PATCHOGUE, NY – APRIL 3, 2006 – St. Joseph’s College is proud to announce that undergraduate student Sandy Silverman was rewarded with honorable mention at the Long Island College Art Competition Reception on Friday, March 10, 2006 at Stony Brook University.

The Long Island College Art Competition, sponsored by the Student Activities Center at Stony Brook University, brought in over one hundred pieces of artwork from colleges all over Long Island. Open to all undergraduate students from Nassau and Suffolk County colleges and universities, the competition was judged by two prestigious metropolitan artists, George Adams and Dread Scott. Fourteen Long Island colleges participated in the competition, including C.W. Post, Molloy College, Dowling College, St. Joseph’s College, Stony Brook University, Suffolk Community College, SUNY Old Westbury and Nassau Community College.

The honored student artist, Sandy Silverman, is a Child Study major in her senior year at St. Joseph’s College. Silverman’s wood sculpture, “Leaves,” was created as an assignment for her “Crafts as an Art Form” class and can be viewed at the Student Activities Center Art Gallery at Stony Brook University through April 6, 2006.

For more information, please call (631) 447-3200 or visit www.sjcny.edu.

About St. Joseph's College

St. Joseph’s College has been dedicated to providing a diverse population of students in the New York metropolitan area with an affordable education rooted in the liberal arts tradition since 1916. Independent and coeducational, the College provides a strong academic and value-oriented education at the undergraduate and graduate levels, aiming to prepare each student for a life characterized by integrity, intellectual and spiritual values, social responsibility, and service. With campuses located in the Clinton Hill area of Brooklyn and in Patchogue, Long Island, the College offers degrees in over 21 majors, special course offerings and certificates, affiliated and pre-professional programs through its School of Arts and Sciences and its School of Adult and Professional Education. Graduate degrees are also offered including an Executive MBA, a Master of Science in Management, a Master of Science Degree with a Major in Nursing, a Master of Arts in Literacy/Cognition and a Master of Arts in Infant/Toddler Early Childhood Special Education.