Albertus Magnus College is a
private
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Catholic
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university in
New Haven, Connecticut
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. Founded by the Dominican Sisters of St. Mary of the Springs (now
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), it is located in the
Prospect Hill neighborhood of
New Haven
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, near the border with
Hamden.
History
Albertus Magnus College was founded in 1925 by the
Dominican Sisters of St. Mary of the Springs. The dedication speaker was
James Rowland Angell
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, the president of nearby
Yale University
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. All classes and offices were first housed in Rosary Hall, a
Palladian
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-style mansion that has since been converted for use as the institution's main library. The college's first chaplain, Rev. Artur 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."
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 1995 to some controversy, led by its longtime president
Julia M. McNamara.
Albertus Magnus College was the last Connecticut college to go co-ed. 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
Albertus Magnus is presided over by a board of trustees. A 1968 reorganization of this leadership opened 80% of spots to secular personnel while continuing to reserve 20% for members of the
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.
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 2022, the university has a 100% acceptance rate with a student body that is 15% male and 85% female.
Campus
The campus is located about two miles (2 km) from the central campus of
Yale University
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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
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.
The college uses several of the area's historic 19th century mansions as residence hall and administrative building. 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
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's
Division III
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Association football
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. The Falcons are a member of the
Great Northeast Athletic Conference
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History Chronological timeline
* 1995 - In 1995, the Great Northeast Athletic ...
(GNC). Men's sports include baseball, basketball, golf, ice hockey, soccer, tennis and swimming & diving; while women's sports include basketball, field hockey, lacrosse, soccer, softball, swimming & diving, tennis and volleyball.
Notable people
Alumni
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Ellen Bree Burns, U.S. federal judge
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Margaret Heckler
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, Member of the U.S. House of Representatives, Massachusetts (1967–1983), 15th
United States Secretary of Health and Human Services
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, 19th United States Ambassador to Ireland
*
Jacqueline Noonan, pediatric cardiologist; described
Noonan syndrome
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and
hypoplastic left heart syndrome
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*
Dianne Pinderhughes, American Political Scientist
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Lauren DeStefano
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Biography
DeStefano was born in New H ...
, Author
*
Margaret L. Drugovich, medical researcher
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Marilyn Travinsky, politician
Faculty
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Marcella Boveri, biologist
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Lawrence J. DeNardis, U.S. Congressman and
University of New Haven president
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Alice Mattison
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Life
Mattison was born in Brooklyn and attended Queens College and Harvard University, where she received a doctorate in literature. She has lived in New Haven CT since the 1970s. ...
, novelist and short story writer
*
Dorothea Rudnick
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Early life and education
Dorothea Rudnick was born in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin in 1907, and ...
, biologist
*
Suzanne W. Tourtellotte, astronomer
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Grace Evelyn Pickford
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, biologist
*
Nuala Archer
Nuala Archer (born 1955) is an American poet of Irish descent, author of five books, most recently, ''Inch Aeons'' (Les Figues Press, 2006). Her first book, ''Whale on the Line,'' won the Patrick Kavanagh Poetry Award in 1980. She has published p ...
, poet
References
External links
Official website
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