Albertus Magnus College Announces 2023 Alumni Award Recipients

Presented to Alumni for Positive Impact on Others Both Personally and Professionally

New Haven, Conn., October 3, 2023 – Albertus Magnus College is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2023 Alumni  Awards. The Alumni of the Year and the Premier Achievement Award recognize the achievement of excellence in making an  impactful difference in the lives of others. The ceremony will take place during the Alumni Award Ceremony at 6pm on  Wednesday, November 8 in the Behan Community Room at the Hubert Campus Center.

  • The Alumni of the Year Award is presented to a living member of the Alumni Association who has attained  preeminence in their life through outstanding professional, scholarly, and artistic achievement; who is devoted to  serving others through volunteer and community service; or who has manifested extraordinary loyalty and dedication  to Albertus.
  • The Premier Achievement Award is presented to a living member of the Alumni Association who has graduated from  Albertus within the last 10 years and who has either excelled professionally within the community or has shown  extraordinary loyalty to the College.
Dr. Mary Schaefer Badger

Dr. Mary Schaefer Badger ’75

Dr. Mary Schaefer Badger ’75, a resident of Spokane, Washington, is the 2023 recipient of the Alumni of the Year Award. Dr. Badger retired after 31 years as an Internal Medicine Specialist. Dr.  Badger has been a Fellow of the American College of Osteopathic Internists since 1993 and in 2013,  joined a select group by becoming a Fellow of the Academy of Wilderness Medicine. 

While a student at Albertus, she was selected for inclusion in Who’s Who in American Colleges and  Universities and since then has gone on to receive numerous awards including one of Spokane’s  Best Physicians in 2018, 2019, and 2020 and the USPHS Distinguished Service Award.

During the COVID pandemic, Dr. Badger came out of retirement to help the Medical Reserve Corps of Eastern Washington  State in their immunization program and still volunteers with that group for Spokane County emergencies. As Chair of the  American College of Osteopathic Medicine Committee on Climate and Health, Dr. Badger has continued to lecture on this  topic at local and national medical meetings.

Stacie Hurley

Stacie Hurley ’17

Stacie Hurley ’17, a resident of East Haven, is the 2023 recipient of the Premier Achievement Award. Hurley is currently the Vice President of Compliance and Quality Management of Aware  Recovery Care, a pioneer in the mental health and substance use disorder treatment industry. She was recently named one of The Top 50 Women Leaders of Connecticut for 2023. 

Hurley is a former member of the Alumni Association Advisory Board and participated in Career  Services’ first-ever “Table Talks” this past March.  

While a student at Albertus, Hurley was in the Honors Program and served as Honors Program President. She was also very involved as an orientation leader, peer mentor, and President of the Student Alumni Association  for two terms. Her early leadership awards include the CASE 2017 District I Outstanding Student Leader.

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.