Albertus Magnus College Announces Jaqhawn Walters Memorial Service
Prayer Service Set for October 8
The Albertus Magnus College Family will gather at a Memorial Service to remember alumnus and basketball star Jaqhawn Walters ’18 who tragically died on September 19 after being shot in Hartford. A standout forward, Walters scored 1,821 career points and 1,167 rebounds at Albertus and was a two-time D3Hoops.com All-American, two-time GNAC All-Tournament Team, and two-time GNAC Player of the Year.
The event entitled “We Remember: A Service of Light” will be held Thursday, October 8 at 6:30 p.m. To watch the Memorial Service by live stream, please use this link: https://portal.stretchinternet.com/albertus/.
Due to COVID-19 restrictions, only invited guests will be able to attend the service in person. Grief counseling continues to be made available to the Albertus Community.
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.