New Family Weekend Dates
What
a time to be a Hofstra student! As many of you have heard, The Commission on
Presidential Debates announced Tuesday that Hofstra will be hosting the first
presidential debate on Monday, September 26, 2016. Tickets and volunteer
opportunities will only be open to current Hofstra students. Read
more information about the Debate here.
Hofstra students should check their Pride email account regularly.
Our annual Fall
Festival: Alumni, Student and Family Weekend, which was scheduled to be
held on September 23-24, must be moved to Friday-Sunday,
October 7-9 due to the logistics and security necessary for the
international broadcast of a presidential debate.
By moving Fall Festival, we will be able to host the same
type and size festivity as we have over the past five years, with a full-scale
carnival, concert, Family Weekend activities, and our new Pride Expo, without
downsizing or compromising the community spirit of this signature annual
celebration.
The Annual Alumni Awards dinner will remain on Thursday,
September 22, 2016 at the Garden City Hotel.
To those who may have already made plans to attend Fall
Festival, we apologize for any inconvenience this change might cause. If you have specific concerns, please call
the Parenta and Family Programs Office at (516) 463-4698. Thank you and watch
your email and social media news feeds for updates about Fall Festival/Family
Weekend and our public debate programming calendar.