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Hofstra University
Motto: Je maintiendray[2]
Archaic French, meaning "I stand steadfast"
Established 1935
Type: Private, nonsectarian, coeducational university
Endowment: US$285.2 million
Chairman: John D. Miller
President: Stuart Rabinowitz
Provost: Herman A. Berliner
Senior Vice President for Planning and Administration: M. Patricia Adamski
Faculty: 1,256
Students: 13,000
Undergraduates: 8,067
Postgraduates: 4,933
Location Hempstead, New York, United States
Campus: Suburban, 240 acres (1.0 km²)
Former names: "Hofstra College" & "Nassau College-Hofstra Memorial of NYU at Hempstead, LI"
Colors: Blue & Gold
Nickname: The Pride (formerly Flying Dutchman)
Athletics: NCAA Div. 1(AA)
Affiliations: ABET, ACEJMC, American Art Therapy Association]], AACSB International, ABA, American Chemical Society, American Psychological Association, Council on Academic Accreditation of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Council on Rehabilitation Education, Inc., Middle States Association of College and Schools, National Association of School Psychologists, National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education, Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant, Inc., Commission on Accreditation of Athletic Training Education, American Association of Museums, National Association for The Education of Young Children National Academy of Early Childhood Programs. Colonial Athletic Association, Colonial Academic Alliance
Website: www.hofstra.edu
Hofstra Seal

Hofstra University is a private, nonsectarian, coeducational institution of higher learning located in Hempstead, Long Island, New York (USA) founded in 1935 on the basis of the estate of wealthy lumber magnate William Hofstra and widow Kate Davidson. The school began as a college of New York University and became an independent school, Hofstra College in 1937 [1], later changing its name to Hofstra University, in 1963.

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Hofstra University is comprised of approximately 130 buildings on 240 acres, 17 Eateries on campus, 18 Varsity sports, 23 Average undergraduate class size, 30 Local and national fraternities and sororities, 37 Residence halls, 150 Student clubs and organizations, 140 Undergraduate programs of study, 155 Graduate programs of study, 500 Cultural events per year, 1206 Faculty members, 7762 Full-time undergraduate enrollment, 12700 Total University enrollment, including part-time undergraduate, graduate and School of Law

In addition to its distribution Liberal Arts offerings, Hofstra University includes;

List of Academic Units in the division of Academic Affairs (UNIV)

Additionally, Hofstra has a school of law, Hofstra University School of Law and an emerging School of Communication. Hofstra's Department of Journalism, Media Studies and Public Relations [JMSPR] is among the fastest-growing in the country, training and educating students to work in a rapidly changing media world. In 2001, the prestigious Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism and Mass Communications granted its accreditation to the program - one of the youngest departments to be so accredited. The School of Communication boasts a highly regarded Department of Radio/Television/Film (RTF) which offers education in the fields of radio, film, and television theory, production, performance, and development. Other school include; School of Education and Allied Human Services, New College of Hofstra, School for University Studies, Honors College, Saturday College, and University College for Continuing Education. Hofstra University is also one of the 283 schools in the country with a Phi Beta Kappa Chapter.[2]

Hofstra also hosts an annual festival of William Shakespeare plays, which have been held for more than half a century. The regular Shakespeare productions are performed in Hofstra's own Globe Theatre replica in the John Cranford Adams Playhouse (named for the educator who served as Hofstra University president during its first period of major growth.) The Joan and Donald E. Axinn and the Hofstra Law Libraries have over 1.4 million volumes and are accessible through 24/7 electronic access to more than 50,000 journals and electronic books. Axinn Library is housed in a ten-floor tower and twin three-story pavilions. Students have free access to the circulating and reference book collections, which are in open stacks.

Hofstra University campus also comprises an arboretum, one of the 430 in the United States. The grounds host over 635 different species and varieties of trees. The campus also features a two acre (8,000 m²) bird sanctuary. Hofstra's campus has become a registered member of the American Association of Botanical Gardens and Arboreta.

In the 1960s, the onetime commuter school acquired land on the north side of Fulton Avenue in Hempstead, part of Mitchel Field, a former Air Force base. The new north campus became the home of both the school's new student center and six high-rise residence halls -- Alliance, Bill of Rights, Constitution, Declaration of Independence (now Estabrook) Hall, Enterprise, and Freedom (now Vander Poel) Hall The original towers were simply named "Tower A", "Tower B", etc. They were officially renamed in 1982 with their patriotic titles but are still referred to by the initials by some Hofstra students and veteran staffers. Other Hofstra residence halls include the Netherlands (for freshmen), Liberty/Republic (for honors students), Nassau/Suffolk, Colonial Square, the New Complex and Twin Oaks Apartments (located a half-mile west on Fulton Avenue).

The university operates Long Island's oldest public radio station, WRHU-FM (88.7). The noncommercial broadcaster was founded in 1950 as WHCH, a campus-limited station, and received its broadcast license on June 9, 1959, using the call letters WVHC. The station became WRHU (for Radio Hofstra University) in 1983. Additionally, WRHU-FM was the first college-owned radio station in the nation to have a channel on Sirius Satellite Radio, channel 180.

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Medical School- On Tuesday, October 16, 2007 Hofstra University and North Shore-LIJ Health System unveiled plans to establish a new school of allopathic (MD) Medicine. Hofstra University President Stuart Rabinowitz and the North Shore-LIJ Health System President and Chief Executive Officer Michael J. Dowling appeared together to announce a unique and historic agreement to plan the establishment of a new medical school on Hofstra's campus in Hempstead, New York.

The Hofstra University School of Medicine, in partnership with North Shore-LIJ, would be the first allopathic (M.D.) medical school in Nassau County, NY and the first new allopathic medical school established in New York State since 1963. Few allopathic medical schools have opened in the United States since 1975. In 2006, the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) recommended that enrollment in medical colleges be increased by 30% by 2015, citing U.S. population increases, a doubling of citizens over the age of 65 between 2000 and 2030, and an aging physician workforce, among other factors. There are currently 126 American allopathic medical schools.

"This is an important day for Hofstra University and for all of Long Island," said Hofstra University President Stuart Rabinowitz. "The establishment of a new medical school brings new research and cutting-edge scholarship to our campus, provides our region with better health care resources and allows Hofstra University's standing in the international academic community to continue to grow. Our partnership with a renowned institution such as the North Shore-LIJ Health System will ensure that the Hofstra School of Medicine, once established, will have excellent clinical training and extensive resources from the outset."

"Partnering with Hofstra University on a medical school will further enhance the North Shore-LIJ Health System's ability to recruit nationally renowned physicians and researchers, which will go a long way toward bolstering the quality of health care on Long Island and enhancing the region's standing as an epicenter for groundbreaking medical research," said Mr. Dowling.

Hofstra University and the North Shore-LIJ Health System will work in close collaboration on the plan to establish a medical school, and each institution will provide teaching faculty for the new school. This is a unique combination of two outstanding institutions that will create an institution of academic excellence, both nationally and internationally, an undergraduate and graduate student body with increasingly strong credentials, schools of law, business, liberal arts and sciences, communications, and education that provide exceptional interdisciplinary opportunities.

"As one of the nation's 20 largest health systems, North Shore-LIJ offers a vast array of clinical programs and services that already provide about 1,100 medical residents and fellows with extraordinary learning experiences at our teaching hospitals, including nationally recognized children's and psychiatric hospitals, as well as The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research," said Lawrence G. Smith, MD, chief medical officer of the North Shore-LIJ Health System. "Considering that we have more than 8,000 physicians and researchers affiliated with our health system, North Shore-LIJ clearly provides an exceptional faculty that would quickly elevate the stature of Hofstra's proposed medical school."

The first step in moving forward with the medical school is the accreditation process, which has just begun. The medical school must go through two processes, a program registration with the New York State Education Department's Office of College and University Evaluation and the Board of Regents, and an accreditation with the Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME). The LCME awards initial, preliminary accreditation to programs based on documentation about the program and the institution's readiness to educate a first class. Preliminary accreditation allows the institution to admit a charter class of students, and then the program is reevaluated annually for provisional accreditation until full accreditation is granted, generally in the year that the charter class graduates. The target date for the admission of the charter class, which will be approximately 30 students, is currently in September of 2010 or 2011.

Hofstra University, in conjunction with the North Shore-LIJ Health System, will begin an international search for a founding dean of the School of Medicine, who will be responsible for shaping the educational framework of the school and moving the accreditation process forward. Once hired, the dean will report directly to Hofstra University President Stuart Rabinowitz, and work closely with the North Shore-LIJ Health System's clinical and academic leaders.

Hofstra University will build a state-of-the-art school of medicine on the University's 240 acre campus in Hempstead. The 11 acre parcel, located in the northeast section of the campus, bounded by Earle Ovington Boulevard and Charles Lindbergh Boulevard, would be the site of both a new academic facility and residential housing for medical students. Decisions about the facilities, including building plans and facility details, would be made after the appointment of the founding dean.

Hofstra University medical students would take basic science classes primarily on the Hofstra campus, under the supervision of Hofstra faculty members. For clinical rotations in all major disciplines, medical students would learn from the North Shore-LIJ Health System medical doctors and researchers, who will receive faculty appointments in the Hofstra School of Medicine. Medical students would learn in both the Hofstra University School of Medicine as well as the many facilities throughout the North Shore-LIJ Health System during their four years of medical school.

In addition to working throughout the North Shore-LIJ Health System's 16 hospitals, 13 long-term care facilities, centers of innovation and of progressive care, medical students would have the opportunity to study in affiliate hospitals such as Nassau University Medical Center. "Students from a new Hofstra Medical School would have an unparalleled opportunity to work with the population served by Nassau University Medical Center," said President and Chief Executive Officer Arthur Gianelli. "Our health clinics and the economically disadvantaged population served by those clinics would also benefit greatly from these medical students."

The economic impact of the Hofstra University School of Medicine on Long Island and the surrounding metropolitan area is estimated to exceed $100 million dollars per year once the school is operational, plus at least $100 million in capital construction. Additionally, Hofstra University estimates that with the research funding awarded to the school as well as the North Shore-LIJ Health System, and the spending of the school's students and faculty, the annual economic impact will be vastly in excess of these figures.

The establishment of a medical school is important for the continued growth of the Long Island region, allowing for the cultivation of research and development, and a growth in innovative high-tech and biotech industries. According to the 2007 Long Island Index, a report of the Rauch Foundation, wages on Long Island have stagnated (while rising in the U.S.) and that innovation as measured by investment by venture capitalists and federal research and development was minimal.

On November 19, 2007 it was announced that Hofstra would host the third and final 2008 Presidential debate on October 15. [3]

The debate, which will focus on foreign policy and candidates will be seated at a table with a single moderator.

Hofstra submitted an application in April to the Commission on Presidential Debates, a non-partisan organization that manages the debates. Hofstra was one of 19 facilities vying for the opportunity to host one of the three presidential debates, or the vice presidential debate.

"We did our homework and followed all guidelines," university President Stuart Rabinowitz said of Hofstra's application. "And we had tremendous support from our public officials."

Rabinowitz said there is a $1.35 million fee to host the debate, and when additional costs are factored in, the debate will cost Hofstra about $2.5 million. University trustees have already committed to cover those costs, or raise the money.

Going forward, Hofstra will have to attend to the many details associated with hosting a presidential debate, including reserving a slate of hotel rooms to accommodate debate visitors.

Rabinowitz also said the school will launch academic seminars scheduled to lead up to debate, most focusing on politics, past presidents and national elections. These seminars will also be open to the public.

Hofstra Pride logo
Hofstra Pride logo

Hofstra University long had the unofficial nickname of the Flying Dutchmen (or Dutchmen or just Dutch); the school's official team name is now "The Pride", which refers to the school's booster organization, starting when a pair of lions became the school's athletic mascots in the late 1980s. The official change of the name came in the summer of 2005 as a way to keep pride in the school's roots and its steps toward the future.

The Pride nickname evolved from the Hofstra Pride on-and off-campus imaging campaign that began in 1987, during the university's dramatic recovery and growth. That had followed a major financial crisis in the 1970s that forced the layoff of more than 100 employees. The school's revival was credited in huge part to the man who led the University from 1976 to 2001 -- educator, government official and former Hofstra football star Dr. James M. Shuart. Hofstra Stadium, the school's main outdoor athletic facility, has been named James M. Shuart Stadium since 2002.

The school has featured a pair of lions on its heraldic logo since at least the 1940s -- first two male lions, then (since 1987) a male and female, informally known as Kate and Willy. The school's marketing logo (unveiled in 2005) for its advertising campaigns subs out a shield and an H for the lions, but retains the school colors of blue and gold.

The school currently fields men's teams in baseball, cross country, football, lacrosse, tennis, golf, wrestling, basketball and soccer. The school's women's teams include softball, volleyball, basketball, soccer, field hockey, cross country, golf, tennis, and lacrosse .

The New York Jets hold summer training camp at their on-campus headquarters, but the team will be leaving for a new complex in New Jersey in 2009.

The Hofstra Pride play in the Mack Sports Complex in Hempstead, New York. During the 2006-07 season, their roster consisted of the highest scoring 3 guard backcourt in the country[citation needed]: Loren Stokes, Carlos Rivera and Antoine Agudio. The team plays in the Colonial Athletic Association. The Pride have never won a game in the Division I NCAA tournament though they have won 2 Postseason NIT Games in 2006 against Nebraska and St. Joseph's. They are currently coached by Tom Pecora. Their first win against a ranked opponent came at home against the 25th ranked team in the ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll, George Mason University, on February 23, 2006. In Hofstra's 2006-2007 season, the Pride finished 22-10, going 14-4 in the CAA. Hofstra lost to the George Mason Patriots in the second round of the CAA tournament, after the Pride got a first round bye as the 3 seed. For their efforts, the Pride were rewarded with a 6 seed in the NIT, in which they lost to the 3 seeded DePaul University Blue Demons, 83-71, in the first round. Hofstra's biggest out of conference rival is Stony Brook University, and some of its CAA rivalries are with George Mason and Drexel University.

About five percent of the male student population of the university are members of a fraternity, and about six percent of the female students are members of a sorority. Greek lettered organizations were established early in the university's history in the 1930s. The oldest Greek organization on campus is Alpha Theta Beta sorority, founded in 1936. Several local and regional fraternal organizations were formed at the university including: Crown & Lance, Epsilon Sigma, and Manchester House fraternities, along with Alpha Theta Beta, Delta Chi Delta, Phi Epsilon and Wreath & Foil (nationally Phi Sigma Sigma in 1989) sororities. The first chapter of national, historically African American, Greek lettered were charted in the mid-1970s and they included Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. and Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. Latino Greek lettered organizations established chapters at the university in the 1990s, starting with Phi Iota Alpha Fraternity.

  • Panhellenic Council

Alpha Epsilon Phi, Alpha Theta Beta, Alpha Phi, Delta Gamma, Delta Phi Epsilon, Delta Chi Delta, Phi Epsilon, Phi Sigma Sigma, Sigma Delta Tau, Sigma Sigma Sigma.

  • Inter-Fraternity Council

Alpha Epsilon Pi (inactive), Alpha Kappa Psi, Delta Chi, Delta Sigma Phi, Kappa Sigma, Manchester House (inactive), Phi Delta Epsilon, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Sigma Alpha Mu (inactive), Sigma Pi, Tau Epsilon Phi, Tau Kappa Epsilon, Theta Tau, Zeta Beta Tau, Pi Kappa Alpha,

  • African-Latino Fraternal Sororal Alliance

Alpha Kappa Alpha, Alpha Phi Alpha, Delta Sigma Theta, MALIK, Phi Beta Sigma, Phi Iota Alpha, Sigma Iota Alpha, Sigma Lamda Beta,

  1. Truesdel Peck Calkins (1937-1942)
  2. Howard S. Brower (1942-1944)
  3. John Cranford Adams (1944-1964)
  4. Clifford Lee Lord (1964-1972)
  5. James H. Marshall (1972-1973)
  6. Robert L. Payton (1973-1976)
  7. James M. Shuart (1976-2001)
  8. Stuart Rabinowitz (2001-Present)

List of notable alumni

List of honorary degree recipients

List of notable faculty

The Chronicle [4] is the official student newspaper of Hofstra University, established in 1935. The paper is in tabloid format and publishes 12 times each semester, and once a summer. The Chronicle is supported by the student activity fee and advertising.

Nonsense Humor Magazine, Hofstra's only intentional humor publication, was founded in 1983 as a parody of Hofstra's then-newspaper The New Voice. Since then it has become the longest running humor magazine at Hofstra, as well as one of the longest running college humor magazines in the country. Nonsense comes out six times a year, with three each semester. The staff at Nonsense have been praised over the years for their writing with awards from Newsday, National Lampoon, Spy Magazine and elsewhere. Much of its staff has gone on to jobs in media fields including film, journalism, sketch comedy, the internet, TV and comedy writing. Nonsense is supported by the student activity fee and occasionally advertising.

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  2. ^ http://www.hofstra.edu/Academics/

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