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Press Release - June 6, 2007
Baker College Center for Graduate Studies and Baker Online to Hold Graduation Ceremony
Baker MBA alumnus Philip Gerald Boysen, MD, to address grads
FLINT, Mich. - Baker College Center for Graduate Studies and Baker Online will hold commencement ceremonies Friday, June 15, at 7 p.m., at Whiting Auditorium in Flint. The 2007 Graduating Class of 1,001 distance learning candidates represents a Baker Online population of 50 states, 26 foreign countries, and several undisclosed military locations. Receiving diplomas will be 661 Baker Online undergraduates and 340 master of business administration graduates. Of those, 271 graduates will attend the graduation ceremonies in Flint, Michigan.
Philip Gerald Boysen, MD, a 2006 graduate of the Baker College MBA program, will provide the keynote address. Dr. Boysen, age 62, is the Executive Associate Dean for Graduate Medical Education at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine in North Carolina. He is a Senior Associate Fellow of the Academy of Educators and is a professor of anesthesiology and medicine. Dr. Boysen's career includes 30 years of professional accomplishments as a physician, health science educator, researcher and as a Designated Flight Surgeon as a Commander in the United States Navy. Boysen lives in Chapel Hill with his wife Roberta Jean.
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 35,000 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 and associate's, bachelor's and master's degrees in business, health sciences, education and human services, and various technical fields. For more information, please visit the Baker College Web site at www.baker.edu.
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