PATCHOGUE, NY – FEBRUARY 13, 2008 – The St. Joseph’s College Council for the Arts is proud to present an exhibit of photographs and writings by its own faculty and students who traveled on an alternative spring break to Nicaragua, entitled “Nicaragua in Words and Images.” The exhibit will be displayed in the Board Room Gallery located in O’Connor Hall on its Long Island Campus and will be on display from March 1 to March 31, 2008.

In March 2007, a group of twenty students and two faculty members from the interdisciplinary course at St. Joseph’s College, “Latin America at the Crossroads: From Colonization to Globalization” traveled on an alternative spring break trip to Leon, Nicaragua to learn about the outstanding needs of certain indigenous Latin American countries. On their journey to the underprivileged area of Sutiaba, the students assisted women and children of the area with their daily responsibilities and also constructed a house for them.

St. Joseph’s College has a strong reputation for programs and activities that allow students and faculty to carry out various forms of community service as they pursue their academic goals. With service-learning at the forefront, and as a result of this life changing experience, students and faculty have committed themselves to fostering a more permanent relationship between the College and the people of Sutiaba and will continue to travel to Nicaragua with a recent trip in January of this year and a future trip in May.

For more information, please call The Council for the Arts at (631) 447-3323. 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, Suffolk, Long Island, the College offers degrees in over 22 majors, special course offerings and certificates, affiliated and pre-professional programs through its School of Arts and Sciences and its School of Professional and Graduate Studies.