Albertus Magnus College Holds Fourth Annual Service Day
Accepting Donations for Relief in Ukraine
New Haven, Conn., March 31, 2022 – The Four Dominican Pillars of Study, Prayer, Community, and Service are lived each day at Albertus Magnus College, a Catholic College in the Dominican Tradition. In dedication to service of others, the Albertus Community is volunteering on its Fourth Annual Service Day, as a way to give back to the New Haven community by helping others grow and prosper.
This year’s event, entitled Albertus Serves, will be held on Thursday, April 7 with a rain date of Friday, April 8. In commitment to our Albertus mission of outward action and the common good, there will be no classes held on Service Day so that students, faculty, and staff have the opportunity to participate in our Pillar of Service.
For folks in our larger community unable to attend, we will also be accepting donations for relief in Ukraine through Catholic Relief Services and their partners on the ground, Caritas Ukraine. A donation link will be shared on the Albertus Service Day webpage. We look forward to taking this day to increase a spirit of service in all of us.
The day begins in the Tiers Parking Lot with breakfast, check-in, and a sending forth blessing. T-shirts will be provided but volunteers are reminded to please wear closed-toe shoes and bring bottled water. Participants then go to their site placements which include: the Albertus Community Garden; Spring Learning Center; St. Martin de Porres Church; Albertus Grounds and 490 Prospect Street; St. Stanislaus Church; Amistad House; There’s No Place Like Home Inc.; Edgerton Park; East Rock Park and the New Haven Botanical Garden of Healing Dedicated to Victims of Gun Violence.
“We look forward to taking this day to increase a spirit of service in all of us,” said Hallie Douglas Barsody, coordinator for Dominican Ministries and Service at Albertus.
Clean-up will end at Noon when students, faculty, and staff return to the Tiers Parking Lot for lunch and reflection.
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.