Happy Holidays from the Hofstra Pride Guides!

Finals ended last week and Fall 2014 has come to a close. Happy Holidays and best wishes for a great 2015 from the Hofstra Pride Guides! We look forward to showing prospective students and families around campus in the new year.

A look back at Fall 2014

As the year comes to an end, I’m sure everyone is looking forward to the well-deserved break! Like every semester here at Hofstra, the semester is full of great classes, new people, lots of work and of course a lot of fun!

Looking back on the year, some events to highlight are Fall Fest with Janelle Monae and TLC, Day in the Pride where our social media buzzed with more than 1,500 posts from the Hofstra community, Midnight Madness to kick off our amazing basketball season, and also our heavily attended Fall Open House events for prospective students! Among many other events, a semester at Hofstra is always one to look forward to!

Good luck on finals and congratulations to all of our graduates! Happy holidays, everyone!

By Carly Gasiewski, junior public relations and dance major

Fighting the finals frenzy with Stressbusters

It’s that time of year again when everyone is excited for winter break, but also stressing about all the finals that are quickly approaching! It is extremely easy to lose yourself in the stress of finals week, so in an effort to help, Hofstra provides their annual Stressbusters events to all students!

Available December 11-17, Hofstra’s Office of Student Leadership & Activities will be hosting a bunch of events:
• Free Grab & Go Breakfast as you run to the library or a final
• A total 90’s Throwback Thursday with a Bop It! Tournament
• Pet Therapy, where dogs are brought in just for you to play with and pet your stress away!
• Free professional massages to work those stress knots out!
• Late Night Breakfast, which can be argued as the biggest event at Hofstra
• Study areas that provide you with free tutoring, writing revisions and help, and of course, free food!

Besides all of these great events being provided, remember to take care of yourself while studying as well. We all know having a lot of studying to do can be extremely overwhelming, but don’t forget to stay healthy. Get some sleep, manage your time, remember to eat full meals and take some well-needed breaks (which you can do by attending these awesome Stressbusters events.)

Good luck with finals and enjoy your winter break!

By Carly Gasiewski, junior public relations and dance major

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