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Hofstra University is a private institution of higher learning located within Hempstead, New York in the middle of Nassau County. Hofstra originally was established as an extension of NYU and built on the former estate of a wealthy couple that donated their land specifically for the school in their wills. In 1939 Hofstra officially separated from NYU and was granted an absolute charter. In the 1960’s the Mitchell Air Force base which was situated near the campus closed down and Hofstra was granted several acres of which they would continue to extend their institution. Its divisions were reorganized into “schools” in the same decade. The campus is composed of 113 buildings on 240 acres of land which straddles the neighborhoods of Hempstead and Uniondale and noted for a series of presidential conferences. It’s student body of 13,000 consists of mostly locals from nearby neighborhoods but several out of state students live on campus in it’s midrise dorm clusters. Several hang out spots (lounges and bars) line Hempstead Turnpike and have created a small night-life district in a relatively declined area of Nassau County. During the 1990’s and early 2000’s the University was plagued by a high suicide rate, this trend has since stopped and it remains a top school on the island.