Albertus Magnus College

Latin: Collegium Alberti Magni
Type| Private liberal arts college
Established| 1925
Affiliation| Roman Catholic
(Dominican Sisters of Peace)
President| Marc M. Camille, Ed.D.
Undergraduates| 1,200 full-time
Postgraduates| 270 full-time
Location|

New Haven

United States

Campus| 50 acres (200,000 m2)
|u}}rs| Blue and White
Athletics| NCAA Division III – GNAC, ECAC
Nickname| Falcons
Affiliations| ACCU
CIC
NAICU
Website| albertus.edu

Albertus Magnus College is a Catholic private liberal arts college in New Haven, Connecticut, United States . Founded by the Dominican Sisters of St. Mary of the Springs (now Dominican Sisters of Peace), it is located in the Prospect Hill neighborhood of New Haven, near the border with Hamden.

## Contents

* 1 History
* 2 Organization
* 3 Academics
* 4 Campus
* 5 Athletics
* 6 Notable people
* 6.1 Alumni
* 6.2 Faculty
* 7 References
* 8 External links

## History

St. Albertus Magnus, namesake of the college, was a medieval scholar and philosopher

Albertus Magnus College was founded in 1925 by the Dominican Sisters of St. Mary of the Springs. The dedication speaker was James Rowland Angell, the president of nearby Yale University. All classes and offices were first housed in Rosary Hall, a Palladian-style mansion that has since been converted for use as the institution's main library. The college's first chaplain, Rev. Arthur Chandler, stated that the college's initial goal was to educate women "to become thinkers and leaders and the noble among the ladyhood of the future."[1]

By 1940 the campus had expanded to its current 50 acre size and absorbed a variety of surrounding gilded-era mansions for use as dormitories and office space. The school became known for its strict liberal arts curriculum that required four years of Latin or Greek study.

Originally a women's college, the institution became coeducational in 1985 to some controversy. The 1980s also brought a series of construction projects to the campus, including new classroom space and a new athletic center. The first graduate program, a Master of Arts in Liberal Studies, was offered in 1992.

## Organization

Rosary Hall, the college's first building, currently houses the central library Albertus Magnus College, view from the back of Rosary Hall.

Albertus Magnus is presided over by a board of trustees. A 1969 reorganization of this leadership opened 80% of spots to secular personnel while continuing to reserve 20% for members of the Dominican Sisters of Peace.

## Academics

In addition to undergraduate majors, minors and concentrations, including pre-professional preparation, there are graduate programs in art therapy, mental health counseling, addiction counseling, leadership, liberal studies, fine arts in creative writing, human services, business administration, education, and management and organizational leadership.

As of 2014, the university has a 71.1% acceptance rate with a student body that is 35% male and 65% female.[2]

## Campus

Sansbury Hall, an undergraduate residence hall

The main campus is located about two miles (3 km) from the central campus of Yale University in a residential area known as Prospect Hill near the border with Hamden. The neighborhood is on Prospect Street just above Edgerton Park and near East Rock.

The college uses several of the area's historic 19th century mansions as residence halls and administrative buildings. A number of these are contributing properties of the Prospect Hill Historic District.

## Athletics

Albertus Magnus College teams participate as a member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division III. The Falcons are a member of the Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC). Men's sports include baseball, basketball, cross country, lacrosse, soccer, tennis and volleyball; while women's sports include basketball, cross country, lacrosse, soccer, softball, tennis and volleyball.

## Notable people

### Alumni

* Ellen Bree Burns, U.S. Federal Judge[3]
* Margaret Heckler, Member of the U.S. House of Representatives, Massachusetts (1967-1983), 15th United States Secretary of Health and Human Services, 19th United States Ambassador to Ireland[4]
* Jacqueline Noonan, pediatric cardiologist, Noonan syndrome, hypoplastic left heart syndrome[5]

### Faculty

* Lawrence J. DeNardis, U.S. Congressman and University of New Haven president
* Marcella Boveri, biologist
* Alice Mattison, novelist and short story writer
* Dorothea Rudnick, biologist

## References

1. ↑ "The View From: Albertus Magnus College". New York Times. 5 November 1989. https://www.nytimes.com/1989/11/05/nyregion/the-view-from-albertus-magnus-college-a-small-college-undergoes-a-metamorphosis.html. Retrieved 30 January 2015.
2. ↑ "US News & World Report: Albertus Magnus College". http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/albertus-magnus-college-1374. Retrieved 30 January 2015.
3. ↑ "Ellen Bree Burns". Federal Judicial Center. http://www.fjc.gov/servlet/nGetInfo?jid=323&cid=999&ctype=na&instate=na. Retrieved 30 September 2013.
4. ↑ "Margaret Heckler". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000440. Retrieved 30 September 2013.
5. ↑ "Jacqueline Noonan". Castle Connolly "National Physician of The Year Awards". Archived from the original on 14 March 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130314090405/http://www.castleconnollyawards.com/jacqueline_a_noonan.html. Retrieved 30 September 2013.

## External links

* Albertus Magnus College official website
* Albertus Magnus College official athletics website

* v
* t
* e

American women's colleges that became coeducational

Became
coeducational|

* Adelphi
* Albertus Magnus
* Andrew
* Anna Maria
* Barber-Scotia
* Beaver
* Bennington
* Blue Mountain College
* Brescia
* Cabrini
* Caldwell
* Carlow
* Cazenovia
* Chestnut Hill
* Chowan
* Columbia (MO)
* Connecticut College
* Dominican (CA)
* Dominican (NY)
* Drexel College of Medicine
* Elms
* Elmira
* Emmanuel (MA)
* Felician
* Florida State
* Fontbonne
* Georgia College
* Georgian Court
* Goucher
* Greensboro
* Holy Family (PA)
* Holy Family (WI)
* Holy Names
* Hood
* Hunter
* Huston-Tillotson
* Immaculata
* Incarnate Word
* James Madison
* Keuka
* LaGrange
* Lake Erie
* Lasell
* Lesley
* Lindenwood
* Longwood
* MacMurray (closing in 2020)
* Manhattanville
* Mary Hardin–Baylor
* Mary Washington
* Marygrove
* Marymount (CA)
* Marymount (VA)
* Marymount Manhattan
* Marywood
* Mercy (NY)
* Mercyhurst
* Midway
* Misericordia
* Mississippi University for Women
* Mount Mercy
* Mount St. Joseph
* Mount St. Vincent
* Montevallo
* Moravian
* Notre Dame (OH)
* Notre Dame de Namur
* Ohio Dominican
* Our Lady of Holy Cross
* Our Lady of the Lake
* Pine Manor
* Queens (NC)
* Radford
* Randolph
* Regis (MA)
* Rosemont
* Rivier
* St. Francis (IL)
* Saint Joseph (CT)
* St. Joseph's (NY)
* St. Mary's (MD)
* St. Scholastica
* Saint Xavier (IL)
* Sarah Lawrence
* Salve Regina
* Seton Hill
* Shorter
* Skidmore
* Southern Virginia
* Spalding
* Stevenson
* Texas Woman's
* Thomas More (KY)
* Trocaire
* UNC Greensboro
* University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma
* Vassar
* Virginia Union
* Viterbo
* Washington College of Law
* Webster
* Wells
* Wheaton (MA)
* William Peace
* William Woods
* Wilson (PA)
* Winthrop

Coordinate
colleges|

* Douglass (merged with Rutgers University)
* Evelyn College for Women (with Princeton University; closed)
* Georgia State College for Women (with Georgia School of Technology to form Georgia College & State University)
* H. Sophie Newcomb Memorial College (merged with Tulane University)
* Margaret Morrison Carnegie College (merged with Carnegie Mellon University)
* Maryhill College (merged with St. Edward's University)
* Mt Vernon College (with George Washington University)
* Pembroke (merged with Brown University)
* Radcliffe College (merged with Harvard University)
* University of Mary Washington (with University of Virginia)

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