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y Define ’09, which looked at the first year
of his presidency. The University continues to
host important political events, such as the New
York State Gubernatorial Debate in 2010 and
a visit from Newark, NJ, Mayor Cory Booker
to kick of the Debate 2012 - Pride, Politics &
Policy program.
In 2011 Hofstra announced that it would
launch a School of Engineering and Applied
Science with a co-op education program that
will partner with a network of industry leaders
to offer students substantial work experience
before they graduate.
The new school, which will open in September
2012, will combine and expand the University’s
existing Engineering and Computer Science
departments to develop a curriculum that
emphasizes high-tech research, practical
work experience and inter-disciplinary study,
integrating resources and faculty from other
parts of the institution, including the Hofstra
North Shore-LIJ School of Medicine and the
Frank G. Zarb School of Business.
Hofstra’s School of Communication is one of
the largest, most advanced non-commercial
television facilities in the East. Students
take classes and work in Dempster Hall, a
sophisticated television production/postproduction
facility with two broadcast-quality
studios and control rooms; two advanced
online video edit suites; two Avid non-linear
digital editing systems and several cuts-only
video work stations. Two satellite dishes are
available with one dish providing special news
feeds for the broadcast journalism room, which
also has access to Associated Press, Lexis-
Nexis and Dow Jones services. In addition,
the facility is capable of broadcasting studentproduced
programming to the entire campus
on our own cable channels. Also located here
is the University’s radio station (WRHU/88.7-
FM), audio production studios, a film/video
screening room, film editing rooms, a computer
laboratory, a speech performance studio and a
large dance studio.
17 Varsity sports
20 Eateries on campus
20 Local and national fraternities
and sororities
21 Average undergraduate class
size
22 Academic accreditations
37 Residence halls
Hofstra’s C.V. Starr Hall offers academic
facilities that are among the most
technologically advanced in the nation. Every
seat in every classroom allows students direct
access to the Internet and Hofstra network,
including the resources of Hofstra’s Axinn
Library.
Hofstra’s growing computer facilities offer
extensive high-tech training opportunities.
There are computer terminals throughout
the campus for student and faculty use, with
more than 750 PC, Macintosh and UNIX
workstations available in labs and classrooms.
Hofstra hosts more than 500 cultural events
annually, bringing thousands of scholars,
dignitaries and other participants to campus.
More than 200 musical and dramatic
performances take place on campus each
year. The University completed a year-long
celebration of its 75th anniversary in 2010,
complete with a concert, academic convocation
and cake, several conferences and signature
events which brought together students, faculty,
alumni and community.
Hofstra by the Numbers
100 Percent program
accessibility to persons
with disabilities
200 Student clubs and
organizations
500 Cultural events per year
1935 Founding date
1,191 Full-time undergraduate
enrollment
The Hofstra Museum, which houses one of the
largest art collections in the metropolitan area,
coordinates approximately eight exhibitions
annually and offers exhibition areas and an
extensive outdoor sculpture collection, with 75
pieces. The Hofstra Museum is accredited by
the American Association of Museums – one of
only 94 universities in the nation and one of six
in New York to hold that distinction.
Hofstra also has six theaters, a student
newspaper, a lively student center, a recently
renovated recreation center and numerous
athletic facilities, including the 13,000-seat
James M. Shuart Stadium and the 5,046-seat
David S. Mack Sports and Exhibition Complex.
Hofstra also has an indoor, Olympic-sized
(eight lane, 50-meter) swimming pool, one
of the largest such facilities in the New York
metropolitan area.
The Hofstra athletic program competes on the
NCAA Division I level and is a member of the
Colonial Athletic Association. The University
sponsors 17 intercollegiate programs – eight
men’s sports and nine women’s sports. Hofstra
has men’s teams in basketball, baseball,
lacrosse, golf, tennis, wrestling, soccer
and cross country. Women’s sports include
basketball, volleyball, softball, tennis, soccer,
field hockey, lacrosse, cross country and golf.
Hofstra’s academic programs are accredited by
numerous national agencies and the University
is one of only 280 schools, out of more than
3,600 colleges and universities nationwide,
with a chapter of the national honor society
Phi Beta Kappa. Of Hofstra’s 1,114 faculty
members, 525 are full time and 92 percent hold
the highest degree in their fields. The average
undergraduate class size is 21 students, while
student-faculty ratio is 14-to-1.
Hofstra University is 100-percent program
accessible to persons with disabilities, and
has been cited as a national model for this
achievement.
11,453 Total University
enrollment, including
part-time undergraduate,
graduate
and School of Law
119,000+ Hofstra alumni
1.2 Million Volumes available at
Hofstra University
Libraries
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