Albertus Dedicates Lillian Adley Germain ’57 Center for Academic Success
Ribbon Cutting and Dedication Set for October 13
New Haven, Conn., October 7, 2021 – Albertus Magnus College invites you to celebrate the dedication of the Lillian Adley Germain ’57 Center for Academic Success.
When: Wednesday, October 13, 2021 at 2pm
Where: Inside Rosary Hall, 700 Prospect Street, New Haven, CT
Back in June, Albertus Board of Trustee member Joseph P. Germain, Jr., made a gracious gift to the College in memory of his wife, Lillian, who had passed away last year. Lillian Adley Germain ’57 was a constant at Albertus events and her love for her alma mater and fond memories of her college experience served as inspiration for her husband to join the Board. In her honor, the College’s current academic success center is being renamed the Lillian Adley Germain ’57 Center for Academic Success.
In addition to this being a space for subject tutoring, the Germain Center offers an abundance of reference materials, print and online resources, as well as the aid of Writing Assistants, who provide peer consultations on writing and research for students across all disciplines. The Center also affords a warm and welcoming environment in which students simply compose, edit, and revise their assignments.
Lillian Marguerite Adley Germain was born in Bridgeport, Conn., the daughter of the late James and Lillian Adley. After graduating from Albertus with high honors, she matriculated at UCONN Law School before starting her teaching career. She earned a Master’s in Education from Fairfield University and her Sixth Year from Southern Connecticut State University. For more than 40 years, she influenced generations of students and young educators, was named Teacher of Year at Bullard-Havens Technical High School in Bridgeport, and held many administrative positions while serving the State of Connecticut. Germain was active in alumni groups – including at Albertus.
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 albertus.edu.