Calkins Hall is home to the Fine Arts, Comparative Literature and Foreign Language departments.
The fine arts facilities include student studio space and gallery displays, a state of the art graphic design lab, and a newly renovated ceramics studio.
Calkins Hall, when it was first built, was originally a gymnasium and still houses one dance studio.
The language-learning lab offers computer aided learning systems, access to original foreign films, and tools for ESL students.
ABOUT THE BUILDING
Calkins Hall's current academic uses include the Fine Arts, Art History, Comparative Arts and Culture, Comparative Literature and Languages, and Romance Languages and Literatures departments. On the first floor there is a computer lab and the Alex Rosenberg Gallery (dedicated on May 12, 1995) displays student artwork and pottery. The buildings' square footage is 56,504 and was designed by Aymar Embury with later alterations by Louis Jensen. Formerly used as the gymnasium, this building was named for the first President of Hofstra, Truesdel Peck Calkins.