Tag Archives: Community

Daemen Toastmasters Members Win Area Speech Contests

Daemen College staff members Dr. Michael Berta and Dr. Hella Jacob, members of the college’s Rhetorical Roar Toastmasters Club, have each received top honors at a Toastmasters International Speech Contest hosted Sept. 16 on campus. This marks the third consecutive… Read More »

Athletic Training Students Clean Up Local Park

Several Daemen College athletic training students recently participated in a community service project to help beautify Amherst State Park on Mill Street. The Daemen group, which also included a 2016 graduate of the athletic training program, assisted with sprucing up… Read More »

Students Help With Weatherizing Buffalo Homes

With winter soon arriving, nearly two dozen Daemen College students pitched in to help several low-income Buffalo homeowners with weatherizing their houses for the cold season in the Black Rock-Riverside area. For the community service project, Daemen students worked with… Read More »

Assembly Speaker to Focus on Youth Education and Employment at Daemen Lecture

Speaker of the New York State Assembly Carl Heastie will share his vision on creating education, training and employment pathways for the state’s youth as Daemen College’s Distinguished Leaders Lecture Series speaker at 3:30 p.m. Oct. 20 in the Wick… Read More »

Political Leaders Speak on National, State Issues at Lectures

Two top leaders addressed current national and state issues as the latest featured speakers in the Daemen College Distinguished Leaders Lecture Series. At the Oct. 17 lecture, Buffalo Mayor Byron W. Brown talked about his leadership role as chairman of… Read More »

Students Provide Health Screenings in Buffalo Community

Physician assistant student Janelle Legault

Daemen College physician assistant students provided free health screenings to Buffalo residents in the city’s Seneca Babcock neighborhood at a community health fair held last month. Under the supervision of Associate Professor Joel Patterson, a group of 25 Daemen PA… Read More »

Daemen Opens New Section of Campus

Daemen College formally opened a new section of campus with a ribbon-cutting ceremony held on Nov. 22 to celebrate the completion of a footbridge that connects with the original part of campus grounds. Set in an attractive wooded area on… Read More »

Commissioner Discusses Region’s Growing Film Industry

Buffalo Niagara Film Commissioner Tim Clark pointed to this year’s record high film revenue in Western New York as a sign of the region’s growth in the film industry at his presentation for the Daemen College Distinguished Leaders Lecture Series.… Read More »

Music Collaboration Formed With Area School

Several Daemen College faculty and student musicians performed with The Park School of Buffalo Orchestra at its fall concert on Nov. 22 as the first of other performance collaborations planned between the two institutions. Led by Park School conductor Max… Read More »

Exhibition Features Children’s Works Inspired by Street Photographer

Elementary and middle school students from South Buffalo’s Seneca Babcock community displayed their “street photography” skills at a Daemen College exhibition that was inspired by the works of American street photographer Vivian Maier. The photographs shown in the April 21… Read More »

Daemen to Hold Developmental Disabilities Program

A one-day education program, “Becoming a Self-Advocate: Making My Voice Heard to Improve My Healthcare Experiences,” for individuals with developmental disabilities and their caregivers will take place from 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. May 7 in Daemen College’s Wick Campus… Read More »

Daemen’s Public Health Celebration to Include Panel Discussion

Area top public health officials will discuss “Building a Public Health Movement in Buffalo: Education, Community and Advocacy” at 5 p.m. April 7 at Daemen College’s National Public Health Week celebration. Sponsored by the Daemen Master of Public Health Program,… Read More »

Co-Founder of a 43North Winning Start-Up to Speak at Daemen

ACe Callwood, CEO and co-founder of Painless 1099, which was among the emerging businesses named a winner in last year’s 43North business competition, will speak on April 6 as the final featured presenter in the 2015-16 Daemen College Nancy Haberman… 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 »

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 »