HAMBURG, N.Y. – Meghan Harmon has been appointed Director of Undergraduate Admissions at Hilbert College. She began her role at Hilbert on October 19.
Harmon has spent the last 14 years working in the higher education sector. She spent the previous 12 years at D’Youville College. Most recently, she served as the Director of Admissions at D’Youville. In that role, Harmon provided administrative oversight of both the undergraduate and transfer admissions offices. She managed the admission operating budget and a staff of eight professionals and 30 student employees. In addition, she utilized a customer relationship management (CRM) system to implement recruitment communication planning and outreach strategies.
Harmon’s career is highlighted by working or volunteering at several non-profits in Western New York including Heart, Love and Soul Soup Kitchen as a social worker and Adoption Star working as a Marketing Associate. She has presented at numerous higher education conferences and she is graduate of the WNY Consortium of Higher Education Women’s Leadership Institute.
Harmon earned her Bachelor of Science in Social Work and her Master of Science in Higher Education Administration from Buffalo State College.
Hilbert College, located in suburban Hamburg, N.Y., south of Buffalo, is a private four-year college founded in 1957 in the Catholic Franciscan tradition. With over 800 students, Hilbert is a dynamic Western New York college that offers career-focused majors, including one of the top criminal justice programs in the region, and more than 50 minors and concentrations. The college’s engaging, student-centered campus community offers numerous leadership, internship, and service learning opportunities from which students launch successful careers while making positive changes in their communities. The Hilbert Blueprint promotes a well-rounded student experience over four years – starting with the Foundations Seminar in the freshman year, followed by Sophomore Service, Junior Symposium, and culminating with the Senior Capstone. Hilbert has expanded its academic offerings with the college’s first graduate programs in criminal justice administration and public administration, including a track in health administration.