Previous Shocker hoops star Ron Baker to get started new job with Ascension By way of Christi

WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) – Former Wichita State University men’s basketball star Ron Baker is beginning a new vocation in health care as a project manager in Ascension Through Christi’s Strategy and Company Progress division.

Baker, a 2015 WSU graduate who earned a bachelor’s diploma in Enterprise Administration, begins his new position Monday, Aug. 30. Baker measures into the health care area after paying the initial handful of yrs of his submit-WSU vocation playing qualified basketball, like a temporary NBA profession with the New York Knicks and Washington Wizards.

In his new part, Ascension Via Christi reported Baker “will aim on developing applications and taking care of assignments for the By means of Christi Basis and Children’s Wonder Network Ascension By way of Christi’s Orthopedics, Sports and Occupational Medicine furthering medical doctor relationships and Ascension Via Christi’s sponsorship of Wichita Point out University Athletics.”

In exploring his subsequent profession adhering to completion of his basketball profession, Baker claimed he “was looking for a enterprise opportunity wherever (he) could use (his) schooling and expertise to make a good effect on the group.”

“The reply that retained coming up was healthcare,” he reported.

Ascension Through Christi claimed Baker has been a solid supporter of the Children’s Miracle Community, both of those as a donor and winner.

“I am eager to understand additional about all the programs and solutions and strategies I could lend my talents and electrical power to assist them be even a lot more productive going forward,” Baker stated.

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