Hilbert College

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Hilbert College
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Established 1957
Type Private/Catholic
Religious affiliation Franciscan
Endowment $3.5 Million
President Cynthia Zane
Academic staff 98
Undergraduates 1,100
Location Hamburg, New York, USA
Campus 2 Dorm buildings (1 brand new), and 4 on-campus apartments.
Colors Royal Blue and White
Athletics Division III
Sports Mens and Womens Basketball, Cross Country,Soccer and Volleyball; men's Baseball; Women's Softball; co-ed Golf and starting in the fall 2010 Men's Lacrosse.
Nickname Hawks
Mascot Hawk
Affiliations Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference
Website www.hilbert.edu

Hilbert College is a private Franciscan college located in the Town of Hamburg, about 20 minutes south of Buffalo, New York. The college is named after Mother Collette Hilbert of the Franciscan Sisters of Saint Joseph, who founded the school to train teachers in 1957. Hilbert College is currently a four-year co-educational liberal arts college with about 1,100 students currently enrolled.

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[edit] Academic programs

Hilbert College currently offers 13 bachelor-level programs,[1] including:

  • Accounting (three tracks offered: commercial, economic crime investigation, 5 year MA with St. Bonaventure University)
  • Business Administration
  • Criminal Justice
  • Digital Media & Communication
  • Computer Security & Information Assurance
  • English
  • Forensic Science/Crime Scene Investigation
  • Human Services
  • Liberal Studies
  • Paralegal Studies
  • Political Science
  • Psychology
  • Rehabilitation Services

In 2011, Hilbert College announced that it would begin offering Masters level degree programs in the fields of Criminal Justice Administration and Public Administration in the fall semester of 2011.[2]

[edit] Athletics

Hilbert is a NCAA Division III institution and a member of the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) as well as the North East Collegiate Volleyball Association. The following sports are currently offered:

Men's Sports

  • Baseball
  • Basketball
  • Cross Country
  • Soccer
  • Volleyball
  • Golf
  • Lacrosse - new for fall 2010

Women's Sports

  • Basketball
  • Cross Country
  • Soccer
  • Softball
  • Volleyball
  • Golf

[edit] Clubs and Organizations on Campus

  • Alpha Beta Gamma
  • Adventure Club
  • Campus Activities Advisory Board
  • Campus Ministry Club
  • Chi Alpha Sigma
  • Common Ground Club
  • Communications Club
  • Criminal Justice and Forensic Investigation Association
  • Dirty Dogs Lacrosse Club
  • Drama Club
  • Economic Crime and Investigation Club
  • Great Expectations
  • H-Files (Student Newspaper)
  • Hockey Club
  • Human Services Association
  • Hilbert Horizons
  • Lambda Epsilon Chi
  • Phi Beta Lambda Student Business and Accounting Association
  • Sigma Beta Delta
  • Sigma Tau Delta
  • Ski/Snowboarding Club
  • Society of Fine Arts
  • Student Ambassadors
  • Student-Athlete Advisory Committee
  • Students in Free Enterprise
  • Students Against Destructive Decisions

[edit] External links

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Hilbert College Website - Undergraduate Programs
  2. ^ Hilbert College Newsline - "Hilbert Launching College’s First Graduate Programs This Fall" [1]


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