Hofstra University facts for kids

Hofstra University is a private university in Hempstead, New York. The university has about 12,400 students. It was founded in 1935. The current president of the university is Stuart Rabinowitz.

Sports

The athletics teams of the university are called the Pride. They have 15 varsity teams and they compete in the Colonial Athletic Association.

Images for kids

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  Hofstra's Mack Student Center

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  Joan and Donald E. Axinn Library

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  The Unispan and dormitory towers

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  John Cranford Adams Playhouse

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  Hofstra Hall

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  Members of the press in Hofstra's filing center ahead the first presidential debate of 2016

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  Phillip Rosenthal, executive producer of the sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond

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  Francis Ford Coppola, film director

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  Avi Arad, founder of Marvel Studios

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  Norm Coleman, former U.S. Senator from Minnesota

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  Maryanne Trump Barry, Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit and sister of former President Donald Trump

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  Madeline Kahn, actress

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  Thomas DiNapoli, Comptroller of New York

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  Rosemarie DeWitt, actress

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  David Paterson, former Governor of New York

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  Jonathan Cheban, reality TV personality

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  Bernie Madoff, convicted fraudster

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  Tom MacArthur, former U.S. Congressman

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  Robert Davi, actor

See also

In Spanish: Universidad Hofstra para niños