What Candlelight Is If I had to explain Candlelight to someone who wasn’t familiar with it, I would tell them that it’s sort of a rite of passage, maybe an initiation, for every new student here at Albertus. It’s sort of like Orientation, but instead of explaining the school and our life here like Orientation
Read More.Austrian Adventures
Elvis Santana’s blog details his exciting transition from New York, London and Salzburg. Throughout the summer I tried to calculate the amount needed for my exciting trip. What thrilled me the most about my upcoming journey was the language barrier that I would inevitably come across. I was also motivated to visit places people only
Read More.Major League Leadership: Part One
Over the past 2 ½ years, I have spent many hours researching, learning about, and writing about the ways that Major League Baseball managers lead their teams, and how we (outside of baseball) can use these lessons to cultivate our own leadership. This past May, my work culminated with the publication of Lead Me Out
Read More.It’s Never Too Late To Finish
We sat down with Business Management graduate Kathy Schmidt to discuss what motivated her to go back to college, and why she chose the Albertus Magnus College New Dimensions Program. It was my first foray into college. I had always wanted to go to college after high school, and life kind of got in the
Read More.Satisfactory Academic Progress: Study, Achieve, (Get) Paid!
Welcome back! We know how busy you’ve been with move-in days, orientations, and the start of classes. Now that you’re getting into the swing of this new academic year, we wanted to stress the importance of making time to study and do homework, and to go to classes. Yes, we know you hear that all
Read More.Dominican Preaching Conference
This past May 20 through May 25, Deacon John Hoffman, Coordinator of Dominican Ministries, and three students, Esther Hartzell, Earl McCoy and Zaida Velazco attended the Dominican Preaching Conference on the campus of Malloy College in Long Island. Students and staff from Dominican Colleges all over the United States and Puerto Rico were in attendance, with over 90 participants.
Read More.What is new with New Dimensions?
This has been the big question that many people have asked throughout the past several months. The Albertus Magnus Campus is adapting the name New Dimensions for its Associates, Bachelors and Masters cohorts with you in mind! Throughout the past couple months we have been gearing up for our September classes which mark great changes.
Read More.From Rosary Hall to Rome
Albertus alum Elizabeth McGarry ’14 recently made the voyage “across the pond” to begin her graduate studies in London. After participating in Albertus’ Summer Study Abroad program in Fanjeaux, France last summer, Liz immediately realized the importance of an education enriched by international relations. This is her account of these past few weeks leading up
Read More.Earn while you Learn
Students pay for the majority of their college education in different ways. You could attend part time, but it extends out the amount of years until graduation. You could take out student loans and defer them until later, but that can cause financial pressure as soon as you leave school. A great way to balance these
Read More.Servant Leadership: The New Paradigm
We’re all familiar with the model of the traditional organization. The CEO sits atop the pyramid, followed by the vice presidents, managers, supervisors, and then the employees. At the bottom are the customers. It’s almost as if the customer is there to serve needs of organization. But what if we invert this pyramid and put
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