STUDENT AFFAIRS' OFFICE OF MULTICULTURAL AND INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS PROGRAM

Through this office, Hofstra sponsors programs designed to ensure that the University remains a diverse campus and embraces its multicultural identity:

African-American History Month
Wednesday, February 13, 11:15 a.m.-12:45 p.m. (Common Hour)
Speaker: Sherley Cherenfant, Hofstra Class of '93, ERASE Racism
Plaza Rooms, Mack Student Center, North Campus

Women's "Herstory" Month
Wednesday, March 6, 11:15 a.m.-12:45 p.m. (Common Hour)
Plaza Rooms, Mack Student Center, North Campus

Asian/Pacific Islander Heritage Month
Wednesday, April 10, 11:15 a.m.-12:45 p.m. (Common Hour)
Plaza Rooms, Mack Student Center, North Campus

More information: 516-463-6796 or visit hofstra.edu/omisp

Thursdays, February 14, 21 and 28

Location: Various sites, North and South Campuses

Admission: FREE

CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF LABOR AND DEMOCRACY

presents

AFRICA AT WORK FILM SERIES
The Labor Studies Program showcases important films on the rapidly changing world of work and working-class movements in modern Africa. Introductions and discussions are led by Hofstra faculty and invited guests. The series is in celebration of African-American History Month.

• Slavery by Another Name, February 14 at 4:30-6 p.m.
• At the River I Stand, February 21 at 4:30-6 p.m.
• The Dark Side of Chocolate, February 28 at 12:45-2:10 p.m.

More information: laborstudies@hofstra.edu or hofstra.edu/laborstudies.

Sunday, February 17 at 3 p.m.

Location: John Cranford Adams Playhouse, South Campus

Admission: FEE

Hofstra University in celebration of African American History Month
presents

Black Spirit and the Struggle for Freedom

Join Hofstra's Department of Music and the Department of Drama and Dance for a concert of music and dance that recreates seminal performances and events by black artists and historical figures in commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation, featuring performances by the Hofstra Chamber Choir, Hofstra Jazz Ensemble, Hofstra Symphony Orchestra, Hempstead High School Select Chorale, Uniondale High School Chorus, dancers, guests and ensembles. [more]

Tickets are $15 general admission, $12 senior citizen (over 65) or matriculated non-Hofstra student with ID.

Members of the Hofstra community receive one free ticket upon presentation of a current HofstraCard.

For tickets and more information, including tickets for schools and group tickets, call the Hofstra Box Office at (516) 463-6644, Monday through Friday, 11 a.m.-3:45 p.m.

Wednesday, February 27

9 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Location: Various sites, North and South Campuses

Admission: FREE

CENTER FOR CIVIC ENGAGEMENT presents

Civil Rights Day: Contemporary Struggles for Obama's Second Term

More information: Mario.murillo@hofstra.edu

Wednesday, February 27
11:15 a.m.-12:45 p.m.

Location:
246 East Library Wing
Joan and Donald E. Axinn Library, South Campus

Admission: Free

Hofstra University Office of the Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs

in cooperation with the

Provost's Diversity Task Force
presents

Diversity Research and Curriculum Development Grants and LGBT Research Initiative Award

11:20 -11:30 a.m.
Amy Catalano, Library and Information Services
Improving Library Instruction and reference services for students with both intellectual and physical disabilities.

11:30-11:40 a.m.
Eduardo Duarte, School of Education
A Chance for a New Human Togetherness: The Technology of Difference: Thinking Multi-culturally

11:40 a.m. – 11:50 a.m.
Susan Saab Fortney, Maurice A. Deane School of Law
The Ethics of Diversity and the Legal Profession

11:50 p.m. – 12 p.m.
Esther Fusco with Michael Coniker & Yvette Brideau, School of Education
I Am The Voice …: Global Expression of Literacy

12 p.m. – 12:10 p.m.
Sophie Hawkins with Rebecca Gianarkis & Dan Jones, Hofstra College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Mapping the Sacred in the Suburbs

12:10 p.m. - 12:20 p.m.
Genevieve Weber, School of Health Sciences and Human Services
Intent to Persist for LGBTQ College Students: A Study of the Role of Mental Health and Harassment

12:20-12:40 p.m.
Question-and-Answer session

Sunday, March 10 at 11 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Location: Physical Education Building on North Campus

Admission: FEE; Children under 12 are admitted free. Free admission for faculty/staff/matriculated student with current HofstraCard.

15TH ANNUAL IRISH EXPERIENCE FESTIVAL

Be Irish for the day, and celebrate with music, dance and Irish fare.

Tuesdays, April 2, 23 and 30

at 7 p.m.

Location for all lectures: Leo A. Guthart Cultural Center Theater, Axinn Library, South Campus

Admission: FREE

ITALIAN AMERICAN EXPERIENCE LECTURE SERIES
A Tribute to Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett and Jimmy Roselli

• Amore: The Story of Italian American Song, April 2
• All the Things You Are: The Life of Tony Bennett, April 23
• Making the Wiseguys Weep: The Jimmy Roselli Story, April 30

Wednesdays, April 3 and 10

at 7 p.m.

Location for both lectures: Leo A. Guthart Cultural Center Theater, Axinn Library, South Campus

Admission: FEE

ISSUES IN JUDAISM LECTURES

Mideast Update With Michael Tuchfeld, Political Analyst and Media Consultant; Former Parliamentary Correspondent and News Editor TV2, The Knesset Channel and Israel Broadcasting Authority, Jerusalem, Israel

Monday, April 8, 2013
2:55-4:20 p.m.
246 East Library Wing,

Provost’s Diversity Lecture Series
presents

Dr. Nira Yuval-Davis
Director of the Research Centre on Migration, Refugees and Belonging (CMRB) at the University of East London

Intersectionality and the Politics of Belonging

Hofstra University Office of the Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs in cooperation with the Provost’s Diversity Task Force continues our commitment to increase diversity, by presenting Dr. Nira Yuval-Davis, Sociologist and the Professor and the Director of the Research Center on Migration, Refugees and Belonging at the University of East London.  Dr. Yuval-Davis has written extensively on the Politics of Belonging.  In addition to citizenship and nationalism, she looks at religion, cosmopolitanism, the feminist ‘ethics of care’ as well as the effects of globalization, mass migration, the rise of fundamentalism and the human rights movement.

April 16 through July 26

Location: Emily Lowe Gallery, Behind Emily Lowe Hall, South Campus

Admission: FREE

HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY MUSEUM presents We Hold These Truths …

In commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation

This exhibition examines issues of slavery, middle passage, the abolition movement, emancipation, and American freedom through the presentation of historic and contemporary artworks as well as artifacts and ephemera by artists such as Willie Cole, Daniel Chester French, Richard Hunt, William H. Johnson, Glenn Ligon,

Howardena Pindell, Betye Saar, and Kara Walker.

Exhibition Reception
Speaker: Vinnie Bagwell, Sculptor
Thursday, February 24, 4-6 p.m.

Sunday, May 5 at 11 a.m.-5 p.m.

Location: Outdoors on our South Campus
Rain or Shine

Admission: FEE; Children under 12 are admitted free. Free admission for faculty/staff/matriculated student with current HofstraCard.

30TH ANNUAL DUTCH FESTIVAL
Celebrate spring and Hofstra's Dutch heritage with music, flowers and delicious delights.