Albertus Magnus College Holds Seventh Annual Day of Service
Will Receive Founders’ Award from Marrakech for Embracing Community and Service
New Haven, Conn., April 7, 2025 – Albertus Magnus College thrives in living by its Four Dominican Pillars of Study, Prayer, Community, and Service. In dedication to service to others, Albertus students, faculty, and staff volunteer in record numbers for its Seventh Day of Service — a way to give back to the New Haven community by helping others grow and prosper while building a sense of purpose.
This year, in recognition to social responsibility, Albertus is deeply honored to receive the Founders’ Award from Marrakech — which provides person-centered and unique human services for individuals with and without disabilities throughout Connecticut — through housing, employment, support, and advocacy.
| Who: | 200 volunteers — all Albertus students, faculty, staff, and alumni. Vice President for Student Affairs & Dean of Students, Andrew Foster Marrakech President & CEO Heather LaTorra |
| What: | Seventh Service Day Event Welcome and Award Presentation |
| Where: | Atrium of Tagliatela Academic Center before dispersing to 26 outdoor and indoor sites. |
| When: | Thursday, April 10, 2025 8:30 a.m. check-in, award presentation, and blessing; 9:00 a.m. travel to locations; 12:00 p.m. lunch and reflection. |
Once again, this year’s event is a commitment to our environmental stewardship and giving back to our community at large.
Participants then go to their site placements which include: New Haven Peace Garden; Botanical Garden of Healing; Ronald McDonald House; Amistad Catholic Worker House; Habitat for Humanity; Dinner 4 A Dollar; Eli Whitney Museum & Workshop; Marrakech; URI Spruel Pocket Park; There’s No Place Like Home; Edgerton Park; East Rock Park; St. Stanislaus Convent; St. Mary’s Convent; St. Martin De Porres Church; New Haven Reads; Rockford Field; Mobile Food Pantry; Albertus Community Garden & Contemplative Garden; Albertus Rosary Hall/Celentano Field; 490 Prospect/Albertus Perimeter & Grounds’ Downtown Evening Soup Kitchen (DESK); City Seed; 100 Lunches for Downtown Evening Soup Kitchen (indoor); Mobile Food Pantry (indoor); Cards for the Homebound (indoor).
For more information, contact Sr. Cathy Buchanan at cbuchanan@albertus.edu or go to our Albertus Service Day webpage. We look forward to taking this day to increase the spirit of service in all of us.
About Albertus Magnus College
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 nine 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.