Editing Hiram College (section)

==Student life==

===Athletics===
{{see also|2014 Hiram vs. Mount St. Joseph women's basketball game}}
[[file:Hiram terriers wordmark.png|thumb|left|170px|Hiram athletics wordmark]]
The school's sports teams are called the Terriers. They participate in [[NCAA Division III]] and the [[North Coast Athletic Conference]]. In men's volleyball and men's wrestling, sports not sponsored by the NCAC, Hiram competes in the [[Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference]]. Stunt, an all-female cheerleading discipline included in the [[NCAA Emerging Sports for Women]] program, competes in the [[Great Midwest Athletic Conference]].

Hiram will join the [[Presidents' Athletic Conference]] (PAC) for administrative purposes on July 1, 2024, coinciding with its move to that conference as a men's volleyball associate.<ref>{{cite press release |url=https://pacathletics.org/news/2023/6/6/general-pac-extends-affiliate-membership-to-hiram-college-in-mens-volleyball-in-2024-25.aspx |title=PAC Extends Affiliate Membership to Hiram College in Men's Volleyball in 2024-25 |publisher=Presidents' Athletic Conference |date=June 6, 2023 |access-date=November 22, 2023}}</ref> It will continue to compete in other NCAC sports through the 2024–25 school year before fully joining the PAC. Hiram had been a full PAC member from 1971 to 1989.<ref>{{cite press release |url=https://pacathletics.org/news/2024/4/23/general-hiram-college-to-return-to-pac.aspx |title=Hiram College to Return to PAC |publisher=Presidents' Athletic Conference |date=April 23, 2024 |access-date=April 23, 2024}}</ref>

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The Hiram College basketball team won the gold medal in the collegiate division of the [[Basketball at the 1904 Summer Olympics|1904 Summer Olympics]] in [[St. Louis]].<ref name=Olympics>{{cite news|title=Could Be The Start Of Something Big|url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1017810/index.htm|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130119195351/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1017810/index.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 19, 2013|newspaper=Sports Illustrated|date=November 29, 1999}}</ref><ref name=HiramOlympics>{{cite web|title=A Look Back: Hiram Men's Basketball Team Captures Olympic Gold in 1904|url=http://news.hiram.edu/?p=17|publisher=Hiram College|access-date=July 27, 2012}}</ref> It was the first time that basketball was part of an Olympics; it was included as a demonstration sport and no foreign teams participated.<ref name=Olympics/><ref name=HiramOlympics/>

The [[Cleveland Browns]] held their training camp at Hiram College from 1952 through 1974, making it the longest–tenured training site in the team's history.<ref>{{cite news|last=King|first=Steve|title=Looking Back at Camp History|url=http://www.clevelandbrowns.com/news/article-1/Looking-Back-at-Camp-History/d26cfb6d-315f-4a60-b4f3-5e491bd98a92|newspaper=Clevelandbrowns.com|date=July 30, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Cleveland Browns Training Camp Locations|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/cle/training-camps.htm|publisher=Pro-football-reference.com|access-date=December 5, 2012}}</ref>

The [[2014 Hiram vs. Mount St. Joseph women's basketball game]] was named the [[Best Moment ESPY Award|Best Moment]] at the [[2015 ESPY Awards]]. The game featured terminally ill Mount St. Joseph player [[Lauren Hill (basketball)|Lauren Hill]] in the first of her four college games, which set the all-time attendance record for an NCAA women's game below the [[NCAA Division I|Division I]] level.

===Residence life===
The college's residential complexes include Booth-Centennial, East Hall, Whitcomb Hall, Miller Hall, Bowler Hall, and the Townhouses.<ref>{{cite web|title=Residence Life|url=http://www.hiram.edu/campus-life/life/residence-life|publisher=Hiram College|access-date=December 5, 2012}}</ref>

===Student clubs and organizations===
Student Senate is the elected student governing body of the college. It serves as a liaison between students and the school's administration, and oversees all student clubs and organizations, collectively called the Associated Student Organizations (ASO). The Kennedy Center Programming Board (KCPB) falls under the auspices of Student Senate, and is responsible for planning educational, social, recreational, and cultural programs.<ref name="HC Campus Programming">{{cite web|title=Campus Programming|url=http://www.hiram.edu/get-involved/clubs-and-organizations/campus-organizations/campus-programming|publisher=Hiram College|access-date=June 23, 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130818063536/http://hiram.edu/get-involved/clubs-and-organizations/campus-organizations/campus-programming|archive-date=August 18, 2013}}</ref>

Hiram has close to 70 registered student clubs and organizations in eight categories: Academic, Greek Social, Musical, Political and Activism, Publications and Communications, Religious, Special Interest and Service, and Sports and Recreation.<ref name=clubs>{{cite web|title=Clubs and Organizations|url=http://www.hiram.edu/get-involved/clubs-and-organizations/campus-organizations|publisher=Hiram College|access-date=December 5, 2012}}</ref> Fraternities and sororities are not permitted on campus, but there are six Greek social clubs: Delta Chi Lambda, Kappa Sigma Pi, Lambda Lambda Lambda, Phi Beta Gamma, Phi Gamma Epsilon, Phi Kappa Chi, and Greek Social.

Since 1971, Hiram has maintained a chapter of [[Phi Beta Kappa]], the national honor society for the liberal arts.<ref name="HC Phi Beta Kappa">{{cite web|title=Phi Beta Kappa|url=http://www.hiram.edu/get-involved/clubs-and-organizations/campus-organizations/phi-beta-kappa|publisher=Hiram College|access-date=June 23, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121016010325/http://www.hiram.edu/get-involved/clubs-and-organizations/campus-organizations/phi-beta-kappa|archive-date=October 16, 2012}}</ref> The school has also had a chapter of [[Omicron Delta Kappa]] (ODK), a national leadership honor society, since 1962.