Tag Archives: Alum

A Conversation With Emily Hockwater

Emily Hockwater wearing a green sweater looking over shoulder smiling

Emily Hockwater, ‘16, serves as the Director of Alumni Relations. We caught up with Emily to see how things are going being back at her alma mater.

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Animation Alums Work with Jack Black

Not everyone can say they produced a music video for actor and comedian Jack Black, but that’s exactly what four Daemen University alums did. Black and Kyle Gass, the comedy rock duo known as Tenacious D, dropped the official music… Read More »

A Conversation with James Hulse

From student to adjunct professor at Daemen University. James Hulse graduated from the Animation Program in May 2022 and was standing at the front of the class just a few months later. James spoke to us about his role at… Read More »

Animation Alum Wins International Film Festival Award

Daemen University alum Emmanual Edwards, ‘22, won an award for his senior film for the Animation Program at the 56th Annual WorldFest-Houston Film Festival last month. JOSH! earned a Silver Remi in the Independent Short Subject-Films & Video Animated (classic… Read More »

Education Graduate Receives Teacher of the Year Award

Desirae Marotta (‘21) was chosen as New Teacher of the Year at her school, Cedar Forest Elementary in Fredericksburg, Virginia where she teaches first grade. “I am so excited to have been chosen as New Teacher of the Year at… Read More »

Alumni Profile – Judd Wright ‘73

Judd Wright (‘73) always had an interest in history. In 1971, when Daemen University, known at the time as Rosary Hill College, opened its doors to male students, he jumped at the opportunity to enroll. Wright, who was a military… Read More »

Lobdell Named Vice President of Patient Care, Chief Nursing Officer at Sisters of Charity Hospital

Daemen University alum Diane Lobdell ’14 has been named vice president of patient care services and chief nursing officer at Sisters of Charity Hospital. Lobdell earned both her bachelor’s degree in nursing and her master’s degree in nursing executive … Read More »

Alum Profile – David Johnson ’16

Daemen alum David Johnson ’16, is the senior director of the College Prep Program at Buffalo Prep, an organization founded in 1989 to provide access and preparation for talented, underrepresented youth to achieve success in education. Last year, Johnson returned… Read More »

Animation Alum’s Film Receives Laurels, Makes Semifinals in International Film Festival

Daemen University animation graduate Tessa Santillo

The Daemen University Animation Program can add another feather to its already robust hat with the news that 2021 graduate Tessa Santillo ’22 received laurels for placing as a semifinalist in AniMate, an Australian international film festival. The festival… Read More »

Daemen Alum Trina Burruss Named President and CEO of United Way of Buffalo & Erie County

Daemen University alum Trina Burruss with United Way sign

Daemen alum Trina Burruss, a graduate of the university’s Leadership and Innovation program, has been named president and chief executive officer (CEO) of United Way of Buffalo & Erie County. Currently serving as chief operating officer (COO), Burruss will… Read More »

A Conversation with Matthew Favale ’16

Visual and performing arts alum Matthew Favale ’16 has returned to Daemen – this time as an information technology specialist. Since graduating from Daemen with a bachelor of science in art, with minors in illustration and graphic design,… Read More »

A Conversation with Lo Young ’21 – Alum and Student Affairs Office Manager

After graduating from Daemen last December, alum Lo Young ‘21 joined the institution as the Student Affairs office manager. Young earned a bachelor of arts in professional writing and rhetoric, with specializations in public relations and communications – and is… Read More »

International Alum Publishes Children’s Books in Kenya

Daemen College alum Berttila Kithia ’21 recently published two children’s educational books in Kenya, her native country. Her first book titled, Scouts Camp and Other Stories, includes four stories: The New Neighbors, The Birthday Party, The Scouts Camp, and The… Read More »

Alum/Faculty Profile – Susan Cozzi ’01

After teaching English courses at many different colleges in Western New York, alum Susan Cozzi ’01 found her way back to Daemen and now serves as a visiting professor in the English Department. Cozzi recently began her new position after… Read More »

Prestigious Art Collection Highlights Daemen Artists in New Exhibition

“Celebrating Daemen”—a new exhibition of artwork by nearly 30 college faculty and alums—makes obvious why the institution has long been known as one of the region’s premier producers of artistic talent. The selections in the show hail from the collection… Read More »