HEMPSTEAD, NY (readMedia)-- More than 35 high-achieving first-year students have been named Dean's Business Scholars by the Frank G. Zarb School of Business at Hofstra University. The program is designed to provide students with special opportunities to engage with faculty and industry executives to help them build their leadership skills. The area students named to the Dean's Business Scholars program are: Sandra Rittenhouse of Collegeville. Allison Beswick of Audubon. Hofstra University is a nationally ranked private university just 25 miles from New York City and all its cultural, recreational and professional opportunities. We offer small classes and personal attention with the resources, technology, and facilities of a large university.