Hilbert College

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Coordinates: 42°45′17″N 78°49′14″W / 42.754741°N 78.820649°W / 42.754741; -78.820649

Hilbert College

Type	Private college
Established	1957
Religious affiliation	Roman Catholic (Franciscan)
Endowment	$6.9 million (2017)[1]
President	Dr. Michael S. Brophy
Academic staff	126
Undergraduates	800
Location	Hamburg , New York , United States
Campus	Suburban
Colors	Royal Blue and White
Athletics	NCAA Division III
Nickname	Hawks
Sporting affiliations	Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference, North Eastern Athletic Conference
Mascot	Hawk
Website	www.hilbert.edu

Hilbert College is a private Franciscan college in Hamburg, New York. The college is named after Mother of the , who founded the school to train teachers in 1957. Hilbert College enrolls approximately 800 students and grants both undergraduate and master's degrees.

Academics[]

Hilbert College offers 17 bachelor's degree programs on a semester schedule with summer sessions available. The graduate program operates on five-week sessions and was begun in 2011.^[2]

Campus[]

Hilbert College is on a 60-acre suburban campus that consists of 11 buildings and several athletic fields. Franciscan Hall, the main administrative building, was opened in 1997. Bogel Hall and McGrath Library were the first buildings to open when the college moved from the FSSJ Motherhouse to the new Hamburg campus.^{[citation needed]} St. Joseph Residence Hall and the Campus Center opened the following year. The college later added four new apartment-style residence buildings (2003); Trinity Hall (2009), Paczesny Hall (2006), and the Swan Auditorium (2006).

Student life[]

Hilbert's student body is 58 percent female, 42 percent male.^{[citation needed]} Eighty-seven percent of students are from Western New York and 85 percent are full-time students.^{[citation needed]} Approximately 40 percent are first-generation college students.^{[citation needed]}

The college has 30 student-run clubs and organizations. Hilbert also has nearly 300 housing spaces in two residence halls and four campus apartments. The campus dining hall is in the upper level of the Campus Center.

Athletics[]

The Hilbert Hawks participate in NCAA Division III athletics and most of the college's 15 intercollegiate teams compete in the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC). The Hawks field teams in baseball, men's and women's basketball, women's bowling, men's and women's cross country, mixed golf, men's and women's lacrosse, men's and women's soccer, softball, men's and women's track, and women's volleyball. The men's and women's lacrosse teams also compete in the North Eastern Athletic Conference.

The Hafner Recreation Center includes a 2,000-square-foot fitness center, four locker rooms and administrative offices. Hilbert also has two multipurpose fields for soccer and lacrosse as well as diamonds for baseball and softball on campus.

Notable alumni[]

• Joseph Giglio ’75 – New York State assemblyman.

References[]

External links[]

• Hilbert College website