Author Archives: Mike Andrei

Daemen Athletics Director Receives Prestigious Athena Award

Bridget Niland, director of athletics at Daemen College, was honored as recipient of the 2016 Athena Young Professional Leadership Award at the 26th annual Athena Awards Luncheon presented by the Buffalo Niagara Partnership at the Buffalo Niagara Convention Center. Niland… Read More »

Daemen President Signs Five-Year Contract

Dale Demyanick, chairman of the Daemen College Board of Trustees, announced at the board’s March meeting that Daemen President Gary A. Olson has just signed a five-year contract to serve as president of the college until 2021. “We are very… Read More »

Morace Named Daemen’s First Distinguished Professor

Dr. Robert Morace, professor of English and a noted scholar in contemporary and Scottish fiction, has been appointed Daemen College’s first Distinguished Professor, the highest level of scholarship awarded to college faculty. “We are exceptionally proud to name Dr. Morace… Read More »

Daemen Student Named SABAH’s Volunteer of the Year

Daemen College student Nicole Kelley was honored as SABAH’s 2016 Northtown Center at Amherst Adult Volunteer of the Year at the organization’s annual awards dinner held on March 14. The award recognizes Kelley’s 10 years of volunteer service as assistant… Read More »

Faculty Profile – Lisa Ball

Dr. Lisa Ball is an assistant professor of nursing at Daemen College and teaches primarily in the graduate programs. She also serves as co-chair of the college’s Human Subjects Research Review Board and is faculty liaison for Daemen’s Pi Zeta… Read More »

Daemen’s Dyck Named Second-Team All-Region

Daemen College men’s basketball player Torrence Dyck (Rochester, N.Y./San Jacinto College) has been selected to the 2015-16 Division II Conference Commissioners Association (D2CCA) All-East Region Second Team following a vote by sports information professionals from institutions and conference offices in… Read More »

Panel to Discuss Region’s Growing Heroin Epidemic

As the heroin epidemic worsens in the Buffalo Niagara region, a panel of local experts, including a former addict, will talk about the severity and fight against this issue at a discussion scheduled from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. March… Read More »

Student Award Winners Named in Art Exhibit

Several Daemen College students have received top honors for their artwork on display in Daemen College’s annual Visual and Performing Arts Undergraduate Exhibition, which runs through April 14 in the Tower Gallery in the Haberman Gacioch Art Center. The undergraduate… Read More »

Daemen Toastmasters Members Win Speech Contests

Daemen College staff members Rebecca Bley and Karen Moronski-Chapman, members of the college’s Rhetorical Roar Toastmasters Club, have won a Toastmasters International Speech and Table Topics Contest hosted Feb. 26 on Daemen’s campus. This marks the second consecutive time Daemen… Read More »

Staff Profile – Brittany Collins

Brittany Collins, who has more than eight years of customer service and administrative experience, joined Daemen College in 2015 as a records and registration specialist in the Registrar’s Office. Collins received a bachelor’s degree in media production from SUNY Buffalo… Read More »

Daemen Shines In Opening Event Of Spring

Ashley Cheff (Niagara Falls, N.Y./Niagara Falls) placed first among all female participants to pace the Daemen College women’s triathlon team today in their opening event of the spring season, the Wildman Triathlon Festival held in and around Moss Park.… Read More »