Albertus Magnus College Saddened by Loss of Sr. Janice McLaughlin, M.M.
Missionary and Advocate Received Honorary Degree from Albertus in 2014
New Haven, Conn., March 25, 2021 – The Albertus Magnus College Family is saddened by the loss of Sr. Janice McLaughlin, M.M., who served as a Missionary and advocate in southern Africa for nearly 40 years before becoming President of the Maryknoll Sisters. In 2014, the Board of Trustees of Albertus Magnus College conferred on her the Honorary Degree of Doctor of Humane Letters for her work in Kenya and Zimbabwe to promote peace and reconciliation and to advocate for the poor and for the rights of young girls to attend school. Sr. Janice died on March 8 at the age of 79.
Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Sr. Janice attended St. Mary of the Springs College
from 1960-1961 and then entered the Maryknoll Sisters Congregation and made her Final
Profession in 1972 in Kitale, Kenya. After organizing the War Against Poverty Program
in Ossining, NY, she continued her studies, earning a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Theology,
Anthropology, and Sociology from Marquette University, and then her Master of Arts
Degree and Ph.D. in Religious Studies from the University of Zimbabwe.
Sr. Janice donated her body to science. A Funeral Mass was offered March 12 at the Maryknoll Sisters Center. Her cremains will be interred at Maryknoll Sisters Cemetery at a later date.
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.