{{Short description|Private university in Hempstead and Uniondale, New York, US}} {{Use American English|date=September 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2017}} {{Infobox university | image_name = HUSeal.png | image_size = 150px | motto = ''Je maintiendrai''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hofstra.edu/Administration/Provost/pro_Gonfalons.cfm |title=The Gonfalons and Flag of Hofstra University – Office of the Provost – Hofstra University, New York |access-date=2015-09-16}}</ref> (French)<br /> (Motto of the House of Orange-Nassau) | mottoeng = "I will uphold" | established = {{start date and age|September 23, 1935}} | type = Private research university | president = Susan Poser | provost = Charles Riordan | city = Hempstead | state = New York | country = United States | coordinates = {{Coord|40|42|53|N|73|36|2|W|type:edu_region:US-NY|display=title,inline}} | affiliation = NAICU | endowment = $955.8 million (2025)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://edge.sitecorecloud.io/nacubo1-nacubo-prd-dc8b/media/Nacubo/Documents/EndowmentFiles/2025-NCSE-Endowment-Market-Values-for-US-and-Canadian-Institutions-FINAL.xlsx |title=U.S. and Canadian 2025 NCSE Participating Institutions Listed by Fiscal Year 2025 Endowment Market Value |publisher=National Association of College and University Business Officers (NACUBO) |access-date=February 15, 2026 |format=XLSX}}</ref> | budget = | students = 10,685 (2025)<ref>{{cite web |title=Hofstra at a Glance |url=https://www.hofstra.edu/about/glance.html |website=Hofstra University |access-date=September 3, 2025}}</ref> | undergrad = 6,581 | postgrad = 4,104 (2,800 graduates, 967 law, and 437 medicine) | faculty = 1,320 (493 full-time and 827 part-time) (2024)<!-- This number comes from the Hofstra at a glance page about Employee Characteristics --> | campus = Large suburb | campus_size = {{convert|244|acre|ha}} | former_names = Nassau College – Hofstra Memorial of New York University (1935–1937)<br>Hofstra College (1937–1963) | sporting_affiliations = {{hlist|NCAA Division I FCS – CAA|EIWA}} | mascot = Kate & Willie Pride<ref>{{cite web|title=Hofstra Mascots |url= https://www.hofstra.edu/campus-recreation/mascots.html}}</ref> | colors = {{college color list|team=Hofstra Pride}} | website = {{URL|https://www.hofstra.edu/}} | logo = Hofstra University logo wide.svg | logo_upright = 1.2 | accreditation = MSCHE | free_label = Newspaper | free = ''The Hofstra Chronicle'' | nickname = Pride }}
'''Hofstra University''' is a private research university in Hempstead, New York, United States. It originated in 1935 as an extension of New York University and became an independent college in 1939.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hofstra.edu/Athletics/ath_heritage.cfm|title=The Official Online Home of Hofstra University Pride Athletics|access-date=September 16, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hofstra.edu/alumni/support/devcc/devcc_growth.html|title=Hofstra University – Capital Campaign – Dynamic Growth|website=hofstra.edu|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081223092241/http://www.hofstra.edu/alumni/support/devcc/devcc_growth.html|archive-date=December 23, 2008|df=mdy-all}}</ref> Comprising ten schools, including the Zucker School of Medicine and the Maurice A. Deane School of Law, Hofstra has hosted a series of prominent presidential conferences and several United States presidential debates.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.hofstra.edu/2016/07/19/hofstra-university-to-host-presidential-debate-sept-26/|title=Hofstra University to Host Presidential Debate Sept. 26 – News – Hofstra University, New York|date=July 20, 2016|access-date=August 3, 2016}}</ref>
==History== {| class="wikitable" style="float:right; font-size:100%; clear:right; margin:0 0 1em 1em;" |+Presidents of Hofstra University | style="background:#003591; color:gold; text-align:left;" |'''President''' | style="background:#003591; color:gold; text-align:left;" |'''Tenure''' |- |Truesdel Peck Calkins |1937–1942 |- |Howard S. Brower (Acting) |1942–1944 |- |John Cranford Adams |1944–1964 |- |Clifford Lee Lord |1964–1972 |- |James H. Marshall |1972–1973 |- |Robert L. Payton |1973–1976 |- |James M. Shuart |1976–2001 |- |Stuart Rabinowitz |2001–2021 |- |Susan Poser |2021–present |- |}
The college was founded in 1935 on the estate of namesake William S. Hofstra (1861–1932), a lumber entrepreneur of Dutch ancestry, and his second wife Kate Mason (1854–1933). It began as an extension of New York University (NYU) under the name '''Nassau College – Hofstra Memorial of New York University'''. It became the fourth U.S. college or university named after a Dutch American.<ref>{{Cite web |title=William F. Hofstra |url=https://www.newnetherlandinstitute.org/history-and-heritage/dutch_americans/william-f-hostra/ |access-date=2022-02-28 |website=www.newnetherlandinstitute.org}}</ref>
The extension had been proposed by a Hempstead resident, Truesdel Peck Calkins, who had been superintendent of schools for Hempstead. In her will, Kate Mason provided the bulk of their property and estate to be used for a charitable, scientific or humanitarian purpose, to be named in honor of her husband. In the spring of 1934, the estate was offered to be converted into a sanitarium for those suffering with polio by the Georgia Warm Springs Foundation, specifically offering to President Franklin Roosevelt, but nothing had materialized from it.<ref>{{cite news |title=N.Y.U. To Establish Branch In Nassau: Purchase of 16-Acre Tract in Hempstead, With 28-Room Mansion, Revealed. Centre to Open in Fall Courses to Lead to Degrees – Site Once Offered to Warm Springs Foundation.|id={{ProQuest|101533093}} |work=The New York Times |date=April 14, 1935}}</ref> Two friends, Howard Brower and James Barnard, were asked to decide what to do with the estate. Calkins remarked to Brower that he had been looking for a site to start an institution of higher education, and the three men agreed it would be an appropriate use of the estate. Calkins approached the administration at New York University, and they expressed interest.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hofstra's Presidents throughout the years |url=https://www.thehofstrachronicle.com/archive-2012/hofstras-presidents-throughout-the-yearsbr |access-date=2022-02-28 |website=The Hofstra Chronicle |date=April 17, 2012 |language=en-US}}</ref>
The college was founded as a coeducational, commuter institution with day and evening classes. The first day of classes at Nassau-Hofstra Memorial College was September 23, 1935, with 150 students enrolled and an equal divide between men and women.<ref>{{cite news |title=150 Start Studies in Nassau College: Student Body Evenly Divided Between Men and Women in New N.Y.U. Branch. Faculty Has 15 Members Football and Its 'Commercialism' Taboo – Rugby Will Be the Game, Says Dean.|id={{ProQuest|101349036}} |work=The New York Times |date=September 24, 1935}}</ref> The first class of students was made up of 159 day and 621 evening students. The tuition fee for the year was $375. The college obtained provisional charter status, and its official name was changed to '''Hofstra College''' on January 16, 1937.
Hofstra College separated from New York University on July 1, 1939, and was granted an absolute charter on February 16, 1940.<ref>{{cite news |date=July 1, 1939 |title=Dr. Calkins Elected Hofstra's President: Hempstead College Ends Link With N.Y.U. Today |work=The New York Times |id={{ProQuest|101349036}}}}</ref> In 1950, Calkins Gymnasium was the site of the first Shakespeare Festival. It was performed on a five-sixths-sized replica of the Globe Theatre. The festival is now performed on the Globe Stage, the most accurate Globe Theatre replica in the United States.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hofstra.edu/academics/colleges/hclas/dd/dd-shakespearefestival.html|title=Hofstra Shakespeare Festival {{!}} Hofstra {{!}} New York|website=www.hofstra.edu|access-date=2019-02-26}}</ref>
In 1968, a three-bank Aeolian pipe organ was donated to Hofstra by John T. Ricks and Jane Ricks King, in the name of their late parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Ricks.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|date=July 10, 1968|title=Organ Donated to Hofstra|work=Newsday|id={{ProQuest| }}}}</ref> The organ was originally located in the former Ricks estate, Chanticlare, in Flower Hill, New York.<ref name=":0" /> Jesse Ricks was the former president and chairman of Union Carbide, and Mrs. Ricks was a volunteer church organist who often held organ performances at the estate for friends on Sundays.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite news|date=1941-05-28|title=Officers Elected by Union Carbide; J.J. Ricks Goes From President to Chairman – Succeeded by Benjamin O'Shea (Published 1941)|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1941/05/28/archives/officers-elected-by-union-carbide-jj-ricks-goes-from-president-to.html|access-date=2020-11-17|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> The organ was scheduled to be installed in the Hofstra Playhouse the following fall, and enabled organ music majors at Hofstra to practice on-campus – as opposed to at the nearby Episcopal Cathedral of the Incarnation.<ref name=":0" />
Hofstra Stadium served as the site of the first-ever NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship game in 1971.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gohofstra.com/news/2017/4/18/mens-lacrosse-mlax-hofstra-to-host-ncaa-championship-quarterfinals-from-2019-through-2022.aspx|title=MLAX: Hofstra To Host NCAA Championship Quarterfinals From 2019 Through 2022|website=Hofstra University|date=April 18, 2017 }}</ref>
===Dutch heritage=== thumb|left|Hofstra's flag The university's founder, William S. Hofstra, was proud of his Dutch roots and that is reflected throughout Hofstra University's campus. It is one of several American universities named after Dutch Americans, also including Rutgers University for Henry Rutgers and Vanderbilt University for Cornelius Vanderbilt.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Henry Rutgers |url=https://www.newnetherlandinstitute.org/history-and-heritage/dutch_americans/henry-rutgers/ |access-date=2022-02-28 |website=www.newnetherlandinstitute.org}}</ref>
Hofstra's original logo was a seal created by professor of art Constant van de Wall in 1937. The insignia was derived from the official seal of the reigning house of the Netherlands, the House of Orange-Nassau. Used with the permission of the monarch of the Netherlands, the seal also included the Dutch national motto ''Je Maintiendrai'', meaning "I stand steadfast" in French.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Provost – The Gonfalons {{!}} Hofstra University |url=https://www.hofstra.edu/provost/gonfalons.html |access-date=2022-02-28 |website=www.hofstra.edu}}</ref> Hofstra's flag is modeled after the Netherlands' Prince's Flag, and its orange,-white-and-blue pattern was altered to feature the school's colors of gold and navy blue. In 1939, the Dutch ambassador to the United States left behind a flag of the Netherlands before he returned to his country for World War II, which influenced Hofstra's school colors, university seal and coat of arms.<ref>{{Cite web |title=About – Points of Pride {{!}} Hofstra University |url=https://www.hofstra.edu/about/points-pride.html |access-date=2022-02-28 |website=www.hofstra.edu}}</ref>
Hofstra also pays homage to its Dutch heritage with a miniature windmill structure near the admissions building and the planting of thousands of tulips in the springtime. In 1985, the commissioner to the Queen of the Netherlands presented the university with the Hofstra University Tulip, a flower hybrid named after the school. It is a focal point of Hofstra's annual springtime Dutch Festival.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hofstra's Dutch Festival swings into spring |url=https://www.liherald.com/stories/hofstras-dutch-festival-swings-into-spring,32426?page=1 |access-date=2022-02-28 |website=Herald Community Newspapers | date=April 27, 2011 |language=en}}</ref>
An on-campus housing complex is known as "the Netherlands" and features residence halls named after cities in the Netherlands, including Delft, Groningen, Hague, Leiden, Rotterdam, Tilburg, Utrecht, Breukelen and Amsterdam.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Residence Life: Residence Halls {{!}} Hofstra University |url=https://www.hofstra.edu/residence-life/residence-halls.html |access-date=2022-02-28 |website=www.hofstra.edu}}</ref>
Hofstra's athletic teams were known as the Flying Dutchmen until 2001.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2001-03-13 |title=Hofstra Sheds Colorful Name for Meaningful One |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-mar-13-sp-37041-story.html |access-date=2022-02-28 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref>
==Campus== The Arboretum and Bird Sanctuary at Hofstra University has a collection of diverse trees and reflecting its Dutch origin, and displays an array of rare and colorful tulips in the Spring.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hofstra.edu/pdf/ORSP_Glasser_Spring02.pdf%20Hofstra%20Arboretum%20and%20Bird%20Sanctuary%5D.|title=Hofstra University Arboretum and Bird Sanctuary|website=hofstra.edu}}{{dead link|date=November 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
The campus has approximately 117 buildings on {{convert|244|acre|ha|abbr=}}, and is located in the Uniondale section of Hempstead, a mile east of the town center.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.hofstra.edu/about/about_glance.html|title=Hofstra at a Glance {{!}} Hofstra {{!}} New York|website=www.hofstra.edu|access-date=2019-02-26}}</ref> The part of the campus located south of Hempstead Turnpike (NY Route 24) and west of California Avenue is located in Hempstead Village. Hofstra also offers an MBA program as well as other classes in New York City from a center in Manhattan.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hofstra.edu/academics/colleges/zarb/graduate/mba-in-manhattan.html|title=MBA in Manhattan – Zarb Business Graduate Programs – Hofstra University, New York|access-date=September 16, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hofstra.edu/Academics/january/january_nyc.html|title=Hofstra in NYC – January Session – Hofstra University, New York|access-date=September 16, 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518084455/http://www.hofstra.edu/Academics/january/january_nyc.html|archive-date=May 18, 2015|df=mdy-all}}</ref> The campus is roughly {{convert|7|mi|km}} east of the Borough of Queens in New York City, and the entire New York City skyline is visible from the tenth floor of the Axinn Library.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Hofstra+University,+Hempstead+Turnpike,+Hempstead,+NY/40.7113181,-73.728245/@40.7025021,-73.7339465,13.42z/data=!4m19!4m18!1m15!1m1!1s0x89c27da3cc6c5a13:0xfbb44b328842c0f3!2m2!1d-73.5994041!2d40.716792!3m4!1m2!1d-73.7213668!2d40.7091342!3s0x89c263b70aee3067:0xa2c9c64122cd2f3!3m4!1m2!1d-73.72204!2d40.709336!3s0x89c263b7bcbd416d:0x3435e24460d59681!1m0!3e2|title=Hofstra University to Cross Island Pkwy|website=Hofstra University to Cross Island Pkwy|language=en|access-date=2019-02-25}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pinterest.com/hofstrau/hofstra-sunsets/|title=Hofstra Sunsets|website=Pinterest|language=en|access-date=2019-02-25}}</ref>
On the campus, two Gilded Age mansions, "The Netherlands" (constructed in 1904 for William S. Hofstra) and "Holland House" (constructed in 1922 for Maxwell Stevenson) have been repurposed. Both cottages now serve as administrative offices.<ref>{{Cite web |title=History |url=https://www.hofstra.edu/about/history/ |access-date=2026-04-26 |website=Hofstra University |language=en}}</ref><ref>Hofstra Student Handbook 2007-2008</ref>
The campus is located across the street from the "Nassau Hub" and Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, former home of the New York Islanders, Long Island Nets, New York Riptide, and New York Open.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Hofstra+University,+Hempstead+Turnpike,+Hempstead,+NY/Nassau+Veterans+Memorial+Coliseum,+Hempstead+Turnpike,+Uniondale,+NY/@40.7194295,-73.5986048,16z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x89c27da3cc6c5a13:0xfbb44b328842c0f3!2m2!1d-73.5994041!2d40.716792!1m5!1m1!1s0x89c27d96bf7a6b41:0xd275cfcdbe1cb568!2m2!1d-73.5905741!2d40.7228732!3e2|title=Hofstra University to Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum|website=Hofstra University to Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum|language=en|access-date=2019-02-25}}</ref>
==Academics== ===Rankings and reputation=== {{Infobox US university ranking <!-- U.S. rankings -->| ARWU_NU = | Forbes = 292 | USNWR_NU = 183 | Wamo_NU = 374 | THE_WSJ = 228 <!-- Global rankings -->| ARWU_W = | QS_W = | THES_W = 501–600 | USNWR_GU = 1237 }}
Hofstra University is accredited in 28 academic areas and 32 total areas.<ref name="hofstra.edu">{{cite web|url=https://www.hofstra.edu/about/about_glance.html|title=Hofstra at a Glance | Hofstra | New York|website=www.hofstra.edu}}</ref> Hofstra University offers 185 undergraduate and 170 graduate program options.<ref name="auto" />
Hofstra was ranked tied for 160th among national universities and named the 92nd 'best value school' by ''U.S. News & World Report'' for 2020, with its undergraduate engineering program ranked tied for 33rd among schools where doctorates are not offered.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/hofstra-university-2732/overall-rankings|title=Hofstra University Rankings |magazine=U.S. News & World Report |access-date=September 15, 2020}}</ref> ''U.S. News'' also rated the part-time MBA program tied for 154th and the graduate programs in education as 133rd, among others.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.usnews.com/education/online-education/hofstra-university-191649 |title=Hofstra University Online Programs |magazine=U.S. News & World Report |access-date=September 14, 2019}}</ref>
The Stuart and Nancy Rabinowitz Honors College,<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=Rabinowitz Honors College {{!}} Hofstra University |url=https://www.hofstra.edu/honors-college |access-date=2023-06-06 |website=www.hofstra.edu |language=en}}</ref> whose admissions policy is more selective than that of the university as a whole,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hofstra.edu/admission/adm_first_year_enrollment_options.html|title=Special Enrollment Options – Admission – Hofstra University, New York|access-date=September 16, 2015}}</ref> offers rigorous educational opportunities for high-achieving students. The School for University Studies provides a program for students whose abilities are not reflected in standardized test scores; while New Opportunities at Hofstra (NOAH) is designed for students whose educational progress to date has been restricted by limited educational opportunities or economic status.<ref>{{Cite web |last=GiveCampus |title=New Opportunities at Hofstra Program (NOAH) |url=https://www.givecampus.com/schools/HofstraUniversity/day-of-giving-2025/pages/noah |access-date=2025-12-28 |website=GiveCampus |language=en}}</ref>
In the fall of 2011, the university welcomed the first class of students to its new Hofstra Northwell School of Medicine. In 2012, it established its school of engineering and applied science, featuring programs that partner with regional industry leaders,<ref>{{cite web|title=Simon Ben-Avi Named Founding Dean of Hofstra's New School of Engineering and Applied Science|url=http://www.hofstra.edu/home/News/PressReleases/ENGINEERING%20DEAN.html|publisher=hofstra.edu|access-date=October 14, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130108202025/http://www.hofstra.edu/home/News/PressReleases/ENGINEERING%20DEAN.html|archive-date=January 8, 2013|df=mdy-all}}</ref> and its school of health sciences and human services, housing a new master of public health program.<ref>{{cite web|title=Hofstra University Launches New School of Health Sciences and Human Services|url=http://www.hofstra.edu/home/News/PressReleases/newHSHS_08242012.html|publisher=Hofstra.edu|access-date=October 14, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121016040202/http://www.hofstra.edu/home/News/PressReleases/newHSHS_08242012.html|archive-date=October 16, 2012|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref> In August 2017, after a $61 million donation to the school, it was renamed the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Hofstra med school renamed after donation|url=https://www.newsday.com/long-island/education/hofstra-university-northwell-health-rename-med-school-after-donors-s19380|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170830205920/http://www.newsday.com/long-island/education/hofstra-university-northwell-health-rename-med-school-after-donors-1.14099634|url-status=live|archive-date=August 30, 2017|access-date=2021-05-06|website=Newsday|language=en}}</ref>
The Zucker School of Medicine was ranked Tier 3 in primary care and Tier 2 in research, according to ''U.S. News & World Report'', despite it being only being a decade since its first class graduated.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://medicine.hofstra.edu/about/news/pressreleases/031617_usnews.html |title=Hofstra Northwell School of Medicine Rises High in the Grad School Ranks – Hofstra Northwell School of Medicine at Hofstra University |access-date=March 19, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171024224754/http://medicine.hofstra.edu/about/news/pressreleases/031617_usnews.html |archive-date=October 24, 2017 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}</ref>
In September 2009, Stuart Rabinowitz announced the appointment of two senior presidential fellows at the university's Peter S. Kalikow Center for the Study of the American Presidency: Republican strategist and former presidential advisor Edward J. Rollins and former Vermont governor, presidential candidate and Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean. In October 2011, the Commission on Presidential Debates announced it had chosen Hofstra for its second 2012 presidential debate on October 16, 2012, the "town hall" debate (between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hofstra.edu/home/news/pressreleases/103111_debate.html |title=Hofstra University to Host Presidential Debate in 2012 – Press Release – Hofstra University |access-date=2012-03-21 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120426233244/http://www.hofstra.edu/home/News/PressReleases/103111_debate.html |archive-date=April 26, 2012 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> Hofstra University hosted the first 2016 presidential debate between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton on September 26, 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nypost.com/2016/07/19/first-presidential-debate-to-take-place-at-hofstra-university/|title=First presidential debate to take place at Hofstra University|first=Bob|last=Fredericks|date=July 19, 2016|website=New York Post}}</ref>
===Admissions=== Hofstra maintains a test-optional policy for admissions. For the cohort entering in 2024, 29% of enrollees submitted test scores and the average scores for the SAT were 1310–1400 and for the ACT were 30–32.<ref>{{cite web |title=Standardized Testing Policy |url=https://www.hofstra.edu/admission/standardized-testing-policy.html#:~:text=The%20mid%2Drange%20of%20admitted,equivalent%20of%2027%20to%2033. |website=hofstra.edu |publisher=Hofstra University |access-date=7 March 2024}}</ref> Hofstra admitted 68% of applicants with enrolled students having an average 3.7 GPA.<ref>{{cite web |title=Hofstra Student Profile |url=https://www.hofstra.edu/admission/student-profile.html |website=hofstra.edu |publisher=Hofstra University |access-date=7 March 2024}}</ref>
===Schools and colleges=== Source:<ref>{{Cite web |title=Colleges and Schools |url=https://www.hofstra.edu/academics/colleges-and-schools/ |access-date=2026-04-20 |website=Hofstra University |language=en}}</ref> * Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell * Frank G. Zarb School of Business * Fred DeMatteis School of Engineering and Applied Science * Hofstra College of Liberal Arts and Sciences * Hofstra Northwell School of Nursing and Physician Assistant Studies * Maurice A. Deane School of Law * Peter S. Kalikow School of Government, Public Policy and International Affairs * School of Education * School of Health Sciences * School of Humanities, Fine and Performing Arts * School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics * Stuart and Nancy Rabinowitz Honors College * The Lawrence Herbert School of Communication
==Athletics== {{main|Hofstra Pride}}
Hofstra University teams were nicknamed the Flying Dutchmen from 1935 until 2001.<ref name=":1" /> The school's official team name became "The Pride" in 2001, referring to a pair of lions which became the school's athletic mascots in the late 1980s. The Pride nickname evolved from the Hofstra Pride on- and off-campus image campaign that began in 1987, during the university's dramatic recovery and growth. This followed a financial crisis in the 1970s that forced the layoff of more than 100 employees. In 1977 Hofstra wrestler Nick Gallo won the 126 lb weight class at the NCAA National Championship and was a member of the 1976 and 1980 U.S. Olympic Freestyle Wrestling teams, he was also given the title "Most Outstanding Wrestler" in the 1977 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships.<ref name="hofstra.edu"/>
Prior to 2008, the New York Jets held summer training camp at their on-campus headquarters before moving to their new headquarters in Florham Park, New Jersey. The area has since been used for the construction of the medical school building, which was completed in 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://medicine.hofstra.edu/about/news/news-new-building.html|title=Hofstra North Shore-LIJ School Of Medicine Opens New Building, Earns Full National Accreditation – Hofstra Northwell School of Medicine at Hofstra University|website=medicine.hofstra.edu|access-date=March 27, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170928084036/http://medicine.hofstra.edu/about/news/news-new-building.html|archive-date=September 28, 2017|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
On December 3, 2009, the university announced it was terminating the football program. Under NCAA rules, any football players who chose to transfer to other schools were eligible to play immediately, and not subjected to normal residency waiting periods. Scholarship-holders who wished to stay at Hofstra were permitted to keep their scholarships.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/college-football/news/story?id=4709412|title=Hofstra Pride of Football Championship Subdivision dropping its football program|work=ESPN|access-date=September 16, 2015|date=December 3, 2009}}</ref> Funds previously used for the football program went into the creation of the medical school, and enhancing a variety of programs, including hard sciences and engineering.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.hofstra.edu/home/news/news_faq_120309.html |title=News FAQ: December 3, 2009 – News – Hofstra University |access-date=March 27, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170328021943/http://www.hofstra.edu/home/news/news_faq_120309.html |archive-date=March 28, 2017 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}</ref>
On February 26, 2011, Hofstra Senior Day, the university retired the basketball jersey number 22 to honor senior Charles Jenkins before the end of the season. Jenkins, the school's all-time leading scorer, ranked fifth in the nation at 23.3 points per game last season ({{as of|2011|February|22|lc=y}}) and was the front-runner to win Colonial Athletic Association Player of the Year honors. "I think it's very rare," head coach Mo Cassara said by phone to reporter Jeff Eisenberg. "We have 25 other athletes that have had their numbers retired here at Hofstra, but none of them have ever been retired while they were still here at their last games. He's been such an integral part of this university on so many levels that we thought that was the highest honor we could give him." No other Hofstra athlete in any sport has received the same honor.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sports.yahoo.com/ncaa/basketball/blog/the_dagger/post/Hofstra-retires-Charles-Jenkins-jersey-before-h?urn=ncaab-324384|title=Hofstra retires Charles Jenkins' jersey before he's done wearing it|work=Yahoo Sports|access-date=September 16, 2015}}</ref>
==Media== ===Student newspaper=== ''The Hofstra Chronicle'' is the only student newspaper at Hofstra University. Established in 1935 and supported by the student activity fee and advertising,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://issuu.com/hofstrachronicle |title=hofstrachronicle's Profile |publisher=Issuu |access-date=November 26, 2011}}</ref> it is published in tabloid format every Tuesday evening each semester, with additional content available online.<ref>{{Cite web|title=About|url=https://www.thehofstrachronicle.com/about-2|access-date=2020-12-30|website=The Hofstra Chronicle|language=en-US}}</ref>
===Student radio station=== {{main|WRHU}}
The university operates Long Island's oldest public radio station, WRHU-FM (88.7). The non-commercial station 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. WRHU currently serves as the radio home of the Long Island Nets and New York Islanders, producing over 675 NHL broadcasts since 2010.<ref name="auto1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.hofstra.edu/academics/colleges/soc/wrhu/index.html|title=WRHU Radio Hofstra University {{!}} Herbert School of Communication {{!}} Hofstra {{!}} New York|website=www.hofstra.edu|access-date=2019-02-26}}</ref> It is the only student-run radio station to receive four Marconi Awards from the National Association of Broadcasters.<ref name="auto1"/><ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-09-27|title=WRHU Wins Third Marconi Award|url=https://news.hofstra.edu/2019/09/27/wrhu-wins-third-marconi-award/|access-date=2020-12-30|website=News {{!}} Hofstra University, New York|language=en-US}}</ref>
==Notable alumni and faculty== {{main|List of Hofstra University people}}
{{see also|List of Hofstra University honorary degree recipients}}<gallery class="center" widths="120" heights="120" caption="Notable Hofstra alumni include:"> File:Jonathan D. Cooper 2022 (cropped).jpg|Jon Cooper, head coach of the Tampa Bay Lightning (BBA '89)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newsday.com/sports/hockey/jon-cooper-lightning-stanley-cup-hofstra-nhl-hall-of-fame-o18467|title=Hofstra alum Jon Cooper, coach of Lightning, could be Hall of Famer following second Stanley Cup|date=July 8, 2021 |access-date=January 16, 2023}}</ref> File:Francis Ford Coppola 2011 CC.jpg|Francis Ford Coppola, film director (BA '60)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/01/24/nyregion/theater-hating-hamlet-loving-theater.html|title=Hating Hamlet, Loving Theater|work=The New York Times |date=January 24, 1999 |access-date=January 16, 2023|last1=Klein |first1=Alvin }}</ref> File:Anthony D'Esposito 118th Congress.jpg|Anthony D'Esposito, American politician (BA '04)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.hofstra.edu/2016/02/29/class-notes-2005-3/|title=Class Note – 2004|date=February 29, 2016 |access-date=June 23, 2024}}</ref> File:Rosemarie DeWitt.jpg|Rosemarie DeWitt, actress (BA)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.vulture.com/2012/05/rosemarie-dewitt-your-sisters-sister.html|title=Reformed Loiterer Rosemarie DeWitt on Your Sister's Sister and Napping in Bookstores|date=June 3, 2012 |access-date=January 16, 2023}}</ref> File:Kira Kazantsev 2 March 2015.jpg|Kira Kazantsev, Miss America 2015 (BA '13)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hofstra.edu/pdf/studentaffairs/commen/commen_program_may13.pdf|title=Hofstra May 2013 Commencement Exercises|access-date=January 16, 2023}}</ref> File:Nick lalota portrait.jpg|Nick LaLota, American politician (MBA '12, JD '20)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hofstra.edu/pdf/studentaffairs/commen/commen_program_may12.pdf|title=Commencement Exercises – Sunday May 20th, 2012|access-date=June 23, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://issuu.com/hofstra/docs/90081_official_commencement_dec_2020_may_2021?fr=sOTY3YjM2NTE0ODU|title=December 2020 and May 2021 Commencement Exercises|access-date=June 23, 2024}}</ref> File:BernardMadoff.jpg|Bernie Madoff, convicted fraudster (BA '60)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://people.com/crime/bernie-madoff-true-story/|title='Madoff: The Monster of Wall Street': The True Story Behind the Netflix Docuseries About Bernie Madoff|access-date=January 16, 2023}}</ref> File:David Paterson 2 by David Shankbone.jpg|David Paterson, former Governor of New York (JD '83)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/50818602@N03/5199617509|title=73, David A. Patterson, Alumni & Governor of NY- 2008|date=November 22, 2010 |access-date=January 16, 2023}}</ref> File:Maryanne Trump Barry.png|Maryanne Trump Barry, Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit and sister of current President Donald Trump (JD '74)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fjc.gov/node/1377511|title=Barry, Maryanne Trump|access-date=January 16, 2023}}</ref> File:Steve Witkoff at White House Opioids Summit 2018 (cropped).png|Steve Witkoff, United States Special Envoy to the Middle East, real estate investor and developer, attorney (BA '80, JD '83)<ref>[https://www.hofstra.edu/alumni/gala/2018.html "Steven Witkoff, BA, '80; JD, '83,"] Hofstra.edu.</ref> File:Anutin Charnvirakul - 2023 (52638148766) (cropped).jpg|Anutin Charnvirakul, 32nd Prime Minister of Thailand (BEng '89) </gallery>
==Gallery== <gallery class="center" widths="200" heights="160" caption="Campus"> File:Mack Student Center 2021a.jpg|David S. Mack Student Center File:Hofstra Axinn Library 2021a.jpg|Joan and Donald E. Axinn Library File:Hofstra University dormitories 2021.jpg|The Unispan (bottom), David S. Mack Student Center, and dormitories File:John Cranford Adams Playhouse 2021.jpg|John Cranford Adams Playhouse File:Hofstra Hall 2021.jpg|Hofstra Hall, File:Hofstra University Arboretum main sight.jpg|Hofstra Arboretum </gallery>
==See also== * {{annotated link|Hofstra (surname)}}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== {{Commons category}} * {{Official website}} * [https://gohofstra.com/ Hofstra Athletics website]
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