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Albertus Magnus College Announces $1.7M Gift Commitment from Alumna and Trustee
Estate Gift Continues Fundraising Momentum During Historic Centennial Year
Alumna and Board of Trustees member, Katrina Rogers ’85, Ph.D.
New Haven, Conn., December 4, 2025
– In this season of giving,
Albertus Magnus College
is proud to announce a $1.7M estate gift commitment from alumna and Board of Trustees
member, Katrina Rogers ’85, Ph.D. The pledge of support is among the largest planned
gift commitments in the College’s 100-year history. When received, the donation will
be unrestricted, allowing Albertus the ability to apply it strategically toward its
immediate and top priorities.
“This is the latest inspiring example of an Albertus alumna answering a call to support
her
alma mater
during its milestone Centennial Year,” said Albertus President Marc M. Camille, Ed.D.
“Katrina’s tremendous act of generosity and her distinguished career as a higher education
leader speak to the time-tested value of an Albertus education and is a huge investment
in support of future students who will benefit from attending this life and dreams-elevating
College. I am humbled by and deeply grateful for Katrina’s trust and foresight.”
“As the only one in my family's generation to graduate from college, my Albertus experience
created opportunities for me and my family,” said Rogers. “In turn, it has touched
the lives of my students and organizations through my work. May this gift, in some
small way, “pay it forward” in the manner of the Dominican tradition to care for those
that follow us, long after we are gone, from one generation to the next.”
Dr. Rogers is an accomplished higher education leader who grew up in Milford, Conn
and earned her bachelor’s degree from Albertus 1985. She has deep experience in the
international non-governmental and educational sectors, including executive, board
member, and teaching roles. Rogers’ experience includes leading the European campus
of the Thunderbird School of Global Management in Geneva, collaborating with organizations
such as the Red Cross, World Trade Organization, United Nations Development Program,
and the European Union. Most recently, she retired from a highly successful eleven-year
tenure as President of Fielding Graduate University (CA) and now serves as President
Emerita
and professor in Fielding's School of Leadership Studies. A distinguished scholar
and educator, she has taught globally on topics including democratic engagement, global
environmental politics, and sustainability. Rogers joined the Albertus Magnus College
Board of Trustees in June of 2025.
Currently celebrating its 100th Anniversary year, Albertus Magnus recently launched
Forever Albertus: The Centennial Campaign
, its most ambitious fundraising effort ever to ensure a thriving College for the
next hundred years through strategic investments in students, faculty, facilities,
and programs. Rogers’ commitment brings the total raised in the
Forever Albertus
campaign to more than $29M toward its $40M goal.
With this pledge, Rogers joined The Prospect Hill Society, an honorary group of donors
who include the College in their estate plans, which was named for the historic New
Haven neighborhood where Albertus was founded in 1925.
If you are ready to join The Prospect Hill Society or have named Albertus in your
estate plans, please inform the Office of Advancement by calling (203) 773-8502. For
more information about gift planning and other ways to support Albertus, please visit
www.albertus.edu/plannedgiving
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
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