The Hofstra Cultural Center hosts international scholarly conferences, as well as exhibitions, performances, various supplemental events, and other cultural activities.

The Hofstra University Museum is dedicated to furthering the understanding and enjoyment of the visual arts.

The Joan and Arnold Saltzman Community Services Center at Hofstra University offers services to the surrounding community in four clinics and a fully licensed early childhood program.

Hofstra hosts three popular annual festivals: the Italian Festival (in September); the Irish Festival (in March) and the Dutch Festival (in May) http://www.hofstra.edu/community/fest/

The Pride athletics program hosts home games, open to the public, in 17 Division I sports, and hosts programs for youth sports leagues, Scouts and schools. More at www.gohofstra.com

Explore our arboretum and bird sanctuary.

Continuing Education offers hundreds of programs in: Professional Development, Personal Enrichment, Writing and our long-standing Summer Writers Program, as well as Youth offerings, including Saturday Classes and Summer Camps, and Professionals and Executives in Retirement.

Many academic departments offer cultural programs open to the public. They include: Drama and Dance, Music, Irish Studies, and the School of Education Professional Conferences.

The University is home to more than 10 academic institutes which offer programs and education in a variety of areas.

The University makes facilities available for events in service to the public: good government, public presentations and hearings.

Host for Long Island Regional Planning Council meetings, Governor Cuomo’s visits: People First and the Executive Budget, the 2010 New York State Gubernatorial Debate. Partnering with Nassau County to bring the 2011 Empire State Games back to Long Island. In the 2011-2012 year, hosted public interest events for the Urban League of Long Island, the Interfaith Nutrition Network, the Nassau-Suffolk Hospital Council’s Tobacco Cessation Project, NYS Senate Senior Health Fair, Island Harvest’s Micah Conference and the NYS Medicaid Task Force hearings.

Hofstra has hosted many public meetings and hearings for the New York State Senate and state agencies, federal officials, village of Hempstead and Nassau County government.

Hofstra University supports many of Long Island’s charitable organizations, especially those serving the surrounding community and/or dedicated to youth and education, health and wellness, regional economic development, and diversity: North Shore-LIJ Health System and the Katz Women’s Hospital, the Interfaith Nutrition Network, the Girl Scouts of Nassau County, the Fair Media Council, LISTnet, the Long Island Association, Vision Long Island, YMCA of Long Island, 100 Black Men, EAC, Erase Racism, the Press Club of Long Island, and the Boys & Girls Clubs of Hempstead.

Other examples of community service projects and initiatives:

• Discovery Program 
• Community Service in Student Affairs
• President’s Honor Roll for Community Service 
• Center for Civic Engagement 
• Nostrand Gardens beautification partnership 
• Hofstra for Hempstead/Hempstead for Hofstra scholarship fundraiser 
• Hofstra-Togo partnership with Roosevelt Middle School 

Conference Services provides facilities for outside groups wishing to rent meeting rooms and other facilities on the Hofstra campus. Preference is always given to academic and student events on campus.