Albertus Magnus College Alumnus Makes His Emotional Choice as The Bachelor

Season Finale Watch Party Scheduled for Students, Faculty, Staff, and Local Alumni

New Haven, Conn., March 19, 2025 – Whose heart will be fulfilled? Whose heart will be broken. Find out  when Grant Ellis ’17 makes up his mind in the season finale of The Bachelor. Albertus Magnus College is proud  of this student-athlete and forever Fearless Falcon — who laid the foundation for a bold future by proving  what’s possible with determination and the right education.  

To celebrate Ellis’ major achievements and new chapter (and love) in life, Albertus invites the media to attend  the Finale Watch Party on March 24.  

Who: Students, Faculty, Staff, and Local Alumni 

Coach Mitch Oliver will be available for interviews 

What: Watch Party for Season Finale of The Bachelor, starring Grant Ellis ’17  

Where: Behan Community Room & Tab’s Pub (inside the award-winning Hubert Student Center)  333 Huntington Ave., New Haven  

When: Monday, March 24, 2025 at 7:30 pm  

Once again, here’s a highlight reel from Ellis’ playing days at Albertus — see how he utilized his skills on the  court and in the classroom to transform his passion into purpose.  

IMPORTANT: Members of the media who plan to attend the Finale Watch Party, need to email or text Sarah Barr at sbarr1@albertus.edu or 860-559-8581.

About Albertus Magnus College

Albertus Magnus College, founded in 1925, is a coeducational Catholic College in the Dominican tradition.  As New England's most diverse Catholic College, Albertus' values- and liberal arts-based education is recognized by external rankings such as US News & World Report, Money Magazine, and The Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education, and has been named a Top 10 Military Friendly School.  For eight consecutive years, graduating classes at Albertus have achieved post-graduate employment and graduate school success at a rate of at least 95%.  The College has an enrollment of approximately 1,300 students across its traditional undergraduate, accelerated adult undergraduate, and 12 graduate programs. Proud to enroll a student body where more than half of its students come from minority backgrounds with nearly the same percentage of undergraduates receiving Federal Pell Grants and being first generation college goers, Albertus is known for its innovative curricular offerings, recently launching new Bachelor's degree programs in Nursing, General Health Sciences, Interdisciplinary Studies, Public Health, and Supply Chain Management; among its graduate programs is the State of Connecticut's only Master of Arts in Art Therapy and Counseling program. Just two years from its historic 100 th Anniversary Year, the College is implementing its Albertus 2025: Lighting the Way to a Second Century strategic plan, which articulates an inspiring, 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.