Of the 23 people who were laid off recently from Baker University, eight had worked at Baldwin City’s College of Arts and Science campus.

There were also eight layoffs universitywide, six at the School of Professional and Graduate Studies and one in the School of Education. Baker’s Overland Park and Wichita campuses have educational and graduate programs. The exact number of layoffs at each of those campuses wasn’t available.

“Universitywide means employees whose duties served more than one of the schools,” said Steve Rottinghaus, Baker spokesman.

No one lost a job at Baker’s School of Nursing in Topeka, which is at Stormont-Vail Regional Health Center.

“The School of Nursing personnel falls under Stormont-Vail’s umbrella because of our partnership with the health care facility,” Rottinghaus said.

Baker President Pat Long announced the 23 layoffs Tuesday during a forum at the Baldwin City campus. She said she hoped it was the last of the layoffs and was sure it was the last of the mass layoffs.

Baker now employs 439 faculty and staff members at its four campuses. The layoffs represent a 5.2 percent reduction. The layoffs were prompted after the university suffered a $1 million shortfall in the budget caused by revenue losses, among other factors. Other cost-cutting measures had been instituted in November.

The university didn’t release where the layoffs had occurred until Friday, after a Board of Trustees meeting on the Baldwin City campus.