Albertus Magnus College is a

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university in

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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

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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

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, the president of nearby

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. All classes and offices were first housed in Rosary Hall, a

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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

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

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

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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

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. The Falcons are a member of the

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(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

* Ellen Bree Burns, U.S. federal judge *

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, Member of the U.S. House of Representatives, Massachusetts (1967–1983), 15th

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, 19th United States Ambassador to Ireland * Jacqueline Noonan, pediatric cardiologist; described

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and

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* Dianne Pinderhughes, American Political Scientist *

Lauren DeStefano Lauren DeStefano (born October 13, 1984) is an American young adult fiction, young adult author. She is best known for the Wither (DeStefano novel), Chemical Garden series of novels and her gallows humor. Biography DeStefano was born in New H ...

, Author * Margaret L. Drugovich, medical researcher * Marilyn Travinsky, politician

Faculty

* Marcella Boveri, biologist * Lawrence J. DeNardis, U.S. Congressman and University of New Haven president *

Alice Mattison Alice Mattison is an American novelist and short story writer. 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 Dorothea Rudnick (January 17, 1907 – January 10, 1990) was an American embryologist, who also made contributions as a scientific editor and translator. Early life and education Dorothea Rudnick was born in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin in 1907, and ...

, biologist * Suzanne W. Tourtellotte, astronomer *

Grace Evelyn Pickford Grace Evelyn Pickford (March 24, 1902, Bournemouth, England – January 20, 1986) was an American biologist and endocrinologist, known for "devising ingenious instruments and techniques" and her work on the hematology and endocrinology of fishes. ...

, 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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