Tag Archives: Community

2022 Distinguished Alumni Awards Winners Named

The Daemen Distinguished Alumni Awards return in 2022 as an in-person ceremony honoring six accomplished graduates – including a special 75th-anniversary-inspired Diamond Anniversary Distinguished Alum Award, to be given to Nancy Gacioch, ‘62. The presentation ceremony will be held in… Read More »

Study: Daemen has $132 Million Impact on State Economy

Daemen College has an economic impact in the State of New York in excess of $132 million each year, according to a new report by the Commission on Independent Colleges & Universities in New York (CICU). The study took into… Read More »

Partnership with WNY Book Arts Center Offers Spring Speaker Series

Dog sitting on a carpet with book of arts wrapper

This spring, a partnership with the Western New York Book Arts Center and the Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) department will offer the public a virtual “Daemen Speaker Series,” featuring three virtual presentation workshops. The workshops will be hosted by… Read More »

Amherst Livestreams Address from Daemen

The State of the Town Address was streamed live from the third floor of the Research Information Commons on campus this past Friday. Town leadership was impressed with the college’s production of Daemen’s virtual commencement ceremony, so when the time… Read More »

Connecting with Our Community: Listen to a Story!

Daemen students in masks with puppet willie the wildcat in the buffalo library

Our Daemen College Athletics student-athletes usually get the chance to read books to children throughout the year. As we navigate the current COVID-19 health crisis, this activity had to be reinvented for 2020. That’s when the Education Department, athletics,… Read More »

GivingTuesday 2020

On Dec. 1, Daemen College will be participating in the 8th annual GivingTuesday campaign. GivingTuesday is a global celebration of philanthropy and service to nonprofit organizations. This 24-hour campaign calls upon our alumni, parents, faculty, staff, students, and friends for… Read More »

Students Paint Mural at Hope Gardens

Visual and Performing Arts students at Daemen College have completed a mural project at the Matt Urban Center that was put on hold last spring because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The course was part of Daemen’s extensive Service Learning Program,… Read More »

Founders Celebration Marked With Bell Ringing

Dr. Greg Ford in a suit wearing a face mask ringing Founders Bell

Daemen College’s annual Founders Celebration, which commemorates the college’s founding and its rich history of academic excellence, was officially observed with the ceremonial ringing of Founders Bell in a special virtual ceremony. “Although we were unable to hold our traditional… Read More »

Daemen Mourns Loss of Cherished Alum

Dolores Sapienza sitting on a bench behind rosary hall between two studetns.

Beloved graduate Dolores Attea Sapienza ’53, a member of Daemen College’s second graduating class and a lifelong supporter of her alma mater, passed away on May 16, after a brief illness. She was 88. “We are deeply saddened by the… Read More »

College’s Health Care Heroes to be Honored

Side by side, Jaclyn Szeluga on the left and Amanda Peister on right

Daemen College has launched a Health Care Heroes initiative to recognize graduates and students for their efforts and bravery in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic in the Buffalo Niagara region and throughout the country. “Health care professionals are facing… Read More »

President Shares Video Message

As much of the nation has now moved to communicating via a computer screen, Daemen College President Gary Olson has addressed the campus community via a video message. In this address, he speaks to the college’s response to the coronavirus… Read More »

CAUSE Program Receives Community Leader Award

CAUSE participants playing basketball with students

The Daemen College Center for Allied and Unified Sport and Exercise (CAUSE) has received the 2020 Community Leader Award in Sports from the National Federation for Just Communities (NFJC) of Western New York in honor of the impact the program… Read More »

Bell Ringing to Kick-Off Veterans Day Ceremony

A remembrance ceremony in honor of Veterans Day featuring a ceremonial bell ringing and other activities will be held at Daemen College on Nov. 11 at Founders Walkway, outside of the college’s historic Rosary Hall. The ceremony will begin at… Read More »

Founders Celebration Marked by College Community

Founders Bell ringers (L-R) John Yurtchuk, Dr. Alex Pleshkewych, President Gary Olson, Dr. Lynn Worsham, Ricardo Marquez, Jo-Anne Grabowski, O.S.F., Catherine LePage-Campbell, and Dr. Greg Ford.

The Daemen College community commemorated this year’s Founders Celebration with several new events that included the official opening of renovated science facilities and an inaugural Day of Service. The celebration, which was held Sept. 19 to 21, kicked off with… Read More »

Founders Bell Ringing to Open Celebration

Daemen College will kick off its annual Founders Celebration, a tradition to mark its rich history of academic excellence and the college’s founding, with a ceremonial ringing of Founders Bell at 11 a.m. Sept. 19 on Founders Walkway, located outside… Read More »