HANCOCK, MI – Finlandia University, Hancock, Mich., and
Bay de Noc Community College, Escanaba, Mich., are
working together for student success.
The two Upper Peninsula learning institutions have
forged an agreement which makes it easier for Bay
College associate degree graduates to continue their
education toward a bachelor’s or other degree at
Finlandia.
At a ceremony to take place this Monday, June 13,
2011, at 11:15 a.m., at the Bay College Escanaba campus,
Bay College President Laura Coleman, Finlandia
University President Philip Johnson, and TyAnn Lindell,
Finlandia’s executive vice president for academic and
student affairs, will publicly sign a Memorandum of
Understanding and Articulation Agreement. The public is
welcome to attend.
“Through this articulation agreement, students
attending Bay College will have a roadmap that matches
specific Bay College classes to bachelor and associate
degree course requirements at Finlandia,” says Lindell.
“Equivalency sheets have been developed for 14 Finlandia
degree programs.”
“The equivalency sheets are intended to minimize
duplication of academic requirements by clearly
delineating how a Bay College student can arrange their
course schedules to transition smoothly from completion
of a two-year degree program at Bay College into a
degree program at Finlandia,” Lindell explains.
The Finlandia University degree programs included in
the agreement are: Business Administration (B.B.A.),
Fine Arts (B.F.A.), Medical Assistant (A.A.S.), Physical
Therapist Assistant (A.A.S.), Elementary Education
(B.A.), and Liberal Studies bachelor of arts degrees in
Communication, Criminal Justice, English, Psychology,
Social Science, Sociology, Pre-professional Science, and
Arts, Culture and Environment (ACE).
The equivalency sheets will be available to Bay
College students through the office of Beth Beaudoin
Noreus, Bay College Transfer Student
Coordinator/Advisor.
“Forging this agreement has opened an important
dialogue between administrators, staff, and faculty of
both institutions,” says President Johnson. “It is our
hope that we have established a foundation that
encourages and supports future cooperation and
collaborations among faculty and staff at Finlandia
University and Bay College.”
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