Hubert Campus Center Opens at Albertus Magnus College

See the ‘Then and Now’ Transform Before Your Eyes

Named after Former Albertus President Sr. Marie Louise Hubert, O.P., here are a few facts and figures to put the Hubert Cam-pus Center ribbon cutting into perspective, plus a link to the video that captures how campus life has changed over 50 years.

1970
2020
Cost:
$2.2 million
12.5 million
Size:
55,000 square feet
55,000 square feet
Features:
Lounges; multi-purpose area for events; music listening room; snack bar; art room; bookstore (textbooks); student meeting rooms.; game room; mail room; main dining hall (500).
Living Room with fireplace; Behan Community Room -- complete with stage/screen; dance room; Pub/Café; rooftop patio with view of softball field; fitness center; integrated art displaces spaces; campus store (swag); Student Services offices; Dominican Ministries; student engagement space and SGA offices; complete utility upgrade (technology and efficiencies); ADA and life safety upgrades; classrooms and meeting spaces; game room; mail room; renovated dining hall (500).
Architect:
Polack and Sullivan
Centerbrook Architects and Planners
Builders:
Giordano Construction of Branford
FIP Construction
Milestones:
Built four years after Aquinas Hall
Conceptualized by College’s 14th president at his Inauguration; completed in time for College’s 95th Anniversary celebration.

Captions for attached photos: 1970 lounge area; 2020 Campus Living Room.

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About Albertus Magnus College

About Albertus Magnus College: Albertus Magnus College, founded in 1925, is a Catholic College in the Dominican tradition. It is recognized by external rankings such as US News & World Report Best Colleges, Money Magazine, and the Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education. The College has an enrollment of 1,500 students in its traditional undergraduate program, accelerated adult degree programs, and 12 graduate programs, including a new Master of Public Administration and the only Master of Arts in Art Therapy and Counseling program in Connecticut. In the last year, the College received two significant Federal grants in support of student success and well-being: a $300,000 grant from the Department of Justice and a $1.9 million Title III grant from the Department of Education.