Category Archives: September 8 2021

Daemen Awards Honorary Doctorate to NCAA President Mark Emmert

National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) President Mark Emmert was conferred an honorary doctoral degree by Daemen College during a recent visit to campus. Emmert also conducted a discussion with Daemen’s NCAA Division II student-athletes—his first on-campus event since the pandemic… Read More »

Convocation Welcomes New Students, Families

Daemen welcomed students and their families back to campus for the start of the 2021-22 academic year at the college’s annual Convocation ceremony on Saturday. The event served as a formal greeting for the nearly 720 new students—undergraduate, graduate and… Read More »

Drake Name-Drops Daemen on New Album

At midnight last Friday, Drake, one of the most critically and commercially successful musicians of the 21st century, released his highly-anticipated new album “Certified Lover Boy.” Soon thereafter, in the small hours of the night, Daemen College began receiving a… Read More »

Daemen Names 2021 Distinguished Alumni Award Recipients

Daemen will honor five accomplished graduates at its 2021 Daemen Distinguished Alumni Awards virtual presentation ceremony scheduled for 7 p.m., Sept. 30. The event will be broadcast live on YouTube. An annual tradition now in its 35th year, the… Read More »

‘Fragile Warriors’ Art Exhibition Opens on Campus

“Fragile Warriors,” an art exhibition of new works from painter Muhammad Zaman, will open this week at the Tower Gallery on campus. For the show, Zaman painted a large original mural on the walls of the gallery, which… Read More »

Women’s Cross Country Earns Team Title at Season Opening Race

The Daemen College women’s cross country team opened the 2021 season today by placing first out of five teams at the Frank Dillon Memorial Tournament hosted by Le Moyne College. Daemen produced three of the top four finishers in today’s… Read More »

Kearia C. Sams ’15—Alum Profile

Kearia C. Sams was born and raised in the “All-America City” of Buffalo, New York. In 2015, Sams relocated to Charlotte, North Carolina, and began working at Atrium Health’s Levine Cancer Institute (LCI) as a receptionist. However, she has grown… Read More »