PATCHOGUE, NY – APRIL 12, 2006 – Just like New York artists Christo and Jeanne-Claude’s saffron colored installation “The Gates” took over Central Park in February 2005, colorful pinwheels will envelop the Patchogue Campus of St. Joseph’s College from April 17-21, 2006. Presented by the College’s Art Club, the inspirational installation entitled “Pinwheels” will cover the courtyard of St. Joseph’s at their Patchogue location.

“Pinwheels” will consist of over seven hundred plastic pinwheels in an array of bright colors, each individually placed in the grass of the courtyard. Students from the College’s Art Club purchased all of the pinwheels using funds that were raised from their Chinese Auction in the beginning of April. Individual signs with information on the exhibit will be placed around the perimeter. Any pinwheels that are not damaged at the end of the installation will be donated to children at a local hospital. For more information, please contact Professor Rick Miller at (631) 447-3325 or visit http://www.sjcny.edu.

St. Joseph’s College is located at 155 W. Roe Blvd. in Patchogue, and is accessible via the South Service Road of Sunrise Highway, just east of Exit 52 (Waverly Ave.).

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.