Residence Life

The Office of Residence Life provides housing and residential services for approximately 3,500 students living in campus residence halls. A resident success representative (RSR) is stationed in the lobby of each residential facility or at the entrance to the complex (with the exception of the Graduate Residence Hall during the overnight hours). The office employs more than 100 staff members to support the residential community, including senior resident assistants (SRAs), resident assistants (RAs), graduate resident directors (GRDs), resident directors (RDs), and area directors (ADs). Our staff is fully trained to assist every student and help make living on campus a positive experience. 

Hofstra’s Office of Residence Life offers a variety of comfortable living environments that are sure to meet the needs of our residential students. Residence hall styles range from high-rises (offering single, double, and triple rooms with common area lounges and corridor bathrooms) to suite-style residence halls (with shared in-suite bathrooms, and some with shared in-suite lounge areas). Each residence hall has a community kitchen, on-site laundry facilities, and community living rooms. All residence halls have Wi-Fi and cable TVs in main common area lounges. Living-learning communities, which house students who share an academic or social interest, are available in the Netherlands Complex, Stuyvesant Hall, and Alliance Hall. For additional information about these programs or our residence halls, please visit hofstra.edu/reslife or email reslife@hofstra.edu. 

Each residential area is staffed by either a graduate resident director (GRD) or professional resident director (RD), as well as undergraduate resident assistants (RAs). These staff members are trained to assist students and develop a strong sense of community within the building/complex. When the Residence Life Office is closed, an RD is always available. To receive assistance from the RD on duty, students should contact Public Safety at 516-463-6606. 

In addition, each building or complex has an RA on duty every evening. From 6 p.m. to 9 p.m., students may find the RA on duty in their residence hall RA office. Between the hours of 9 p.m. and 8 a.m., the RA on duty is accessible by calling the RA office phone number. The name and telephone number of the RA on duty are posted on the RA office door in each residential facility. The staff in each hall are available to assist students as they learn to negotiate their needs within their living environments. If a roommate concern cannot be resolved through open communication or informal mediation with resident assistants or resident directors, then a room change may be granted. Room changes begin after the semester’s occupancy has been confirmed, generally around the second week of the semester. Residents should see their resident director for more information. Students may not change rooms without written approval. 

All residents must read, sign, and abide by the Residential Living Agreement. In addition, all students must abide by University policies in the Code of Community Standards, published in the Guide to Pride. 

Hofstra is not responsible for lost, damaged, or stolen property. Students are strongly encouraged to obtain their own insurance coverage, such as renters insurance. 

Amazon Lockers

Amazon Locker provides a self-service delivery location for Amazon customers to pick up their packages. Students can select Hofstra’s on-campus locker location, “Cria,” as their pickup address and retrieve their orders at that location by entering a unique pickup code on the locker touch screen. The Amazon Locker is located on the lower level of the Mack Student Center, in the hallway between the Pride Den and the Game Room. To access Hofstra’s locker and set up this location as their preferred locker, students should visit https://www.amazon.com/ulp.  

Linens Program

The Hofstra Bookstore also has dorm essentials available for purchase online or in-store. https://hofstra.bncollege.com  

Receiving Letters and Packages

No Signature Required

United States Postal Service (USPS) mail pieces not requiring a student’s signature are delivered to residence halls by the USPS from August until May. Upon delivery to the residence hall, the senior resident assistant (SRA) distributes the mail to the appropriate student mailboxes by 6 p.m. daily. Packages delivered to the residence hall that do not fit into a student’s mailbox are left in the RA Office. Students receive a package slip in their mailbox that informs them that they can pick up their package when an RA is on duty in the office each evening between 6 p.m. and 9 p.m. SRAs deliver mail or mail slips daily. To pick up a package, students must show their HofstraCard/HofPass and sign for the package. Please note that students do share mailboxes, so if there is a delay in getting a notification, it is possible that a roommate picked up the mail or mail slip and didn’t deliver it to the intended student in a timely fashion.  

Signature Required

The Student Post Office located on the lower level of the Mack Student Center, North Campus (inside the Hofstra University Bookstore), receives all FedEx, UPS, and USPS letters or packages requiring a student’s signature. When mail is received, the Bookstore Mailroom (hofstrapostoffice@hofstra.edu) emails the student’s Hofstra Pride account to inform the student that there is a letter or package awaiting pickup. 

Students should regularly check their Hofstra Pride email account. On occasion, emails can end up in a spam folder, so students should add hofstrapostoffice@hofstra.edu to their email address book to ensure proper delivery. Upon receiving notice, students must present a valid Hofstra ID to pick up their mail. It is important to note that due to this necessary routing of signature-required mail, a delay in letter/package delivery to students is possible. Letters and packages received on the weekend are held for delivery to the Student Post Office until Monday.  

Contact: Student Post Office 

Sondra and David S. Mack Student Center, Lower Level, North Campus 

516-463-6313 

Refrigerator/Freezer/Microwave Rental

Information on the University refrigerator/freezer/microwave rental program is available at hofstra.edu/reslife under our Services tab (click on Vendors). Students can rent or purchase refrigerator/freezer units of 5.0 cubic feet or less for use in residential rooms. Refrigerators cannot exceed one per room and two per suite; however, for safety reasons, only those refrigerator/freezer/microwave multi-units rented or purchased through the University-sanctioned vendor are permitted in on-campus residence halls. Students are NOT allowed to bring microwaves into the residence halls. 

Note: Personal refrigerators, including refrigerator and microwave combination (MicroFridge®) units rented through the University-sanctioned vendor, are prohibited in the Graduate Residence Hall rooms and suites. 

Contact: Office of Residence Life 

Wellness and Campus Living Center, North Campus 

516-463-6930 

hofstra.edu/reslife 

reslife@hofstra.edu