Albertus Magnus College President Elected to NCAA Division III Leadership Role
Dr. Marc M. Camille to Serve as Vice Chair for NCAA Division III Presidents Council
President Marc Camille, Ed.D.
New Haven, Conn., September 4, 2024 – The National Collegiate Athletic Association’s (NCAA) Division III Presidents Council elected Albertus Magnus College President Marc M. Camille, Ed.D., to serve as its Vice Chair. The one-year term begins with the close of the 2025 NCAA Convention, January 14-17, in Nashville, Tenn.
The Presidents Council is the highest governing body in NCAA Division III and includes among its responsibilities the establishment and oversight of Division III policies, divisional strategic planning, sponsoring legislation, and advocacy to the NCAA Board of Governors on behalf of D3. The 24-member body consists of 21 college presidents/chancellors and two student-athletes, with representation divided geographically across the nation.
Dr. Camille has been serving on the council, elected to a four-year term in 2023. Previously, he served on the NCAA Division III Presidents Advisory Group.
In serving as Vice Chair, Dr. Camille will continue working collaboratively with other Council members on behalf of the nation’s more than 203,000 NCAA Division III student-athletes and will work with Presidents Council Chair, Juniata College (PA) President. Dr. James Troha, in providing leadership for the Council. As Vice Chair, Dr. Camille will chair the Division III Strategic Planning and Finance Committee and serve on the Division III Administrative Committee and on the NCAA Board of Governors Finance and Audit Committee.
“I am humbled to be elected to serve as the next Vice Chair for the Division III Presidents Council, and I consider it a privilege to work alongside the dedicated group of presidents, administrators, and students who comprise the Council’s membership, with a shared commitment to working on behalf of the best interests of NCAA Division III student-athletes,” stated Dr. Camille. “In representing Albertus Magnus College, our dedicated student-athletes, and our sister Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) member institutions and their student-athletes, I am honored and enthusiastic about the work ahead.”
Dr. Camille took office as the 14th President of Albertus Magnus College in June 2017. As president, he has inspired Albertus to launch an ambitious growth plan, deepen community engagement, and adopt a bold new strategic plan in preparation for the College’s Centennial Celebration in 2025-26. Under his leadership, Albertus has become the most diverse Catholic college in New England and its only Catholic college to achieve federal designation as a Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI). In addition to the NCAA Division III Presidents Council duties, Dr. Camille is currently chairing the Great Northeast Athletic Conference Presidents Council and the Greater New Haven Chamber of Commerce’s Regional Leadership Council, and he also has served in leadership Board roles for the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities (NAICU) and Connecticut Conference of Independent Colleges (CCIC).
About Albertus Magnus College
Albertus Magnus College, founded in 1925, is a coeducational Catholic College in the Dominican tradition. As New England's most diverse Catholic College, Albertus' values- and liberal arts-based education is recognized by external rankings such as US News & World Report, Money Magazine, and The Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education, and has been named a Top 10 Military Friendly School. For eight consecutive years, graduating classes at Albertus have achieved post-graduate employment and graduate school success at a rate of at least 95%. The College has an enrollment of approximately 1,300 students across its traditional undergraduate, accelerated adult undergraduate, and 12 graduate programs. Proud to enroll a student body where more than half of its students come from minority backgrounds with nearly the same percentage of undergraduates receiving Federal Pell Grants and being first generation college goers, Albertus is known for its innovative curricular offerings, recently launching new Bachelor's degree programs in Nursing, General Health Sciences, Interdisciplinary Studies, Public Health, and Supply Chain Management; among its graduate programs is the State of Connecticut's only Master of Arts in Art Therapy and Counseling program. Just two years from its historic 100 th Anniversary Year, the College is implementing its Albertus 2025: Lighting the Way to a Second Century strategic plan, which articulates an inspiring, 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.