Albertus Magnus College Celebrates Constitution Day
Marks Important Milestones: 100th Anniversary of 19th Amendment; College’s 95th Anniversary
New Haven, Conn., September 15, 2020 – Albertus Magnus College got an early start celebrating Constitution Day,
which commemorates the day in 1787 that delegates to the Constitutional Convention
signed the document in
Philadelphia. September 17 is the official federal observance.
Dr. Christina Wolbrecht served as this year’s virtual Constitution Day speaker at Albertus. She is the Professor
of
Political Science, Director of the Rooney Center for the Study of American Democracy,
and the C. Robert and Margaret
Hanley Family Director of the Washington Program at the University of Notre Dame.
In honor of the 100th anniversary of
the 19th Amendment, Dr. Wolbrecht presented, Rhetoric & Reality: A Century of Votes
for Women. She discussed how
women have voted over the past 100 years as well as how politicians, political parties,
and the press have interpreted
those votes.
The event was live-streamed and students were able to gather in the Behan Community
Room in the recently renovated
Hubert Campus Center to witness the speech as well as enjoy some light refreshments
– all while maintaining social
distancing.
The year 2020 marks the 100th anniversary of the passage of the 19th Amendment, guaranteeing
and protecting a
woman’s constitutional right to vote. Although the Suffrage Movement and the 19th
Amendment are criticized for
discriminating against many women of color, the passage marked the largest expansion
of democracy in the history of
our country.
The Albertus legacy dates back to 1925 and the bold vision of the Dominican Sisters
who answered a call of need,
embraced that need, and brought forward New England’s first Catholic, residential
liberal arts college for women – who
might not otherwise have had access to an education of such quality and distinctiveness.
More than nine decades later,
our Dominican mission continues to inspire the life-elevating education offered today
to women and men, younger and
older, diverse in their heritage and life experiences – all learning on campus and
online.
About Albertus Magnus College
Founded in 1925, Albertus is a coeducational Catholic College in the Dominican tradition. Albertus' values- and liberal arts-based education is recognized by external rankings such as US News & World Report, Money, and The New York Times, and has been named a Top 10 Military Friendly School. For ten consecutive years, at least 95% of Albertus graduates have attained employment or gone on to graduate studies within six months of completing their degrees. The College has an enrollment of approximately 1,300 students across its traditional undergraduate, accelerated adult undergraduate, and graduate program levels. Proud to enroll a student body where nearly half of its undergraduate students receive Federal Pell Grants and are first-generation college goers, Albertus is known for its innovative curricular offerings, recently launching new Bachelor's degree programs in Nursing, including BSN and Connecticut's first LPN-to-BSN; General Health Sciences; Interdisciplinary Studies; and Public Health.
Among its graduate offerings is the State of Connecticut's only Master of Arts in Art Therapy and Counseling program, and it is just one of three schools to offer a Master of Science in Human Services. In 2025-26, Albertus is celebrating its historic 100th Anniversary and completing implementation of the Albertus 2025: Lighting the Way to a Second Century strategic plan, with a bold vision to "be a destination liberal arts-based college, distinguished in its interdisciplinary and experiential approach to education, rooted in Dominican values, that prepares students for lifelong civic engagement and success." To learn more, please visit albertus.edu.