ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT: Jason C. Luna, Esq., ‘96 UNDERGRAD STATS: • • • • • • • •
Criminal Justice major Student Government Programming Committee Phi Beta Lambda business fraternity Criminal Justice Association Admissions Ambassador Hawks Baseball 1996 Hilbert’s Man of the Year
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Member, Board of Trustees, 2013-2016 Member, Alumni Association Board 2006-2010 Member, Hilbert 2025 Advisory Council Jason C. Luna Scholarship Endowed Fund Adjunct Professor, Criminal Justice Hawks Under 40 inaugural honoree (2013) Professional Success Program, Dress for Success event (2004 and 2006) Owner, Jason C. Luna PLLC
“Hilbert College is the best kept secret.” “It’s a funny story,” said Jason Luna ’96, of his first experience with Hilbert College. He was a high school senior out with his mom on a trip to a mall department store. As they waited in line, their conversation turned to Jason’s visit to the law office where his mom was a paralegal. In chatting with each of the firm’s four lawyers about college ideas, one mentioned Hilbert College. He said the soon-to-be four-year college would be a great local option for Jason, an aspiring lawyer, to start his higher education path. Then the woman in front of them turned, with business card already in-hand. “She said, ‘Did you say Hilbert?’—and it was Bea Slick, the Hilbert College Director of Admissions,” Jason recalled. She personally set up a tour and when Jason saw the campus, he fell in love. “Smaller schools are so great,” said Jason. He was accustomed to small class sizes at Buffalo City Honors high school, so he was deliberate
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