Hofstra Tour

Here are some pictures of where Jess works. Hofstra University is located in Hempstead, NY (for a map, see "Melon Hosts the Debates"). There are about 13,000 students at Hofstra, and it offers a surprising number of graduate degrees. It's a beautiful campus and I'm sorry I didn't snap these pictures while more leaves were on the trees.

This is the New Academic Building, where the music department office and my office are located. I think this building is only about three years old.


This is the door to my office. Check out my homemade nameplate and the hanging homework assignments that my students NEVER bother to pick up!!!


I have a nice bookshelf and filing cabinet in my office, and notice the cute little tea kettle on my desk—part of my "CCL image" at Hofstra! :)


Opposite my desk area I have a computer! But I'm the only office in the music department without a Mac :(


I have a nice Yamaha piano in my office as well—much nicer than the piece of firewood Breighan and I shared at CCM last year. (But I'd give it all up to have you back, Breighan! I miss you!)


I teach in a building on the opposite side of campus. Here is Part I of my walk to class:


And now Part II of my walk:


My classes are in Monroe Lecture Hall. This is where music students spend most of the day. The music library and all the practice rooms are in the basement. Sometimes it's nice not having the students loiter around the New Academic Building; however, this setup makes it surprisingly hard to develop a rapport with your students outside of class, and virtually no one makes the haul across campus to visit my office hours.


My classroom is a miniature lecture hall, so it's on a slight slope. The piano was out of tune by week 5, but the stereo is actually quite nice and I can hookup my iPod. Check out the oldschool chalkboards; I love 'em but I miss the document cameras at CCM.


This concludes the Hofstra Tour. I hope this post, while boring for some, saves my parents from a very long commute on the LIRR (Long Island Railroad) just to see where I work. (Not to mention my day begins at 5:30am, which is 4:30am Iowa time.) But speaking of the LIRR . . . stayed tuned for the upcoming Transit Tour!