PATCHOGUE, NY – APRIL 11, 2008 – St. Joseph’s College is pleased to announce that undergraduate student Kristen Golfo was awarded honorable mention at the Long Island College Art Competition reception on Thursday, March 13, 2008 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 students from Nassau and Suffolk County colleges and universities, two distinguished artists, Casey Ruble and Karen Shaw, judged the competition. Many 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.

Honored student artist, Kristen Golfo, is a Child Study major in her junior year at St. Joseph’s College. Golfo’s honored piece was created as an assignment for a drawing class. This year was the second year a St. Joseph’s College student was rewarded for their artwork.

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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.