Office Programs

Five Culturally Themed Heritage Months

• Hispanic Heritage Month (October)
  • Hispanic Heritage Month Opening Reception
  • The Indigenous History of Latin America
  • Latin and Caribbean Studies Department Student Essay Contest
  • The Latino/Hispanic Collection Exhibit
  • Latino/Hispanic Heritage Week
  • Movie Nights: "Frida", "My American Girls"
  • Latino/Hispanic Charity Night
  • National Latino AIDS Awareness Day
  • Dance with Me Salsa Lessons
  • Carlos Sandoval's award-winning documentary Farmingville
  • The Gift From My Ancestors
  • A Night of Poetry featuring University of Massachusetts poet Martín Espada, the 2006 John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship Recipient
• Diversity Awareness Month (November)
  • Mr. and Mrs. Hofstra Founding a University: Special Collections Exhibit
  • Hofstra University Person of Color Sculpture Competition Finalists Exhibition
  • Race, Class and the LGBT Community
  • Health Concerns for the LGBT Community
  • Issues in Judaism Lecture Series: The Unknown Jewish Heroes of the Orient in Japan, China, & India
  • Italian-American Experience Lecture Series
  • Documenting Diversity 2007 Film Screenings
  • True Life: I'm Gay at Hofstra
  • The Rise of the Leftist Movement in Latin America
  • LOCALDIMENSIONS OF IMMIGRATION: Challenges and Opportunities in Our Changing Communities
  • Photographing Suburbia: Crewdson, Owens and Weiner
  • The Lost Boys of Sudan (Documentary)
  • Latino Jeopardy
  • Garibaldi's Gotham; conceived and performed by Hofstra Staff Member Bob Spiotto
• Black History Month (February)
  • "Out of Africa" Art Exhibition
  • Civil Rights Day: A Center for Civic Engagement Event
  • Africa at Work Film Series
  • Black History Month OpeningReception
  • A Closer Look: A View of Africa through Its Art
  • Secrets to Success: A Career Center Event
  • The N-Word: Should it ever be used again by Anyone?
  • Black History Month Readings
  • Multicultural Film Series presents: "The Great Debaters"
• Women's Herstory Month (March)
  • Women's Herstory Month Opening Reception
  • Lecture by Mia Tyler (Daughter of Steven Tyler from the Rock band Aerosmith)
  • "What Would Oprah Do?"
  • Making Their Presence Felt: An Exhibit Honoring Notable Long Island Women
  • Boys in School: Perils, Problems, and Promise
  • Lady Bird, Pat and Betty: Tea for Three
  • Multicultural Film Series: "The Hours"
  • Musical Performance: The Feminine Musique
  • Sacajawea: The Most Honored Woman in America
  • The 5 Shades of Pink: A Coerced Identity by Melissa J. Edwards, A Graduate Thesis Performance Exploring Biracial Identity in the 19th Century
  • What if Women Ruled the World? A Gender Analysis of Leadership
  • Women's History Month Readings in the Hofstra University Library
  • Documentary film, On Paper Wings
  • "For a Rosary of Memories: Italian American Women Writers and Artists and Memory-Work" in honor of the establishment of the UNICO Distinguished Professorship
  • International Conference: "Between Three Continents: Rethinking Equatorial Guinea on the Fortieth Anniversary of its Independence from Spain"
  • Exhibition: Tranquil Power: The Art of Perle Fine
  • Poetry Performance: Women Poets in "Intimate Encounters"
• Asian/Pacific Islander Heritage Month (April)
  • The Commuter Series presents: Take-Out Wednesday
  • Asian/Pacific Islander Heritage Month Opening Reception
  • Bollywood Movie Night
  • Annual NYC Asian-American Student Conference
  • True Life: I'm a Hofstra International Student
  • Multicultural Film Series presents: "My Life (Translated): SuChin Pak"
  • Asian-American Identity and the Stereotype of the "Model Minority"
  • "Holi" — Festival of Spring Colors
  • Religious Pluralism in Malaysia and the United States
  • Multicultural Film Series: Slaying the Dragon
  • From Swords to Skyscrapers, the Legacy of an Ancient Asian Steel
  • New York City China Town Walking Tour & Scavenger Hunt

International Student Programming

• This includes immigration related programs that provide an overview of Optional and Curricular Practical Training, visits to local museums and New York City attractions, as well as programs geared toward international student life and success such as "Adjusting to Life in the United States" & "Academic Success in American Higher Education".
• The Office also collaborates closely with offices like The Career Center to help prepare international students to find employment after they graduate. These programs focus on "Workplace Culture in the USA" and "Applying for an H1B Visa".

The True Life Series

• This programming series, put on in collaboration with the Office of Residential Programs was recently honored as the Long Island College Student Personnel Association (LICSPA) as the Program of the Year. LICSPA is the local chapter of the American College Personnel Association (ACPA) and the events during this series have included "True Life I'm in the Military", "True Life I am Living with HIV/AIDS", "True life I am in a Bi-racial or Multiracial Relationship", and "True Life I am Gay at Hofstra".

The Multicultural Film Series

• The Multicultural Film Series highlights a very diverse offering of documentaries and films that address diverse and international issues. Roughly six to eight films are offered each semester, and some of the films coincide with the specific Heritage Month taking place. Films and documentaries that have been show include: "The Color of Fear", "Gay Pioneers", "Stand and Deliver", "What Black Men Think", "American History X", and the "The Great Debaters".

The Diversity-Dialogue-Desserts Series

• The Diversity, Dialogue and Desserts Series is a discussion-oriented forum regarding various issues of diversity in our world today. Each program is hosted by a Hofstra student, faculty or staff member.. We encourage all members of the Hofstra community to participate in these campus conversations. Some of the most recent Diversity-Dialogue-Desserts events have included: "That's So Gay: The Proliferation of Homophobia on Campus", "Latinonation: America's New Majority", "Is the Revolution Being Televised: Portrayals of Diversity in the Media", "Reflections on the Death of Sean Bell", "Merry Christmas Everyone…Thanks But I am Actually a Muslim", "White Privilege: An Examination of Systemic Racism in the United States", and "The ‘N' Word: Should it Ever Be Used Again?".

International Education Week

• While International Education Week is a time for Hofstra to honor its international student community, the Week itself is also a broad program designed for the entire campus to embrace the international nature of Hofstra. Events that take place during International Education Week include the student and cultural student group performance showcase "International Global Glitz", a Discussion Series about "Is Hofstra Global?", the showing of international documentary films like "Amandla!" (the story of how music fueled the Apartheid Movement in South Africa), and a World Cup Soccer Tournament where students from different countries face-off against each other in competition.

The Genocide Fellows Program

• Under the leadership of Hofstra Hillel and the Office of Multicultural & International Student Programs, the Genocide Fellows Program is an opportunity to engage in an academic yearlong educational program that revolves around the historical and current day issues of genocide in our global society. There are weekly sessions to explore the history of genocide as well as examinations into specific case studies.
  Students will also have the opportunity to participate in site visits to organizations that are making a difference in combating issues of bias and hate in our society today, such as the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, National Coalition Building Institute and the United Nations among others. If you are selected to the Program you get a free trip to Washington, DC to visit various agencies on the front-line of preventing Genocide and a small stipend is also provided to Fellows for their participation. Applications for the program are available in mid-April.

Diversity Training and Education Programs

• The Office assists in providing the Hofstra community with a wide array of options with regard to diversity training and education. Some of the programs offered by the Office include: "Creating a Safe Space for the LGBTQ Student and Staff Community", "Understanding White Privilege", "Multicultural Competence Training", "Dismantling Stereotypes", and "Confronting Racism".
• With regard to student-leader training the Office has conducted workshops for Resident Assistants, Orientation Leaders, Greek Organization Presidents, Resident Safety Student Officers, and student clubs and organizations.
• With regard to the staff training the Office has conducted workshops for over 150 members of the Division of Student Affairs and we have done specialized workshops for a number of divisional units like the Office of Residential Programs and the Counseling Center.