Hofstra University
Hofstra University is a coeducational institution located in Hempstead, Long Island, New York (USA) that was founded in 1935 with the estate of William (Willy) and Kate Hofstra. Hofstra University's official nickname is the Flying Dutchmen (or Dutchmen or just Dutch); the school's increasingly used informal nickname is now Pride, which started out referring to the feeling, but has become linked to the usage as a group of lions, starting when a pair of lions became the school's mascots in the late 1980s.
Hofstra University is also an arboretum, one of only 430 in the United States. The university's campus is home to over 635 different species and varieties of trees. The campus is also home to a two acre (8,000 m²) bird sanctuary. Hofstra's campus is a registered member of the American Association of Botanical Gardens and Arbortea.
The New York Jets hold their summer camp here and use privately own fields to practice and train in the summer.
Graduates
Noted graduates of 'Hofstra' include
- Francis Ford Coppola,
- actresses Madeline Kahn and Susan Sullivan,
- author Nelson DeMille
- Senator Norm Coleman {R- Minnesota)
- author, lecturer, and computer scientist Robert Swirsky
- New York Jets wide receiver Wayne Chrebet
- Christopher Walken – Actor
- New Orleans Hornets point guard Speedy Claxton