Albertus Magnus College Earns Gold and Silver Mercury Awards
Gold and Silver Industry-wide Recognition Reflects College’s Growth Goals
New Haven, Conn., November 16, 2021 – Albertus Magnus College is honored to announce that it has once again earned Mercury Awards from the Public
Relations Society of America Greater Connecticut Chapter (PRSA-CT). The College received
its first ever Gold level industry-wide award for its Multicultural and Diversity
campaign that supports its emergence as a Hispanic Serving Institution, meaning that
25-percent of its student population is of Latinx heritage. A Silver level achievement
went to the extensive media coverage Albertus received this fall for move-in day of
its Centennial class.
A special congratulations goes to Sr. Ana Gonzalez, O.P., of the Albertus Admissions
team for her ongoing passion, commitment, and outreach to Latinx students and their
families, helping them learn more about and navigate the college application process.
Another special thank you is extended to Leilim Chang Salazar ’20, the team’s Marketing
and Communications Graduate Assistant, for her translations and testimonials about
the Albertus Experience. The marketing campaign to the Latinx community included
special collaborations with BOMBA Radio, Entravision, and Univision, amongst others.
“The Marketing and Communications team strives each and every day to tell powerful
stories on numerous platforms that demonstrate the strengths of an Albertus liberal
arts education and how our focus on critical thinking and experiential learning prepare
our students for the jobs of the future. I’m so very proud of how we continue to
find new, innovative, and creative ways to share our stories in inclusive ways,” said
Albertus Vice President for Enrollment Management and Marketing Andrea Kovacs.
Today’s Mercury Award announcement was made virtually via the PRSA-CT website and social media channels. For the past four years, Albertus has consistently won
PRSA honors in a wide variety of categories ranging from its website redesign to social
media messaging to highly creative videos. Staff, students, and partner vendors have
all contributed to this success streak and Albertus is energized to take on new exciting
challenges.
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.