Albertus Magnus College Names New Vice President for Enrollment Management
Brian G. Fernandes Set to Start on June 29
Brian G. Fernandes
New Haven, Conn., June 7, 2023 – Following the completion of a national search, Albertus Magnus College is pleased to announce the appointment of Brian G. Fernandes as its new Vice President for Enrollment Management. With a thirty year plus higher education career, including more than two decades of vice president-level experience as a chief enrollment management officer, Fernandes joins Albertus after most recently serving as Vice President for Enrollment Management at Dominican University New York (DUNY). Fernandes’ career also has included a variety of roles at Iona University in New York including as an Adjunct Professor and academic administration roles for Iona’s graduate programs in the School of Arts and Science.
“In a strong and diverse pool of outstanding candidates, Brian Fernandes stood out as the ideal person to provide strategic management and leadership for the College’s enrollment management areas,” said Albertus President, Dr. Marc M. Camille. “Among Brian’s many strengths are his full appreciation for the value and appeal of the Dominican charism in higher education, particularly in the areas of excellence marked by diversity in promoting a values- and liberal arts based education. As New England’s most diverse Catholic college, Albertus is defined by the talented and diverse group of students we enroll, and I am fully confident Brian will build upon our existing strengths, while bringing forward his expertise and experience to further accelerate the successes associated with our inclusive growth agenda in the years to come.”
“I am thankful and thrilled to join the Albertus Family,” said Fernandes. “I look forward to sharing my experience with this institution where the holistic approach to educating students in the Dominican and Catholic liberal arts tradition is so valued. Utilizing knowledge across multiple disciplines to develop life-long learners is something I truly believe in and aspire to. I’m excited to partner with President Camille, faculty, and staff and build upon Albertus’ history of success in providing a transformational and affordable student experience for the next 100 years.”
Fernandes earned his MBA in Organizational Behavior from Iona University. He also received a Diploma in Personnel Management and Bachelor of Science in Physics from St. Xavier’s College in Bombay, India. He has served on numerous boards and committees including: the Steering Committee to expand Transfer Pathways through the Commission on Independent Colleges and Universities – a public-private partnership aimed at creating new transfer pathways into the liberal arts for students graduating from community colleges; a Board of Director of the Palisades Institute of Dominican University; and is a member of the Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) for the Town of Fairfield, Conn.
About Albertus Magnus College
About Albertus Magnus College: Albertus Magnus College, founded in 1925, is a coeducational Catholic College in the Dominican tradition. Its 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 six 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 program, accelerated adult degree program, and 11 graduate programs. Proud to enroll a student body where more than half of its students come from minority backgrounds and 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 Game and Computer Arts, General Health Sciences, Interdisciplinary Studies, Project Management, Public Health, Social Media, 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 three years from its historic 100th Anniversary Year, the College is implementing its new strategic plan, Albertus 2025: Lighting the Way to a Second Century, which articulates an inspiring, bold vision, in which Albertus Magnus College "will 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.