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The College

Since its founding in 1957, Hilbert College has provided challenging academic programs and close personal attention to its students. The College is an independent, Catholic four-year institution that grants degrees on both the baccalaureate and associate levels. There is a strong commitment to the philosophy of a liberal arts education being the cornerstone of any Hilbert graduates success. In harmony with its Franciscan spirit, the College provides individual counseling and support services for students whose diversified needs are best met in this small-college setting. Hilberts campus currently consists of the following buildings: Bogel Hall, which is the academic building; the Francis J. and Marie McGrath Library; the Campus Center; five on-campus residence halls, one traditional-style and four apartment-style facilities; a grounds and maintenance building; the Hafner Recreation Center, which hosts several athletic events and where the fitness center is located; and Franciscan Hall, which is the student services and administration building. Hilberts newest buildings opened in fall 2006. Paczesny Hall and the William E. Swan Auditorium are joined in a building that houses classrooms, faculty offices, and a communications lab and serves the region by hosting a number of cultural events. Hilbert is also the home of the Institute for Law and Justice, a local, regional, and national resource for law enforcement, crime prevention, and community well-being.

Hilbert College has a student body of approximately 1,100 students. There is an on-campus residential population of 160 students. Hilbert College offers students both a traditional-style residence hall and four apartment-style facilities. All students are offered myriad social activities, ranging from academic and student clubs to NCAA Division III athletics. Student government takes an active role in the planning and operation of most campus events. Hilbert also offers a select comprehensive Leadership Development Program as well as an honors program.

The Colleges Division III athletics program offers intercollegiate competition in mens baseball, basketball, cross-country, golf, soccer, and volleyball. Womens sports include basketball, cross-country, soccer, softball, and volleyball. Hilbert College competes as a member of the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference. In addition, bowling, cheerleading, hockey, and lacrosse all compete as club-level sports.

Location

Hilbert Colleges nearly 50-acre campus is located in the town of Hamburg in western New York State, on the shore of Lake Erie. The campus is approximately 15 miles south of Buffalo, a city of 350,000 people. Hilberts proximity to Buffalo makes many cultural and recreational resources easily accessible to its students. Downtown attractions include Kleinhans Music Hall, Studio Arena Theatre, the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, the Museum of Science, and the Buffalo Zoo. The historic Sheas Theatre is also located downtown and is Buffalos home to many concerts, operas, and Broadway shows. Niagara Falls, one of the nations greatest natural attractions, is just a 35-minute drive from the campus. Buffalo also provides professional sports in football, hockey, lacrosse, and triple-A baseball. Hamburg also is located a short distance from several cross-country and downhill ski resorts.

Majors and Degrees

Hilbert College offers programs of study leading to a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) degree in digital media and communication, English, and psychology. The Bachelor of Science (B.S.) degree is offered in accounting, business administration, criminal justice, economic crime investigation, forensic science/crime scene investigation, human services, liberal studies (law and government), paralegal studies, political science, and rehabilitation studies. The College also offers associate degree programs (A.A. and A.A.S.) in accounting, banking, business administration, criminal justice, human services, liberal arts, and paralegal studies.

Academic Programs

The Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science degrees are granted upon completion of 120 credit hours.

The Associate in Arts, the Associate in Applied Science, and the Associate in Science degrees are all granted upon successful completion of 60 credit hours.

Common to all programs is the completion of the Liberal Learning Core Curriculum. All students must fulfill the following graduation requirements: advanced communication skills, intercultural awareness, responsible local and global citizenship, an array of inquiry strategies, advanced research skills, the capacity for integrative learning, and a commitment to lifelong learning. The purpose of the Liberal Learning Core Curriculum is to provide students with a cumulative, holistic liberal arts education to complement and strengthen their professional training. The curriculum is designed to develop habits of critical examination, methods of critical investigation, and ethical perspectives that enable students to make sound judgments and increase their capacity for leading fuller lives. By studying the various liberal arts disciplines, students should achieve a greater awareness of their cultural and social identity while cultivating the intellectual skills and competence that allow them to perform successfully in their chosen careers.

Hilbert has developed a series of transfer articulation agreements with most two-year colleges in New York State. These agreements allow two-year college graduates to move directly into related four-year programs at Hilbert College as full juniors and with no course duplication. In addition, Hilbert is accredited by the Commission on Higher Education of the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools. Therefore, its credits are readily transferable nationwide to other four-year colleges and universities.

Academic Facilities

Bogel Hall, the original academic building, underwent a massive expansion and renovation in 2007. It contains the Palisano Lecture Hall, faculty offices, computer labs, a hands-on economic crime investigation computer lab, a newly designed forensic science wing with labs, the Academic Services Center, the chapel, and classroom space.

McGrath Library, an expansive building consisting of a two-level core housing the library collection, a seminar wing, and a conference wing, maintains a collection approaching 45,000 volumes, more than 340 periodicals, and a large selection of microforms and audio and video materials. In addition, the McGrath Library supports a law collection for its criminal justice, paralegal studies, and law and government programs on the campus. This collection ranks as one of the largest academic law collections open to the public in western New York State. The librarys seminar wing has video-equipped classrooms and a legal research lab. Ample study space is available throughout the library, with both private carrels and group-study tables available for student use.

Paczesny Hall, which opened in 2006, is an academic building that holds faculty offices, high-tech computer labs, smart classrooms, a digital media lab for digital media and communication, and the 435-seat William E. Swan Auditorium.

Costs

For 200708, tuition and fees are $16,600, and room and board are $6600. The approximate cost for books and supplies is $700 and for travel and miscellaneous expenses, $1000.

Financial Aid

Ninety-two percent of the members of the current freshman class receive financial aid. Financial aid packages consist of loans, scholarships, grants, and jobs. Most awards are provided on the basis of need, as established by the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA), and as funds are available. There are several merit-based scholarships for academic and leadership talents as well as transfer articulation and minority scholarships.

Faculty

Hilbert has a faculty of 91 men and women. Sixty-four percent of the full-time faculty members hold doctoral or terminal degrees. Faculty members play a primary role in the advisement of all students at Hilbert College. The student-faculty ratio is 14:1, with an average class size of 25.

Student Government

The largest student organization on campus is the Student Government Association (SGA). Headed by student-elected officers, this representative organization acts on the behalf of the entire student body. The SGA administers student funds to sponsor on-campus activities and events that range from intimate concerts to larger campuswide festivities. The SGA is composed of two bodies, the association and the student senate. The association comprises elected students who represent the needs of different classes, residents, and commuters. The student senate is a smaller group that consists of student governmentelected officers and individual class representatives. The senate is responsible for the disbursement of funds to student-run clubs and organizations.

Admission Requirements

Hilbert College is open to men and women regardless of faith, race, age, physical handicap, or national origin. All students have an equal opportunity to pursue their educational goals through programs available at the College.

The College considers for admission to regular degree study those applicants who have been awarded a high school diploma or a New York State High School Equivalency Diploma.

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