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Michael S. Brophy, Ph.D.

Dr. Michael S. Brophy
President of Hilbert College

Dr. Michael S. Brophy serves in his sixth year as the president of Hilbert College, a Catholic college that serves the Western New York community. During his tenure the College increased enrollment 30% by adding new degree programs, establishing an online division, and expanding its NCAA Division III athletic programs. Under Dr. Brophy’s leadership, the College’s longstanding mission of access has extended into the Buffalo Public Schools with its Higher Educational Opportunity, Dual Enrollment, Say Yes Apprenticeship, and Liberty Partnership programs. Most recently, Dr. Brophy supported Franciscan Services' acquisition of Valley College, which created a two college consortium of 2,000 students located in NY, OH, and WV.

Dr. Brophy’s service as a Catholic college president spans eighteen years. He became president of Marymount California University in 2006 when it was a small liberal arts college in Los Angeles. He led the transformation of the private two-year college to a multi-site university with undergraduate and graduate degree offerings, doubling enrollment, leading successful fundraising campaigns, and spearheading facilities improvements that built new living and learning environments. 

Dr. Brophy was appointed president at Benedictine University (Chicago and Phoenix area campuses) in 2015 and led the University as it implemented its new strategic plan, increased fundraising, raised its Standard & Poor’s credit rating, opened a new college of business, and increased its graduate, online, athletic, and community college partnership enrollments. 

Prior to his presidencies, he served as a campus dean within the University of Wisconsin system and as a dean of enrollment at Long Island University (New York), the State University of New York, and The Sage Colleges (New York). Dr. Brophy earned a BA in music and a MA in English from The College of Saint Rose, an MFA in writing from Long Island University, and a Ph.D. in Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. 

A Fulbright recipient, Dr. Brophy has taught and conducted research in Europe and Cuba. An accomplished filmmaker, he has written, directed and edited three films that screened at film festivals, theaters, museums, universities, and foundations throughout the United States, Cuba and Europe, and has had screenplays selected to the Independent Feature Project Market in New York. As a musician, he has accompanied gospel choirs and performed with students and faculty in classical, pop, and jazz settings.

Accomplishments

  • Presentation at the Wisconsin Center for the Advancement of Postsecondary Education Challenges Facing Private Colleges in the Decade Ahead (2/27/2019)
  • Huffington Post Contributions
  • Dr. Brophy's Installation Address (10/11/2019)
  • Start Up Meeting Address (Spring 2020)
  • "Night for Day" A Film by Dr. Michael S. Brophy
  • President Brophy Biography
  • President Brophy - Earlier Writings
  • President Brophy - Installation Address
  • "Night for Day" - A Film by Dr. Michael S. Brophy
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