments.

With half an hour yet until the start of class, several students had already arrived at the Spring Arbor University campus in Jackson.

Ruth and Chris Sorensen from Nunica admire Baker College's Culinary Institute of Michigan at the open house on Saturday afternoon.

When Erin Moon began considering college plans, she realized finances were going to be a challenge.

"That's where all the money is going to," said Jonathan Owens as he referred to his 1-year-old daughter, Joselyn.

There is record enrollment at several Mid Michigan Colleges, and they're now dealing with an inconvenient side effect: not enough parking.

Many of us remember college dorm rooms that were cold, drab and dull. Several students at Baker College of Owosso are living in apartments that are spacious, colorful and fun.

Andrea Cooper led a suicide and rape awareness presentation Sept. 30 in Hall Auditorium to Miami University students, faculty and Oxford town citizens to further the understanding of domestic violence awareness month.

One youth openly wept - the result of a frustrating afternoon trying to obtain financial aid so she could attend Baker College of Muskegon this fall.

As United Way campaigns are under way, we can not be discouraged about the unemployment rate or the current state budget crisis.