Albertus Magnus College Achieves Silver Lining at PRSA Mercury Awards
Marketing, Communications, & Web Team Earns 2 Silvers; Recognized 7 Years Straight
MarCommWeb Team
New Haven, Conn., December 11, 2024 – Albertus Magnus College is proud to once again be recognized by the Public Relations Society of America
Greater Connecticut Chapter (PRSA-CT) — this time earning two Silver Mercury Awards
as the organization celebrates the best work in public relations throughout the state.
The College achieved this level of excellence in two categories: Campaigns/Multicultural
and Diversity as well as Campaigns/Social Media. The pieces honored are Albertus
is a Designated Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) and Albertus Senior Success Stories 2024 — again, both earning Silver.
Congratulations go out to the entire Marketing, Communications, and Web Team (MarCommWeb) with a special thank you to Vice President for Academic Affairs and
Dean of Faculty Rosa Rivera-Hainaj, Ph.D. for being in the forefront as the “face”
of the implemented HSI strategy. Appreciation is also extended to the team’s video
partner, Establishment Productions for their excellent creative collaboration.
“This team strives for creative excellence and execution every day and in every project.
Working as one to tell the Albertus story, we are able to accomplish great things,”
said Albertus Vice President for Marketing and Community Relations Andrea Kovacs,
who is also a PRSA-CT Board Member.
The November 21 PRSA-CT celebration was held at The 1877 Club in Hartford. For the
past seven years, Albertus has won PRSA honors at every level in a wide range of
categories, from reputation/brand management to blogs and from media relations to
website redesign.
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.