Fairfield University Alumni

10/07/2026

Golden Stags gathered back on campus for milestone reunions, a campus update, and a walk down memory lane filled with Fairfield University yearbooks and memorabilia.❤️ 🦌

As part of the 75th reunion celebration, Joan Bolger ’81 P’90 was presented with an award honoring her late husband, Bob Bolger ’51, PhD. Bob was the first Fairfield University alumnus to return to work at the University and went on to serve as a professor for more than 50 years.

10/05/2026

Fairfield University alumni returned to campus for the Fall Career & Internship Fair to connect with current students, share career advice, and introduce them to professional opportunities. 🦌💼

10/03/2026

Jason LaRue ’99, who earned his bachelor’s degree in political science and government from Fairfield University, has been named Vice Chair of Talent & Culture at KPMG. With more than two decades at KPMG and five years at Bank of America, Jason will now lead talent and culture strategies and human resources for KPMG’s 35,000-person firm.

KPMG US has promoted Jason LaRue to vice chair of talent and culture.

10/02/2026

Amanda Blair ’20 and Alex Hartzell ’20 were married in Long Island on June 27, 2026, bringing their Fairfield University community together to celebrate the start of their next chapter. 🦌❤️

10/02/2026

Fairfield University prepared Alex Witkus ’15, MS’16 for more than the baseball diamond. ⚾️

An accounting major, former Division I baseball player, and team captain while he was at Fairfield University, Alex is now putting his athletic and business experience to work as co-founder of The Stable Strength & Conditioning with his wife, Annie. The new gym is set to open this fall in Maryland, with its grand opening planned for this October.

An old Blockbuster in Edgewater is about to become a strength and conditioning gym run by a farming family.

10/01/2026

After graduating from Fairfield and launching a nearly 40-year career on Wall Street, Fran Reed ’86, P’23 returned to Stag Country to share his experience with the next generation.

Now a professor of the practice in finance, Reed is teaching and mentoring today’s Stags while continuing his own Fairfield education as a student in the Executive Doctorate of Business Administration program.

Read more 🔗 go.fairfield.edu/utb95

Fran Reed ’86, P’23, who grew up in West Haven, Conn., choosing a college for his undergraduate studies was surprisingly simple.

09/25/2026

Fairfield alumnus Matt Danaher ’14 recently joined the podcast to share the journey that took him from playing Division I soccer while earning his finance degree to playing professionally abroad and eventually founding PlayerPulse, a platform designed to help coaches better understand player well-being and performance.

Today, Matt continues to combine his passion for soccer and player development as Director of Performance at Fox Soccer Academy.

Don Williams sits down with Matt Danaher, founder of PlayerPulse, to discuss his journey from NCAA Division I soccer at Fairfield University to playing professionally in Ireland and Germany - and how those experiences led him to develop the PlayerPulse app.

09/23/2026

Brooke Hernon ’22 and Jake Noviello ’22 recently tied the knot in Newport, R.I.

From their days competing for Fairfield University Athletics—Brooke on the soccer team and Jake on the baseball team—to now celebrating as Fairfield University alumni and newlyweds, their Stagmate connection continues! 💍✨

09/21/2026

Matthew N. Papillo ’00 left a lasting impact on both Fairfield and the wealth management industry. In his memory, Arax Investment Partners and Fairfield University have established the Matthew Papillo Wealth Management Internship Program.

The program honors his legacy of mentorship and leadership while providing Fairfield students with meaningful, hands-on experience in wealth management and opportunities to grow as young professionals.

Read more 🔗 bit.ly/4A5BmTV

09/18/2026

After recently graduating, Macey Brown ’26, Isabelle Stottlemyer ’26, and Rose Wegman ’26 are beginning a new chapter at Yale New Haven Health as part of its New Graduate Nurse Residency Program. They attribute their time at The Marion Peckham Egan School of Nursing & Health Studies to have helped prepare them for this next step, giving them the knowledge, skills, and confidence to begin their careers as new graduate nurses.