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Family Connection In the News at Hofstra Hofstra University Parent and Family Newsletter Medical Students Enter the Doors Fall 2011 of Hofstra North Shore-LIJ inside this issue School of Medicine for First Time An Important Message From the Office of Student Financial Services . 2 Let Us Upgrade You! . 2 A Message From Kevin Dexter, Class of 2013 . 2 Services for Students with Disabilities (SSD) Welcomes You to the Hofstra Community! . 3 Oh, the Places Your Student Will Go! . 4 After more than three years of planning, Health System have succeeded in making Summer 2011 Parent Orientation . 5 discussion and research by hundreds of this new and innovative medical school a academic and medical professionals and reality,” said Hofstra University President Service and Leadership scholars, the Hofstra North Shore-LIJ School Stuart Rabinowitz. Development . 6 of Medicine at Hofstra University welcomed “With this inaugural class, we are bringing Parent Voice . 6 its inaugural class of 40 students on July 25. in 40 bright, talented individuals who After participating in a weeklong orientation, recognize that we are offering an Hofstra Parent Council’s Chance students began their classes on August 1. The extraordinary opportunity to create an Auction . 7 School of Medicine is New York’s first new entirely new model for the way medicine is allopathic medical school in 40 years and the practiced in this country,” said Michael Hofstra Fall Festival . back cover nation’s 133rd medical school. The medical Dowling, president and chief executive school received more than 4,000 applications officer of the North Shore-LIJ Health for its inaugural class. System. “Most of them had other offers to “Today these students take the first bold attend more traditional medical schools, School of Medicine step on a journey to become the physicians but they chose to come here – and make of tomorrow,” said Dr. Lawrence Smith, history by becoming part of a new breed of Fast Facts dean of the Hofstra North Shore-LIJ School physicians who understand the importance Number of Students in Inaugural of Medicine. “They represent a unique and of teamwork and communication in the Class: 40: 20 women, 20 men diverse cross section of educational and life future of health care delivery.” experiences, and were selected not only for The school’s groundbreaking academic Dean: Dr. Lawrence Smith their test scores, but equally for their course content offers students the unique characters and core values.” opportunity to learn medicine through a Eventual Class Size: 60 in 2012; “From the shared vision of a new medical new and innovative curriculum that 80 in 2013; and 100 in 2014 school on Long Island, to welcoming our integrates basic science with hands-on first class of 40 students, in less than four clinical experience throughout all four Number of Faculty: 1,000 years we and our partner North Shore-LIJ years of medical school. Office of Parent and Family Programs, Division of Student Affairs An Important Message From the Office of Student Financial Services v The Student Financial Services Parent Checklist for Undergraduate Students is now available at hofstra.edu/sfsforms. It is a must-have for parents! v Visit hofstra.edu/sfshowto for simple step-by-step instructions regarding FERPA, billing, payment, financial aid, registration and academic records. v Encourage your student to read their Hofstra Pride e-mail account and share that information with you. As part of our continued green efforts, important deadlines, financial aid information, requests for missing documentation, and billing information are sent to students via their secure Hofstra Pride e-mail account. v Reminder: File the FAFSA by February 15 every year at FAFSA.gov. For FREE step-by-step assistance, call the FAFSA processor at 1-800-433-3243. New York state residents should also file the TAP application at HESC.com. For FREE step-by-step assistance, call 1-888-697-4372. v For FREE step-by-step assistance filing for Federal Stafford loans and/or Parent PLUS Loans at studentloans.gov, call the Direct Student Loan Service Center at 1-800-557-7394. v For tuition payment options, please visit hofstra.edu/paymentoptions. For further information, please call the Office of Student Financial Services at 516-463-8000, e-mail [email protected], or view their how-to guides at hofstra.edu/sfshowto. Let Us Upgrade You! The staff of the Office of Residential Programs hopes you and your family had a wonderful summer. They are looking forward to a great academic year with your child in the residence halls! The office has made major upgrades to Hofstra’s residence halls during the past few summers. This year, both Bill of Rights and Enterprise Halls received a complete face-lift: newly designed entrances were constructed to better manage the flow of traffic in and out of the buildings; new windows were installed; and new flooring, paint, and ceiling tiles have enhanced the hallways, bedrooms, and common spaces. Restorations were made to student HVAC units and new state-of-the-art furnishings were placed throughout the buildings. In addition, workers installed new furnishings in Suffolk Hall, which completed the renovation project that began last summer. Colonial Square was also repainted and received furniture upgrades, such as wood beds and dressers in select locations. The staff of the Office of Residential Programs is here to assist your child throughout the academic year and looks forward to seeing you and your child at various programming. If you have any questions, please feel free to e-mail [email protected] or call 516-463-6930. A Message From Kevin Dexter, Class of 2013 I hope that your student is enjoying his or her experience at Hofstra University as much as I am, and that you are enjoying your experience as a parent at Hofstra. There are so many opportunities that Hofstra gives your student to be successful while they are still in school, and I am a prime example. I am a rising junior from nearby Levittown, New York, and I knew I wanted to attend Hofstra since I was a sophomore in high school. I am a broadcast journalism major; Hofstra’s outstanding School of Communication is what drew me to the school. My classes, combined with the outside professional experience that I receive, makes this school great. I currently work as the sports director at WRHU-FM Radio Hofstra University, our 24/7/365 student-run If Kevin Dexter, Class of 2013 radio station. WRHU is almost completely run by students outside of four professional administrators, and 2011 Parent Orientation leader looks familiar, you might giving us real-world experience as leaders in the field of media. We serve as the flagship radio station for have seen him act in student all 17 Hofstra Pride sports and are the only college radio station in the country to have a professional sports skits during last summer’s team on our airwaves, the NHL’s New York Islanders. As you might have guessed, we’re joined by veteran Parent Orientation. continued on page 3. 2 A Message From Kevin Dexter, Class of 2013 continued from page 2 play-by-play man Chris King on our Islanders broadcasts, but other than that, the broadcasts are completely student-run. Students serve as color commentators, sideline reporters, engineers, studio hosts and studio update anchors, giving us experience that nobody else in the country has the opportunity to get. I grew up less than 10 minutes away from the Nassau Coliseum and am a die-hard Islanders fan, through the good times and the real bad ones, and now at just 20 years old, I get to talk about and interview the guys that I look up to as my idols. Not many people can say they’ve had that experience. While covering the Hofstra Men’s and Women’s Basketball teams last year, I traveled to places like San Diego, Boston, Baltimore and Niagara Falls to broadcast their road games. Over the past two years I’ve gotten to interview and talk with Hofstra alumnus and former Pride basketball player Charles Jenkins on multiple occasions, who now plays basketball for the Golden State Warriors in the NBA. I was a credentialed member of the media at the 2011 NBA Draft at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey and saw Charles Jenkins get his name announced by NBA Deputy Commissioner Adam Silver, and the next day I was back at Nassau Coliseum hosting a three-hour live broadcast from the New York Islanders Draft Party, reporting on the 2011 NHL Draft. I would never have been able to have these great opportunities without Hofstra University and WRHU. Since I was 5 years old I’ve wanted to be a sports broadcaster, and I’m living out my dream while I’m still in college. Even though everything I’ve done here at Hofstra can’t guarantee that I will have my big break and get a prestigious on-air job once I graduate, I do know that I’m being given every possible opportunity to succeed once I get my diploma. I could go on forever about how much I love Hofstra and WRHU, and how grateful I am for everything I’ve gotten to do in my two years at the University. I know that your student may not be interested in broadcasting as a career, but I also know that there are experiences like this for them all over Hofstra University. I hope your student chases their dreams like I have, and has as a rewarding of a college experience that I have had these past two years.