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As part of an initiative to raise awareness about sexual assault, the Hofstra Athletics Department united on Friday, April 20 to take part in the nationwide “Yards for Yeardley” event.
Despite the foggy morning, a small but dedicated group of community members and student volunteers gathered at Hofstra USA on Saturday, April 28 for Car-less Long Island’s third annual Bike-to-Work Parade.
Calkins Quad buzzed with activism and sustainable activity during an Earth Day celebration held on Wednesday, April 18. Organized by the Center for Civic Engagement, the event featured multiple student groups at Hofstra as well as local organizations from the surrounding Long Island area.
Hofstra University President Stuart Rabinowitz, alongside much of the senior administrative staff, offered concerned students an opportunity to voice their concerns and receive answers from Hofstra’s administration at the Town Hall hosted by the Student Government Association (SGA).
The Gamma Gamma chapter of Sigma Delta Tau (SDT) at Hofstra University was temporarily suspended on March 9, 2018, due to allegations brought to Public Safety that sparked an investigation into the sorority.
The Hofstra Master of Health Administration Alumni Association presented a panel, “Strategic Alignment in a Time of Healthcare Transformation,” as part of National Public Health Week, on Thursday, April 12.
As part of the Fred DeMatteis School of Engineering’s Executive Speakers series, James Nolan, executive vice president of InterDigital and Hofstra MBA graduate, spoke to students and faculty on Friday, April 13.
Hofstra Hillel held a commemorative ceremony outside of Hofstra Hall for Holocaust Remembrance Day, or Yom HaShoah, on April 11. Those who walked by the event heard the names of over one million children who were murdered during the Holocaust.
Hofstra’s School of Health Professions and Human Services encouraged students not to let failure stunt their positivity during the event “Fail-Succeed: Finding Your Path Over, Around and Through Obstacles” as part of National Public Health Week on Thursday, April 12.
Hofstra’s chapter of It’s On Us spent last week tabling in the Student Center with blank quilt squares that students could use to write messages of support for survivors of sexual assault.
A high turnover rate in the Accounting, Taxation and Legal Studies in Business Department has been linked to an atmosphere of bullying, cronyism and disregard for faculty policy. Since the spring of 2015, seven full-time faculty members that make up one of the largest departments in the Frank G. Zarb School of Business no longer work at Hofstra. Administrators within the school were accused of repeatedly breaching the Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA), circumventing checks and balances at the university.
David Frum, senior editor for The Atlantic and former speechwriter for President George W. Bush, used his latest book “Trumpocracy” as a springboard for a presentation about American identity on Thursday, April 5.
Auditi Guha, a race and justice journalist for Rewire.News, shared insight on feminism, journalistic integrity and racial justice with students during an intimate talk held in the Sondra and David S. Mack Student Center on Tuesday, March 27.
David Garlock took a man’s life in 1999 and received a 25-year prison sentence. Currently, Garlock is the program director for New Persons Ministry, a re-entry program in Pennsylvania where he works with sex offenders to rehabilitate their lives after prison.
Take Back the Night, an annual rally and march hosted by Collegiate Women of Color, Student Advocates of Safer Sex, Campus Feminist Collective (CFC) and Queer and Trans People of Color Coalition, fostered solidarity and healing for survivors of sexual violence on Friday, April 6.
During the week of April 2, the Psychology Club presented their annual Mental Health Awareness Week in the Student Center, as well as a panel of students who discussed mental health issues.
Nine members of the community had their heads publicly shaved in the David S. Mack Student Center atrium to raise awareness and money for childhood cancer on Wednesday, April 4, and a lively crowd gathered to show support.
A recent panel organized by the Muslim Students Association (MSA), Collegiate Women of Color, Honors College and the Center for Race, Culture and Social Justice, discussed how the Muslim identity is influenced by politics, public life and activism.
