HAMBURG, N.Y. – After a national search, Justin Rogers has been named Director of Admissions at Hilbert College. Rogers will begin his role on April 8, 2013.
“Justin brings significant expertise in working with high school students and those interested in transfer options,” stated Peter Burns, Hilbert’s Vice President for Enrollment Management. “His broad knowledge of the schools and colleges in the area provide a great foundation upon which to build new admissions initiatives at Hilbert.”
Rogers has spent the last eight years at The College at Brockport, where he served as the Coordinator of Undergraduate Transfer Admission and Enrollment and the Freshmen Undergraduate Recruitment Admissions Advisor. He coordinated all transfer admissions and enrollment and was heavily involved in freshmen recruitment of the Buffalo area. Rogers has a proven history in achieving and exceeding recruitment goals.
Rogers was instrumental in developing and implementing many new recruitment methods and initiatives, which has garnered recognition from the National Institute for the Study of Transfer Students (NISTS). Rogers’ team was recognized by NISTS for Successful Transfer Enhancement Programs (STEP) Awards: Promising Practices in Multimedia or Web-based Targeted Print Publications for Online Transfer Student Open House (May 2012) and Promising Practices in Transfer Enrollment Management for Fourth Friday Transfer Visit Day Program (May 2012).
“I am very excited to have the opportunity to represent Hilbert College,” Rogers said. “I found Hilbert’s academic reputation and strategic plan extremely attractive. Also as a WNY native, I am excited to return to Buffalo.”
Rogers and his wife, Lindsay, are natives of Kenmore, NY. The couple has one daughter, Mia (7 months). They currently reside in Brockport, NY with plans to return to the Buffalo area.