Press Release - May 27, 2005 BAKER COLLEGE CENTER FOR GRADUATE STUDIES AND BAKER ONLINE TO HOLD GRADUATION CEREMONY FLINT, Mich. - The 2005 graduation ceremony for Baker College Center for Graduate Studies and Baker Online will be held Friday, June 3, at 7:00 p.m., at Whiting Auditorium in Flint. A total of 744 students will graduate from Baker College Center for Graduate Studies and Baker Online, including 336 MBA and 408 undergraduate candidates. Officiating the commencement ceremony will be Dr. Michael Heberling, Baker College Center for Graduate Studies president, and Dr. Julia Teahen, Baker College Online president. Keynote speaker for the graduation ceremony will be Baker Online master of business administration (MBA) student, Dennis Kaufman, a design engineering project manager for Methode Electronics in Carthage, Illinois. Kaufman is currently completing his Baker MBA with dual concentrations in industrial management and finance. A 13-year automotive industry veteran, Kaufman has been honored for his innovative design and development of electro-mechanic devices and holds eight U.S. patents. An annual highlight of the graduation is an opportunity for the graduates and Baker Online faculty to "chat" for the first time face-to-face. More than 70 Baker Online educators from across the United States will attend the graduation ceremony, following Baker's second annual Online Summer Faculty Conference at the Flint campus, June 2-3. The Baker Center for Graduate Studies and Baker Online are part of Baker College, the largest private college in Michigan. Both are accredited by the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools. The Center for Graduate Studies is also accredited by the International Assembly of Collegiate Business Education (IACBE). The Baker Online MBA program is nationally recognized by U.S. News & World Report's usnews.com "E-Learning Online Graduate Programs: Business' Regionally Accredited Programs," and has been ranked as one of the first established, largest and best value online MBA programs in the nation. Baker College is a non-profit higher education institution, serving more than 31,000 students on 12 campuses and in four satellite locations. As a career college, the Baker College system is proud to have achieved a graduate employment rate of 99 percent. Baker grants certificates, associate's, bachelor's, and master's degrees in business, health science, education and human services, and various technical fields. For more information about Baker College, please visit our Web site at www.baker.edu. December 2007 Baker College Online Reports 12.5 Percent Fall Enrollment Increase November 2007 MSIS Program At Baker College Center For Graduate Studies Receives Professional Science Masters Designation October 2007 Baker College Online Into Second Decade Of Double-Digit Growth August 2007 Baker College Online Posts 6.4 Percent Spring Enrollment Increase June 2007 Baker College M.S. In Information Systems Degree Receives Professional Science Master's Program Designation June 2007 Baker College Center for Graduate Studies and Baker Online to Hold Graduation Ceremony April 2007 Baker Online Announces New Psychology Bachelor's Degree Program March 2007 Baker College Online Posts 8.8 Percent Winter Enrollment Increase February 2007 Baker College Center for Graduate Studies Appoints Dr. J.C. Vinton as Dean of Doctoral Studies and Director of DBA Program December 2006 Baker College Online Posts 16.7 Percent Fall Enrollment Increase October 2006 Baker College Online Posts 10 Percent Summer Enrollment Increase May 2006 Baker College Center For Graduate Studies and Baker Online to Hold Graduation Ceremony April 2006 Baker College Center for Graduate Studies Adds Master of Science Degree April 2006 Baker College Online Posts 25.7 Percent Enrollment Increase for Winter Quarter, continuing double-digit growth trend December 2005 Baker College Online Posts 25 Percent Enrollment Increase for Fall Quarter, continuing double-digit growth trend September 2005 Baker College Online posts 21 percent enrollment increase for summer quarter, continuing double-digit growth trend June 2005 Baker College Online Spring Enrollment Increases by 24 percent May 2005 Baker College Center for Graduate Studies and Baker Online to hold graduation ceremony. March 2005 Baker Online Annouces 25 Percent Enrollment Increase for Winter Quarter January 2005 Baker College Online Adds New Accounting Programs January 2005 Baker College Online Posts 29 Percent Enrollment Increase For Fall Quarter October 2004 Baker College Online Grows by Double-Digits Continuing Nine-Year Growth Trend August 2004 Baker College Online Posts 29.6 Percent Spring Enrollment Increase April 2004 Baker Online Announces 32% Enrollment Increase for Winter Quarter March 2004 Baker College Center for Graduate Studies Awarded "Best Buy MBA" Designation by GetEducated.com October 2003 Baker Online MBA Program Ranks Among Top Online Programs Nationally July 2003 Baker Online Continues Double Digit Growth Trends April 2003 Baker Introduces New Degree Programs - Four New Undergraduate Programs in the Fall March 2003 Baker Online Posts 72 Percent Enrollment Increase for Winter Quarter - Baker Center for Graduate Studies Announces 28 Percent Increase December 2002 Baker College Online Enrollment Increases by 85% Fall Quarter June 2002 Baker College Online Enrollment Grows by 85 Percent