Albertus Magnus College Announces William J. Doyle Award
New $1000 Scholarship for New Students Who Evoke Qualities of Longtime Board of Trustee
Dedication. Perseverance. Transformation. These are the qualities embodied by the late William J. (Bill) Doyle, an Albertus Magnus College Board of Trustee member for 20 years. In April, Doyle lost his valiant fight against COVID-19. He is remembered as an accomplished attorney, a humble servant to the community, and a loyal member of the Albertus Family. Not only is he being honored at the Class of 2020 Commencement Ceremony on September 27 with a posthumous honorary doctorate, but now Albertus has created a scholarship in his name, reflecting his passionate championing of a liberal-arts and valued-based education such as that distinctly offered by Albertus Magnus, because it changes lives – and because it changed his.
“Bill was the first person to say he wasn’t a perfect student. In fact, academically, he acknowledged he was far from a 4.0 student. But he was off-the-charts when it came to potential – potential that was seen in him by people of faith. He received a Glee Club scholarship to enable his college career at Fairfield University. Here at Albertus, our motto reads, “We Have Faith in Your Future,” so we honor Bill by offering a scholarship to a select number of first-year students who we believe demonstrate the perseverance and potential that defined Bill Doyle,“ said Albertus Vice President for Enrollment Management and Marketing, Andrea Kovacs.
Twenty-one new students, thus far, have accepted the Doyle Award as part of their financial aid and scholarship package for the new academic year at Albertus Magnus College. Of this distinctive group, 16 are from Connecticut, 11 are first-generation students, eight are student-athletes, five are international students, and attended a Catholic institution.
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.