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Hofstra University's Dance team took second place in the 2014 Universal Dance Association (UDA) National Championship in Orlando, Florida.

Hofstra University senior Claudia Balthazar has been selected to participate in the national News21 program, a prestigious investigative journalism fellowship from the Carnegie-Knight Initiative on the Future of Journalism Education. She and other top student journalists from across the country will report on gun legislation and rights this year.

Hofstra University's new Pride Productions unit produces live online broadcasts of Hofstra events, including NCAA Division I athletics. The team is made up primarily of Hofstra University students who act as directors, technical directors, camera crew and graphics and replay operators, getting hands-on experience with state-of-the-art professional broadcast systems.

A team of Hofstra students earned an honorable mention in the 2013-14 American Marketing Association's International Collegiate Case Competition. The AMA Case Competition is a yearlong event that brings together top marketing students to work on a marketing challenge submitted by a sponsoring organization. This year, students were asked to develop a marketing strategy for Hershey Company's Take 5 candy bar.

Shannan Ferry, a senior broadcast journalism major, has won a $1,000 Presidents Scholarship from the Radio Television Digital News Association.

Four teams of students from the Frank G. Zarb School of Business competed for seed money to fund their business proposals as part of the Capital One Bank Campus Entrepreneurship Challenge.

A team of two juniors from the Frank G. Zarb School of Business won first place in an annual entrepreneurship competition sponsored by Capital One Bank.

Five political science students will participate in a seminar in January 2014 on bi-partisan cooperation between Congress and the White House at The Washington Center.

November 21-24, 2014, dance students performed in the Fall Faculty Dance Concert at the John Cranford Adams Playhouse.

Performed in the Department of Drama and Dance's elaborate production of "Gypsy" at Hofstra University, October 18-27, 2013.

More than 35 high-achieving first-year students have been named Dean's Business Scholars by the Frank G. Zarb School of Business. The program is designed to provide students with special opportunities to engage with faculty and industry executives to help them build their leadership skills.

Stefanie Kitsos '14, a speech pathology major, has been named the first Standout Student of the Fall 2013 semester at Hofstra University. Stefanie, who is hearing impaired, has decided to pursue a career helping others who have the same challenge. Standout Students are students whose achievements and accomplishments - academically, at an internship, or in extracurricular activities - set them apart.

Forty-six of Hofstra University's best students served as peer educators in the Spring 2013 semester, lecturing, tutoring, leading class discussions, and supervising student work for classes in their major department. Students must have at least a 3.5 GPA in their major and a recommendation from the faculty member to qualify for the prestigious peer teacher program.

Hofstra University's Honors College (HUHC) is delighted to welcome first year students to the HUHC community. We look forward to the many ways you will contribute to Honors life. Our mission is to enrich your college experience. See you soon!