Hesston and Baker sign articulation agreement

Hesston College graduates can now transition smoothly to Baker University (Baldwin City, Kan.) thanks to a transfer articulation agreement between the institutions.

Mark Bandre, Baker University director of transfer services, and Dr. Sandra Zerger, Hesston College vice president of academics sign an articulation agreement for transfer students from Hesston to Baker on the Hesston College campus April 12.
Mark Bandre, Baker University director of transfer services, and Dr. Sandra Zerger, Hesston College vice president of academics sign an articulation agreement for transfer students from Hesston to Baker on the Hesston College campus April 12.

The agreement guarantees Hesston graduates admission to Baker when their grade point average is at least a 2.60 on a 4.00 scale and all coursework specifications are met, specifically for students who earn an associate of arts or associate of science degree.

Transfer students from Hesston who fall within the qualifying GPA range will also automatically receive an academic scholarship.

“The partnership with Hesston College provides students the opportunity to seamlessly transfer their credits to the Baldwin City campus,” said Mark Bandre, director of transfer services at Baker. “The initiative helps create more opportunities for students at two-year colleges in Kansas as they become more aware of Baker’s degree and major offerings.”

Both two-year Hesston College and four-year Baker University are private, liberal arts institutions and members of the Kansas Independent College Association, an organization of 18 private colleges and universities in the state. Hesston is a part of Mennonite Church USA and Baker was founded by members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Both continue to uphold the faith principles on which they were founded.

“We have had more Kansas students in recent years, so forming articulation agreements with other KICA schools is increasingly important to us,” said Dr. Sandra Zerger, Hesston College vice president of academics. “We are happy to have finalized this agreement with Baker and give our graduates another option for seamlessly continuing their education.”

Transferring is a normal part of the Hesston Experience for graduates who want a bachelor’s degree, so part of Hesston’s service to its students is to make the transfer process simple and seamless – not just to institutions with which the college has an articulation agreement, but to any college or university students choose to attend.

Hesston’s agreement with Baker marks the 14th articulation agreement the college holds with both private and public four-year colleges and universities throughout Kansas and across the country, including eight KICA institutions, two public Kansas universities and four private out-of-state institutions.