Albertus Magnus College Launches Calling Campaign of Caring
Staff Doing “Check In” Calls to the College’s 1,500 Students
Despite the Coronavirus pandemic forcing Albertus Magnus College to adapt with a fully on-line learning environment, with no students living on campus and employees working remotely from home, the College community is committed to maintaining its family culture. Starting Monday, April 6, Albertus staff members commenced with a Calling Campaign of Caring, during which every student at the Catholic, Dominican college will receive a “check-in” call from a member of their Albertus family.
Calling Campaign of Caring is exactly as its name suggests – a call from the Albertus Community to its students, extending a compassionate, listening ear and a reassuring message of care. It is the idea of Albertus President Dr. Marc M. Camille, as he too is one of the staff volunteers making the calls.
“Our faculty colleagues already are in touch with the students, via their courses and academic interactions, and I realize that some staff, too, are in contact with students. However, I am asking us, as staff members of our community, to complement these existing student interactions with a Calling Campaign of Caring. I see these calls having the very straightforward purpose of letting our students know we care about how they are doing, that we miss their presence on campus, and that we are here for them in their time of need,” wrote Dr. Camille in a message to the staff.
More than half of the full-time staff volunteered to make the calls. The Calling Campaign of Caring started with the College’s 500+ traditional aged undergraduates and will then move to its 1,000 adult undergraduate and graduate learners. Follow-up contacts will be made accordingly.
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.