Albertus Magnus College Prepares to Celebrate 96th Commencement
Honorary Degree and Inaugural St. Dominic Medal Recipients Announced
Albertus Magnus College President Marc M. Camille, Ed.D. will confer 539 undergraduate and graduate degrees at the College's 96th Commencement ceremony on Sunday, May 19 at 2 p.m. in front of Rosary Hall, 700 Prospect Street in New Haven. The celebration will be held rain or shine. Thirty-one associate, 340 bachelor, and 168 master's degrees are being presented to these future leaders – a class that includes veterans, scholar athletes, and entrepreneurs.
Kerry Alys Robinson, the founding executive director and global ambassador of the Leadership Roundtable, will receive an honorary doctorate degree and deliver remarks to the Albertus graduates. The leadership Roundtable is dedicated to promoting excellence and best practices in the management, finances, and human resource development of the Catholic Church. Ms. Robinson is a member of the Raskob Foundation for Catholic Activities and Foundations and Donors Interested in Catholic Activities (FADICA) and has served as a trustee on the national boards of the Jesuit Volunteer Corps; Education for Parish Service Foundation; the Gregorian University Foundation; and the National Catholic AIDS Network amongst others. A prize winning author and world-wide sought after speaker, Ms. Robinson earned her bachelor's from Georgetown University and an M.A.R. from Yale Divinity School, concentrating in ethics. She is a recipient of honorary doctorates from Aquinas Institute of Theology; Saint Anselm College; Misericordia University; St. Joseph University; and the Jesuit School of Theology.
The inaugural recipient of the St. Dominic Medal will be the William Caspar Graustein Memorial Fund, whose mission is to achieve equity in education by working with those affected and inspiring to end racism and poverty. The fund was created in 1946 by Archibald Graustein to honor the memory of his brother who tragically died in an automobile accident the year before. Accepting the St. Dominic Medal on behalf of the Graustein Memorial Fund are its Executive Director David Addams, Trustee William Graustein, and Trustee and 1975 Albertus alumna, Barbara Tinney.
Albertus Magnus serves a diverse student body and, based on the annual Destination Survey, Albertus Magnus College graduates consistently far outperform the national average for finding full-time jobs or going on to further education https://www.albertus.edu/value/ There are countless stories of success and perseverance among the 539 graduates in the Class of 2019, a few of interest include:
Alyssa Cruz '19 (Traditional Undergraduate)
B.A. Fine Arts with a concentration in graphic design
"Albertus has been incredibly life changing. I came here my freshman year very quiet and reserved, really not knowing where I was going to go or who I was going to become. Now I am leaving as a senior; I have so many leadership roles and responsibilities. I have accomplished so much in my time here and I have just changed overall. Academically, yes – but more so individually."
Karla Aponte-Roque '19 (Traditional Undergraduate)
B.S. Biology and Chemistry
"When it comes to school, I knew I was always interested in learning more, but the faculty here, the community here has allowed me to express myself, to go deeper into my studies and to actually take it as seriously as I would allow myself to take it. I didn't think I would be able to do all of this at once; school, working, and family life. All of the professors not only made that easy, but wanted to know what caused me to pick Albertus and what tools they could provide me with to excel in my studies."
Hymie Glick '19 (Adult Accelerated Undergraduate)
B.A. Communications
"It takes a whole family to be supportive when you go back to school at night, especially when you are working full time and being around for your kids. You need a very supportive environment and the Albertus team worked wonderfully with me to make sure I was able to achieve my goal."
Sharon Gentles '19 (Master's Program)
Master of Science in Human Services (M.S.H.S.)
"I came to Albertus because I wanted to be in an environment that is family oriented… the people I could talk to and people who would see me as a person. Albertus professors are people you can talk to, you can relate to them. They see your potential and they bring that out."
ABOUT ALBERTUS MAGNUS COLLEGE
Albertus Magnus College, founded in 1925 by the Dominican Sisters of Peace, is a Catholic College in the Dominican Tradition. It is recognized as a Top 100 Regional University in the north by US News & World Report Best Colleges guide for 2019. The College has an enrollment of 1,500 students in its traditional undergraduate program, accelerated adult degree programs, and 12 graduate programs, including a new Master of Public Administration and the only Master of Arts in Art Therapy and Counseling in Connecticut. In the last few months, the College received two significant federal grants, $300,000 from the Department of Justice and a $2 million Title III grant from the Department of Education.
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