Albertus Magnus College Adds New Admission and Employer Liaison
Focus is to Strengthen Corporate Educational Ties
New Haven, Conn., October 4, 2021 – Adult learners who want to pursue their educational goals and potential now have
a new champion at Albertus Magnus College. Albertus is pleased to welcome Eileen Lopez-Cordone to the Falcon Family as the
new Assistant Director of Admissions and Employer Liaison for the College’s Division
of Professional and Graduate Studies. Her role is to enhance workforce development
through education by building upon and expanding partnerships with employers throughout
the region. With an increased number of local employers offering additional educational
opportunities, more employees will be encouraged to take advantage of these opportunities
to acquire the skills and degrees they need to get that promotion or dream job.
Lopez-Cordone comes to Albertus from UIL Holdings Corporation in Orange, Conn., where she was the Economic and Community Development Specialist. Prior to that, she spent several years in the non-profit sector at the United Way of Eastern Fairfield County, where she was the Community Implementation Manager, and the United Way of Connecticut/211 Infoline, where she was the Regional Director of Fairfield County.
“Employers ask us to help them with workforce development through education and it is no secret that today’s employees rarely stay at the same job or employer for their entire career. Jobs are constantly evolving and employees are constantly re-inventing themselves and seeking new and better opportunities. For both employers and employees, education is the key to maintaining a highly skilled workforce in an everchanging world. Eileen has the unique skill set and background to understand what adult learners want and need as well as the relationships in the community to connect employers and Albertus students with the jobs of tomorrow,” said Vice President for Enrollment Management and Marketing Andrea Kovacs.
Lopez-Cordone is a resident of Shelton, Conn. She earned her Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science from Fairfield University and she is a graduate of the Hispanic Federation Leadership Institute at the University of Connecticut. Lopez-Cordone is the co-founder of the Greater Bridgeport Latino Network (GBLN) and serves on the board of the Bridgeport Public Education Fund.
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.