Community is Invited to Christmas Tree Lighting at Albertus Magnus College
10th Annual Event Features Rededication of Tree
New Haven, Conn., November 30, 2022 – Albertus Magnus College welcomes the community to the 10th Annual Christmas Tree Lighting – a tradition filled with the blessing of the Holiday Season and the Spirit of Goodwill. The Student Alumni Association created this cherished event in 2013 and this year, the tree on the Aquinas Hall Lawn will be rededicated to both Anne and Kevin Panagrossi. The spruce tree was originally planted in memory of Kevin Panagrossi ’06, husband of the College’s then Library Director and College Archivist Anne Leeney-Panagrossi. In August, she unexpectedly passed, hence the rededication in both their names.
Who: Albertus President Dr. Marc M. Camille
Dominican Mission and Ministries
Student Alumni Association – Past and Present Members
Albertus Magnus College Chorus
The Fearless Falcons of Albertus Magnus College
What: Annual Christmas Tree Blessing and Lighting; Choral Singing
Where: Aquinas Hall Lawn and the Tagliatela Academic Center, 871 Winchester Ave., New Haven
When: Thursday, December 8, 2022 at 4:30pm (Tree Lighting) 5:00pm (Holiday Activities and Giveaways)
(In case of inclement weather, the lighting of the tree will take place inside Bree
Common, located at 919 Winchester Ave.)
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.