Thursday, May 08, 2008 Student With Muscular Dystrophy Overcomes Challenges to Receive Degree HAMBURG , N.Y. – When nearly 4-years-old, James Parsell was diagnosed with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), a genetic, degenerative muscle disease that primarily affects voluntary muscles, like those in the arms and legs. He was expected to be in a wheelchair by age 9.
Wednesday, May 07, 2008 High School Students to Learn College-Level Research Skills HAMBURG , N.Y. – A group of college-bound Frontier Senior High School students will receive valuable hands-on information literacy instruction at Hilbert College’s McGrath Library as part of a collaborative project with the Southtowns school.
Friday, May 02, 2008 Hilbert Class of 2008 to Receive Degrees HAMBURG , N.Y. – Two from the medical team involved with Buffalo Bills player Kevin Everett’s life-saving treatment following a paralyzing spinal injury early in the 2007 season will receive special recognition at Hilbert College’s 47th annual commencement ceremony.
Thursday, April 10, 2008 Performance Poets to Appear in Visiting Artist Event HAMBURG, N.Y. – Three area performance poets will be featured in “An Evening of Spoken Word Poetry” in the Hilbert College Visiting Artist Series spring event being held April 30.
Wednesday, April 09, 2008 Historical Collection Being Named in Honor of College Archivist HAMBURG, N.Y. – Sister Joanette Rutkowski’s service as Hilbert College archivist, a position she has held for more than 20 years as the first and only official archivist at the college since it was founded, will be recognized with the Hamburg institution’s historical collection being named in her honor.
Tuesday, April 01, 2008 Evening of Performance Readings Planned at Hilbert HAMBURG, N.Y. – Performance readings of literary works and poetry-in-motion acts will be featured April 17 in Hilbert College’s William E. Swan Auditorium.
Monday, March 31, 2008 Brother of Unabomber to Discuss Death Penalty at Hilbert HAMBURG , N.Y. – David Kaczynski, brother of convicted Unabomber Theodore Kaczynski, who terrorized the U.S. during a nearly 20-year mail bombing spree, will give a discussion on the death penalty April 3 at Hilbert College.
Friday, March 28, 2008 Program Emphasizes Financial Literacy as Key for College Students HAMBURG , N.Y. – Building good financial habits and steps to avoid piling up debt will be the focus of a new financial literacy program expected to kick off this fall for Hilbert College students.
Friday, March 07, 2008 Two Lost Souls Struggle to Connect in One-Act Play Coming to Hilbert HAMBURG, N.Y. – Cindy Lou Johnson’s one-act play, “Brilliant Traces,” a two-person drama focusing on a man and woman thrust together during a blizzard in a remote part of Alaska, will be performed at Hilbert College.
Friday, March 07, 2008 Italy Destination for Pilgrimage Participants HAMBURG, N.Y. – Three Hilbert College faculty have been selected to participate in a 10-day pilgrimage in May to Assisi, Italy, the birthplace of St. Francis, and then to Rome.
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