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Hofstra’s C.V. Starr Hall offers academic<br />
facilities that are among the most<br />
technologically advanced in the nation. Every<br />
seat in every classroom allows students direct<br />
access to the Internet and Hofstra network,<br />
including the resources of Hofstra’s Axinn<br />
Library.<br />
Hofstra’s growing computer facilities offer<br />
extensive high-tech training opportunities.<br />
There are computer terminals throughout the<br />
campus for student and faculty use, with more<br />
than 750 PC, Macintosh and UNIX<br />
workstations available in labs and classrooms.<br />
The University was ranked 18th in Forbes’ list<br />
of Most Connected Campuses in 2003, and<br />
was one of Yahoo Internet Life’s “100 Most<br />
Wired Colleges” in 2001-2002.<br />
The fully computerized Hofstra Libraries<br />
contain 1.2 million volumes for student use.<br />
Only about 5 percent of American colleges<br />
have collections as extensive, and 85 percent<br />
have fewer than half that number.<br />
Hofstra hosts more than 500 cultural events<br />
annually, bringing thousands of scholars,<br />
dignitaries and other participants to<br />
campus. More than 200 musical and<br />
dramatic performances take place on<br />
campus each year.<br />
The Hofstra Museum, which houses one of<br />
the largest art collections in the<br />
metropolitan area, coordinates<br />
approximately 12 exhibitions annually and<br />
offers exhibition areas and an extensive<br />
outdoor sculpture collection. The Hofstra<br />
Museum is accredited by the American<br />
Association of Museums – one of only 94<br />
universities in the nation and one of six in<br />
New York to hold that distinction.<br />
Hofstra also has seven theaters, a student<br />
newspaper, a lively student center, a recreation<br />
center and numerous athletic facilities,<br />
including the 15,000-seat James M. Shuart<br />
Stadium and the 5,124-seat Hofstra University<br />
Arena. Hofstra also has an indoor, Olympicsized<br />
(eight lane, 50-meter) swimming pool,<br />
one of the largest such facilities in the New<br />
York metropolitan area.<br />
The Hofstra athletic program competes on the<br />
NCAA Division I level and is a member of the<br />
Colonial Athletic Association and the Atlantic<br />
10 Football Conference. The University<br />
sponsors 18 intercollegiate programs – nine<br />
men’s sports and nine women’s sports.<br />
Hofstra has men’s teams in basketball,<br />
football, baseball, lacrosse, golf, tennis,<br />
wrestling, soccer and cross country. Women’s<br />
sports include basketball, volleyball, softball,<br />
tennis, soccer, field hockey, lacrosse, cross<br />
country and golf. The 18 men’s and women’s<br />
intercollegiate athletic teams compete in more<br />
than 150 home contests annually.<br />
Hofstra’s academic programs are accredited<br />
by numerous national agencies and the<br />
University is one of only 270 schools, out of<br />
more than 3,600 colleges and universities<br />
nationwide, with a chapter of the national<br />
honor society Phi Beta Kappa. Of Hofstra’s<br />
1,325 faculty members, 524 are full time and<br />
90 percent hold the highest degree in their<br />
fields. The student-faculty ratio is 14-to-1.<br />
Hofstra University is 100-percent program<br />
accessible to persons with disabilities, and has<br />
been cited as a national model for this<br />
achievement.<br />
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