Albertus Magnus College cut the ceremonial ribbon on the school’s newly renovated Hubert Student Center midday Wednesday.
The $12.5 million project represents the first major construction initiative on the Catholic college’s New Haven campus in more than a decade.
The 55,000-square-foot edifice, named for former AMC President Sr. Marie Louise Hubert, was built in 1970 at a cost of $2.2 million.
The newly renovated student center, which occupies the original footprint, was designed by Centerbrook Architects & Planners in Essex. The construction contractor was FIP Construction of Farmington. The school’s “financing partner” for the project was the Knights of Columbus.
AMC touted the project as a milestone in the private Catholic college’s expansion and “overall growth mindset,” according to a media release. The school, which this year marks its 95th birthday, enrolls about 1,500 students in traditional undergrad, graduate and accelerated adult degree programs.
The ceremonial ribbon was cut by Marc M. Camille, who conceptualized the renovation project shortly after his inauguration as AMC’s 14th president in June 2017. The campus “needed a place where we could come together to strengthen our community, which is at the heart of an Albertus education,” Camille said.
On Wednesday, Camille and a retinue of administration and students leaders and elected officials welcomed a campus “living room” reborn.
