Albertus Magnus College Updates COVID Policy For Spring Semester
Booster Shots Will Be Required
New Haven, Conn., December 22, 2021 – Effective January 1, 2022, Albertus Magnus College’s COVID-19 Vaccine Policy is updated. All faculty, staff, and students are required to receive and provide proof of their COVID-19 booster within 14 days of their eligibility. To be fully-compliant, students, faculty, and staff must have received a primary vaccination series plus a vaccination booster shot within 14 days of eligibility, or have received an approved exemption from the College’s vaccination policy.
Booster eligibility depends on which vaccination was received. To determine eligibility, the Albertus Community is asked to please visit the CDC Booster page at https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/booster-shot.html. As a courtesy, the College has sent eligibility reminder messages throughout the fall semester as people have become qualified, and will continue to do so going forward. Those who have received an approved exemption from the College for religious or medical reasons do not need to re-apply.
Eligible students, faculty, and staff must show proof of booster no later than January
20, 2022. Members of the community that become eligible after January 20, 2022 are
required to receive a booster shot and provide proof of their booster to the College
within 14 days of their eligibility.
Any student who does not receive their booster within 14 days of eligibility will be required to leave campus housing; will be unable to participate in athletics, student clubs, and other student activities; and will lose their digital access to College resources, including to College email and e-Learning. Students are still responsible for their academic work even if they lose their access to systems due to non-compliance with the vaccination and booster policy. Student access to systems will be returned once they provide proof of full vaccination.
Employees who do not comply with the College’s vaccination and booster policy may be asked to take a leave of absence without pay and/or will be at risk of termination.
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.