Your Stories Are Our History
In order to preserve the rich history of Baker College, we’re on a mission to capture the essence of our vibrant history through the eyes of our amazing 100,000+ alumni. Get ready to share your cherished memories and unforgettable experiences from your BC journey.
How It Works
Baker College has partnered with Publishing Concepts (PCI) for this Oral History Project. Through the early part of 2024, PCI will be reaching out to alumni via email, mail and phone to capture your Baker College stories through an interview, and verify your contact information. Your stories will be recorded, transcribed, and along with submitted photos, published in both a hardbound and digital version that will be available for purchase.
What kind of story should you tell? Here are a few ideas:
- Lasting friendships and connections from your college journey
- Career-defining experiences
- Faculty or staff members who positively influenced your life
- Student organization involvement that helped you grow
- First Generation and Legacy Alumni – How this has shaped you?
Ready to Share Your Story?
Please call PCI directly at 1-888-781-8435, Monday through Friday from 8am to 10pm EST or Saturday from 9am to 5:45 pm EST
Frequently Asked Questions
We have partnered with PCI (also known as Publishing Concepts) to produce an Oral History Publication for Baker College. PCI is a family-owned business based in Dallas, TX that has published directories for educational institutions, fraternities, sororities, and military organizations across the nation for over 100 years. This project allows us to hear about your personal experiences from your time at Baker College and how the school helped to shape your life since then. And, while we have you on the phone, we want to make sure your contact information is up to date.
Yes, in a few different ways:
- Updated Information – allows us to effectively communicate with and engage alumni
- Legacy – sharing and collecting stories preserves the history of our school
- Revenue – generates donation revenue for student fund (i.e. emergency fund)
- Pride – wearing apparel shows support and love for our school
PCI is committed to protecting your information. The names, addresses and information provided to PCI for the publication of the Oral History Project will be held confidential by PCI, except to the extent that they are utilized in, or in the preparation of, the Oral History Project and except as required by court order or law.
- If you have received a postcard or an email with a telephone number, you may call the number to speak with a dedicated representative for the Oral History Project. The representative will verify the information we have on file for you, make any updates where needed, and then ask you to share your story about your time at Baker College. Your story will be recorded and the sound clip provided to Baker College at the conclusion of the project.
- If you have received an email with an embedded link, you may go to the online site to review your information and submit a story.
- If you did not receive a postcard or email, you may call the dedicated Baker College update line at 1-888-781-8435
- If you are living internationally or are unable to call the update line, please email [email protected]. PCI will send you a personalized link for you to share your written story and photo.
If you would like to participate and are Deaf/Hard of Hearing, please email [email protected]. PCI will send you a personalized link for you to share your written story and photo.
The only information that is included in the publication is your name, class year and degree, along with your story and photo. No contact information is printed. When you call to update your contact information, it will only be used to update your alumni record for the school/alumni association. You may revoke consent for your story and/or photo to appear any time before 8/16/24 by contacting PCI’s customer service helpdesk at 1-800-982-1590 / [email protected].
You can call back at any time before 8/16/24 to share your story.
You will receive an email with a link to upload one photo (black and white or color) plus a caption.
If you have also purchased a book but do not have an email address on file, you will be sent a photo mailer to send in a physical photo to be printed (note: the photo will be returned if you include a self-addressed, stamped envelope).
The Baker College Oral History Publication is available for sale only to Baker College alumni.
Contact PCI’s customer service helpdesk at 1-800-982-1590 and they will take care of this for you.
The total duration of the Oral History Project is about 12 months. Since we will began the project in February 2024, book distribution will begin March 2025.