Hofstra University
- Academics

Hofstra has recently been ranked sixth in the nation among private colleges and universities in the number of faculty receiving prestigious National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowships.

Hofstra has worked hard to integrate the Internet with classes through Hofstra Blackboard. It’s a place where professors can post notes and assignments, and students can subsequently obtain those notes, finish assignments, and send them in all without leaving the dorm room.

For incoming students worried about which classes to take or what major to choose, your fears are well put to ease by the aid of an organization called the Center for New Student Support Services. Located on the second floor of the Sondra and David S. Mack Student Center, not only can they assist you with the academic transition, but also with just about any other questions you may have as a new student.

Hofstra has continued to create new areas of study, both at the undergraduate and graduate levels. Among the new inductees to the course bulletin are a slew of courses making up a new legal studies in business program. One of the new graduate courses is in the the School of Communication and involves documentary film studies. Just recently, the audio/video/film department has begun to evolve into the graduate studies frontier, and surely more options are on the way.

For those students looking for somewhere to study besides the deafeningly dull library or in the constantly noisy dorm room, one of the main eateries, Café Bistro at Bits ‘n’ Bytes, has an expansive dining room, and most students never make their way towards the back. Several comfortable booths are available while you learn and dine at the same time.