Albertus Magnus College Marketing Department Awarded Prestigious National Telly and Educational Advertising Awards
College Wins National Silver Telly and Gold Educational Advertising Honors for Innovative Centennial and Enrollment Campaigns
New Haven, Conn., May 20, 2026 – Albertus Magnus College has officially been recognized for its exceptional creative work, capturing a Silver Telly Award and two major accolades, including a Gold designation, at the 41st Annual Educational Advertising Awards. These prestigious honors highlight the marketing team’s innovative approach and dedication to crafting high-impact, engaging enrollment communications and institutional publications.
At the 47th annual Telly Awards celebration, Albertus secured the Silver Telly in
the Branded Content: General-Viral Trend category for its standout video, "Trust Fall: A Viral Moment from Albertus Magnus College Admissions.” The piece successfully captured the attention of digital audiences by turning a
dynamic admissions moment into a highly shared online trend. The winning content was
created by Digital Content Producer Katherine Neilan, with the good-humored collaboration
of Brian Fernandes, Vice President for Enrollment Management, and Gina D’Ambrosca,
Director of Undergraduate Admissions.
The Telly Awards honor excellence in video and television across all screens. Out of more than 13,000 global entries, winners were selected by a prestigious Judging Council of over 250 industry experts, including leaders from Google, HBO, the WNBA, and Netflix.
Albertus also achieved elite status at the Educational Advertising Awards, the nation's
oldest and largest competition recognizing excellence in higher education marketing.
Out of more than 2,000 entries from over 1,000 institutions, Albertus took home two
major honors:
- Gold Award: Student Viewbook Category for "Be Your Purpose: The Centennial Student
Athletics Viewbook
from Albertus Magnus College" - Merit Award: Publication/External Category for "Albertus Magnus College's "From the Hill Magazine: 100 Years of Joy, Purpose and Excellence"
The entries were evaluated by a national panel of higher education marketers, advertising creative directors, and industry professionals.
"I am thrilled by this national recognition for our Marketing, Communications, and Web team. They are pushing creative boundaries and redefining how we connect with future students," said Andrea Kovacs, Vice President for Marketing and Community Relations. "Winning a Silver Telly and two Educational Advertising Awards show that our enrollment communications aren't just informative - they are powerful, cinematic stories that capture hearts and minds."
By utilizing modern storytelling and strategic design, these award-winning campaigns successfully celebrated the College's historic 100th anniversary while cutting through the noise of traditional recruitment marketing. In 2025, the College completed a strategic brand refresh and athletic rebranding.
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.