Dr. William Sipple Retirement Announcement
After an extraordinary tenure as Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs and an impressive list of accomplishments at Bay Path College, Dr. William Sipple will retire effective June 30, 2010. Bill has been a strong, talented and innovative administrator and we shall miss him as a loyal colleague and member of the Executive Staff.
We are extremely grateful for all that Bill has done for Bay Path. In his oversight of the academic and enrollment areas, he brought the concept of the One Day A Week Saturday Program to the College and also oversaw the development of our first graduate degree as well as the eight that followed. Our enrollment has grown significantly and we can now boast over 2000 students, two additional campuses, and on-line programs. Since his arrival, Bay Path has moved to the top tier category for Comprehensive Baccalaureate Colleges in US News and World Report as testimony to the excellence of our academic programs.
2010 Commencement Speaker Announcement
We are pleased to announce that Michael J. Kittredge, founder and Chairman Emeritus of The Yankee Candle Company, Inc. has accepted President Leary's invitation to deliver the 113th Commencement address on Sunday, May 16, 2010.
Mr. Kittredge previously served in numerous capacities with Yankee Candle, including Chairman of the Board, Director, and Chief Executive Officer. He has been honored several times by the United States Small Business Administration, once in 1985 as the winner of the "Entrepreneurial Success Award", and again in 1986 as the "Businessman of the Year" for Massachusetts and the New England region. In 1996, Mr. Kittredge received USA Today's and Ernst & Young's "Retail Entrepreneur of the Year" Award.
In recognition of his outstanding achievements, Mr. Kittredge will receive an Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree at Bay Path's 2010 Commencement ceremony.
Over 1,100 Success Stories
This year marks the 10th anniversary of our One-Day-A-Week Saturday College - a program that has both transformed the lives of thousands of women and re-shaped the foundation and vision of the College.
As part of our celebration we asked alumni to share their thoughts and memories of the program that changed their lives...