Albertus Magnus College Joins International Response to Climate Crisis

President Camille Signs Laudato Si’ Action Platform, Sponsored by the Vatican

New Haven, Conn., October 27, 2021 –  With a stroke of a pen, Albertus Magnus College President Marc M. Camille, Ed.D. added the Catholic College to the Laudato Si’ Action Platform, an international initiative sponsored by the Vatican to guide Catholic institutions in organizing seven-year plans centered on sustainability.  It is inspired by Pope Francis’ 2015 encyclical Laudato Si’ (Praise Be To You), calling for a robust Christian response to the climate crisis, oriented around seven goals:

 Laudato Si' Goals


For the 2022-2023 academic year, the College’s newly opened Meister Eckhart Center for Catholic and Dominican Life has chosen the theme Integral Ecology in the City.  Along with this theme, the Center hopes to launch a Laudato Si’ Action Plan group for the Albertus Magnus Community. 

Supported by the Eckhart Center and external grants, this group will:

  • Collaborate with each academic department to offer programs related to the seven goals;
  • Organize projects to make Albertus a more sustainable campus; 
  • Partner with community organizations in Greater New Haven concerned with environmental justice. 
With President Camille’s signature, Albertus joins the first cohort of Laudato Si’ colleges recognized by the Vatican, including DePaul University, Gonzaga University, Loras College, and Quincy University.

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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.