Author Archives: Tom Wojciechowski

Alum Profile – Trina Burruss ‘06

Trina Burruss ‘06 received a master’s degree in executive leadership and change while working full time as a bank vice president and raising a family with her husband. Not an easy task. However, every Friday night and Saturday morning, she… Read More »

College to Launch New Program for Fall ’21

The Daemen College Department of Visual and Performing Arts will launch a new interdisciplinary program, the B.S. in Leadership and Entrepreneurship in the Arts, in the fall of 2021. The program is designed to equip graduates with the necessary… Read More »

Alum Publishes Book

“The Yang & Yin of Gender Transition,” a memoir by Joella Sylvia Laramay ‘09 showing the downs and ups of gender transition, is the latest release from NFB Publishing in Buffalo. The book outlines what transitioning from male to female… Read More »

Filbert Named ECC Player of the Week

Redshirt senior guard Tiara Filbert (Batavia, N.Y.) of Daemen College has been named the East Coast Conference Women’s Basketball Player of the Week for games played January 11-17. The official announcement was made in the league’s weekly sport report which… Read More »

Alum Opens New Exhibit at CEPA Gallery

Artist and Alum Kari Achatz ‘07 recently debuted a new exhibit at CEPA Gallery in downtown Buffalo entitled “A Conversation with Unfolding Transformations (2021)”. While her work is not quite collage, photomontage or sculpture, each element can be… Read More »

Staff Profile – F. Paul Muccigrosso II, MSW, MBA

Paul Muccigrosso on the second floor of the RIC

F. Paul Muccigrosso II, MSW, MBA serves as director of the Veteran Services Department at Daemen College. He is a decorated Veteran of the U.S. Navy and, most recently, he served as the program director for Medaille College’s Community Education… Read More »

Parshall Featured on Government Executive Podcast

Dr. Lisa Parshall, professor of political science and Daemen’s pre-law advisor, has been featured on Government Executive’s “Government Executive Daily Podcast” the premier news daily of the federal network. There she discussed her book on the outgoing president’s… Read More »

Zippia.com Taps Sharp-Price for Insight on Current Job Market Trends

Karen Sharp-Price ‘90, alumna and adjunct faculty member in Daemen’s Department of Business Administration, was recently asked to weigh in on her thoughts about the current job market for Zippia.com, a website devoted to providing career options, intelligence,… Read More »

Women’s Basketball Debuts In National Poll

For the first time in the program’s NCAA Division II era, Daemen College women’s basketball is a nationally ranked team. The Wildcats are ranked 20th in the latest Division II Sports Information Directors of America (D2SIDA) National Media Poll which… Read More »

Addison Family Part of Contestant Pool for Game Show

Daemen’s Assistant Director of Graduate and Special Programs Enrollment Tina Addison and her family were recently notified that they are officially in the contestant pool for the television game show “Family Feud!” Production for the program is currently… Read More »

Staff Profile – Meet Emilee Yormick

Emilee Yormick is Daemen’s new director of housing and residence life, part of the division of Student Affairs. Let’s get to know her better!

What inspired you to pursue your career?

My undergraduate experience! I knew I wanted to help… Read More »

Hamilton Honored with 2021 IDEA Award

Daemen’s Chief Diversity Officer Tiffany Hamilton has been named as an honoree for Buffalo Business First’s second annual IDEA (Inclusion Diversity Equity Awareness) Awards. Nineteen people and seven organizations were chosen from 60 nominations for championing diversity and inclusion. They… Read More »

Perryman Named to Western New York Women’s Foundation Board

Emily Burns Perryman, vice president for institutional advancement, has been named as one of the six new 2021 Board of Directors members of the WNY Women’s Foundation, whose mission is to create a culture of possibility so each woman can… Read More »

First Two Nurse Practitioners Complete the Advanced Practice Provider Stroke Fellowship Program at Mercy Hospital

The Advanced Practice Provider Stroke Fellowship Program (APP) was created by the Daemen Department of Nursing in collaboration with Mercy Hospital of Buffalo to provide specialized training for nurse practitioners in the hospital’s Neuro Intensive Care Unit. Daemen alumni Alyssa… Read More »

Wendland Published in The Interdisciplinary Journal of Popular Culture and Pedagogy

Jay Wendland smiling standing in front of a wall

Associate Professor of Political Science and Daemen Honors Program Director Jay Wendland was recently published in “Dialogue: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Popular Culture and Pedagogy,” an open access online journal that explores multiple aspects of American and global… Read More »