2013 baseball Media Guide - GoHofstra.com
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2013 baseball Media Guide - GoHofstra.com
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THIS IS HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY<br />
Hofstra University<br />
provides a dynamic<br />
college experience<br />
tailored for engaged and<br />
ambitious individuals.<br />
Students find pride and<br />
purpose at Hofstra,<br />
through small classes, a<br />
faculty whose primary<br />
concern is teaching,<br />
cutting edge technology,<br />
extensive library resources,<br />
internships, and active and<br />
<strong>com</strong>pelling educational<br />
programs that appeal to<br />
their interests and abilities.<br />
The Hofstra <strong>com</strong>munity<br />
is driven, dynamic and<br />
energetic, helping students<br />
find and focus their<br />
strengths to prepare them<br />
for a successful future.<br />
In its relatively short 77-year history, Hofstra<br />
has established itself as a world-class<br />
institution of higher education and cultural<br />
enterprise. Each academic year, the Hofstra<br />
campus and the programs offered grow and<br />
change to meet the demands of our students<br />
and our <strong>com</strong>munity.<br />
Hofstra opened in 1935 as a <strong>com</strong>muter school<br />
with all classes and offices housed in one<br />
building. Since those early days, Hofstra<br />
has evolved into an international institution<br />
with a student body hailing from 47 states<br />
and territories, and 50 countries around the<br />
world. The beautiful campus is an accredited<br />
arboretum with 115 buildings on 240 acres.<br />
There are approximately 3,900 students living<br />
on campus, and Hofstra offers them and all<br />
students an extensive array of academic and<br />
social activities. Additionally, Hofstra’s close<br />
proximity to Manhattan means that students<br />
have easy access to the wondrous cultural,<br />
social and career offerings of the city.<br />
While the campus and its offerings have<br />
changed, what has remained consistent<br />
throughout the years is the sense of <strong>com</strong>munity<br />
on campus, the eagerness of our students<br />
to learn and the <strong>com</strong>mitment of the Hofstra<br />
faculty and administration to provide a<br />
challenging education that encourages the<br />
pursuit of lifelong learning.<br />
The Colleges and Schools of the University are:<br />
Hofstra College of Liberal Arts and Sciences,<br />
Frank G. Zarb School of Business, School of<br />
Communication, School of Education, Health<br />
and Human Services, Maurice A. Deane<br />
School of Law, School for University Studies,<br />
School of Engineering and Applied Science,<br />
Honors College, Hofstra University Continuing<br />
Education and Hofstra North Shore-LIJ School<br />
of Medicine at Hofstra University. Bachelor’s<br />
degrees are offered in about 140 areas of study.<br />
Graduate degrees are<br />
offered, including Ph.D.,<br />
Ed.D., Psy.D., Au.D.,<br />
J.D., and M.D. degrees,<br />
advanced certificates and<br />
professional diplomas, in<br />
more approximately 150<br />
programs of study.<br />
Hofstra joined with North<br />
Shore-LIJ Health System<br />
in establishing a medical<br />
school on the University<br />
campus in October 2007.<br />
The new school, which<br />
wel<strong>com</strong>ed its first class<br />
in July 2011, is the first<br />
allopathic (MD) medical<br />
school in Nassau County<br />
and the first in New York<br />
State since 1963.<br />
In October 2011 the Commission on<br />
Presidential Debates announced that it had<br />
chosen Hofstra University for the site of<br />
its October 16, 2012 Presidential Debate,<br />
between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney,<br />
which was held in the “town hall” format.<br />
The Commission on Presidential Debates,<br />
a nonprofit, nonpartisan corporation, has<br />
sponsored and produced every presidential<br />
and vice-presidential debate since 1988.<br />
Hofstra University hosted the third and final<br />
presidential debate of the 2008 election cycle,<br />
between then Senator Barack Obama and<br />
Senator John McCain, on October 15, 2008.<br />
The debate was a transformational moment for<br />
the University, highlighting the achievements<br />
of our students and faculty and their<br />
engagement in the political process. Leading<br />
up to the debate, students and the entire<br />
<strong>com</strong>munity were engaged by the year-long<br />
Educate ’08 program, almost 150 lectures,<br />
conferences, and events focused on the issues,<br />
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