In less than a month, Albertus Magnus College will host its first Career and Internship Fair on Tuesday, February 25, 2014. While many seniors and alumni see the fair as an opportunity to find employment out of college, underclassmen can also benefit from the experience by networking and researching companies for potential internship opportunities. Career
Read More.On the road with the Women’s Basketball Team
The Albertus Magnus Women’s Basketball Team is like one big family. On average we spend three to three and a half hours together six days a week as a team. We are now on our 49th practice of the year. Together we have experienced things that most teams never get a chance to do. Last
Read More.Albertus Alumni Activities
Spring semester heralds much excitement on campus. For senior students, it’s their last semester on campus, a very bittersweet experience for many of them. Conversely, freshmen return comfortable and excited “knowing the ropes.” For us, in the Alumni Office, the anticipation of Commencement and the official addition of new members to the Alumni Association create
Read More.Cultivating Exemplary Leadership (Part 5): What do Leaders do?
The past six months of blogs have predominantly focused on my views of exemplary leadership. I’ve written about passion, respect, modeling the way, using gestures, and the like as ways that we can all build our leadership toolkit and act as leaders in our lives. In today’s post we will veer away from my views
Read More.The Dominican Perspective on Education
Albertus has had a tradition of preparing its liberal arts undergraduates for teaching careers from its founding in 1925 by the Dominican Sisters of Peace (then known as Dominican Sisters of St. Mary of the Springs). For various and good reasons this tradition was interrupted for about twelve years until 2003 when, as a newly
Read More.Men’s Basketball at Albertus
Darius Watson playing against CCSU. Photo by Ron Waite. The Albertus Magnus men’s basketball team has become a threat and has been talked about everywhere in the country. Winning back-to-back championships has been a blessing for us players. We really worked hard over the years and coach has put the team in position to do
Read More.New Year’s Resolution
As 2013 comes to a close and we look out into the wintery start of 2014, we pause to reflect on the year at Albertus as we have for nearly 90 years. To say the least, the scenery has changed throughout a century filled with both triumphs and challenges. Suddenly, we find ourselves in the
Read More.Albertus Christmas Traditions
“Albertinum,” the yearbook of the Class of 1928 —the first to graduate from the College—describes Albertus as a “twentieth century experience of Dominican ideals in education.” Fast forward to the twenty-first century, and you will find that many of the traditions established in those formative years remain. One of the first organizations founded at the
Read More.A little Christmas Leadership
One of the first assignments I give my students as they begin their journey in the Master of Arts in Leadership at Albertus Magnus College is to think of a person they consider a leader and write a bit about what makes them a leader. Below is one of the most creative essays I have
Read More.Interview with Janice McLaughlin, M.M.
Sr. Janice McLaughlin, M.M., president of the Maryknoll Sisters, delivered the St. Albert the Great Lecture, “Can You Carry an Elephant?” in the St. Thomas Aquinas Lecture Series on Wednesday evening, November 13, 2013. As part of her visit to campus, Sr. Janice also gave a luncheon presentation to faculty, staff and some members of
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