Tag Archives: Students

Graduating Student-Athlete Profile – Sarah Golas

Sarah Golas has been a four-year member of the Daemen cross country/track and field program, appearing in 18 cross country and 29 track and field meets. She was also a First Team All-ECC performer in 2021 for outdoor track and… Read More »

Placing 3rd Nationally, Daemen Achieves Perfect Score in ESPN-Presented Special Olympics Challenge

Daemen University was one of only a dozen U.S. institutions of higher learning to achieve a perfect score in the Special Olympics Challenge for the 2022 Virtual College Championship Week presented by ESPN. Placing third nationally out of 30 schools,… Read More »

Arbor Day Foundation Honors Daemen

The Arbor Day Foundation has honored Daemen University with 2021 Tree Campus Higher Education recognition for its commitment to effective urban forest management. Daemen achieved the distinction by meeting Tree Campus Higher Education’s five standards, including maintaining a tree advisory… Read More »

Jenna Sieracki Seeks to Create Lasting Impact at Daemen

Jenna Sieracki will graduate this month, after what she describes as many transformative experiences and opportunities from her time at Daemen. An international business major with a minor in history and political science, Sieracki looks forward to pursuing a career… Read More »

Equity Summit Seeks to Spread Social Justice

The second annual Equity Summit at Daemen—with a theme of “Calling All Social Justice Seekers”—engaged attendees in conversations about how to increase social justice on campus and beyond. Hosted by the university’s Center for Diversity & Inclusion, the summit… Read More »

Nationally Recognized Speaker Offers Positive Message for Students

Duncan Kirkwood – who has spoken to college audiences around the world – delivered a motivational presentation on campus last week. Kirkwood’s visit was sponsored by the university’s Dare 2 Dream program, in collaboration with the Center for Diversity and … Read More »

A Conversation with John Bruggman – Illustration Student

Daemen University illustration major John Bruggman has created a cover for Image Comics, a major publisher in the industry. Bruggman’s illustration depicts a character known as Stetson – described as “a nightmare hunter and dream detective” – from the newly… Read More »

Student Short Animated Films Awarded Prestigious Telly Awards

Three Daemen students from the Class of 2020 won Telly Awards – a prestigious industry honor – for films they created while seniors in the college’s animation program. “It is an indication of how good their films were and how… Read More »

Daemen Named a National ‘Military Friendly School’ for 13th Consecutive Year

For the 13th year in a row, Daemen College has been recognized as a 2022-23 Military Friendly School – a designation indicating institutional support for veterans to help them transition from military life to college and onto successful careers. The… Read More »

Second Annual Black Excellence Gala Poised to Become Campus Tradition

The formal Black Excellence Gala gathered the Daemen community last Friday – serving as a celebration and acknowledgement of the culmination of Black History Month at the college. “The event’s purpose was to honor the past, present and future of… Read More »

New Issue of Literary Magazine Iconoclast in Works

The Iconoclast, Daemen’s literary magazine, is accepting submissions of creative work – fiction, nonfiction, poetry, illustration, photography and animation and illustration – by March 3. Works should be submitted to iconoclast@daemen.edu with brief sentence biographical statement. Certain limits on the… Read More »

Buffalo’s First Poet Laureate to Perform at Daemen

Daemen students have the opportunity to share their creative writing at the college’s Poetry Showcase – to be held Feb. 23 from 5:30-7 p.m. in Alumni Lounge – alongside Buffalo’s first poet laureate, Jillian Hanesworth, who will perform at the… Read More »

Daemen Students Advocate for Increased College Aid with State Lawmakers

HEOP students at Daemen and other recipients of financial aid joined Chief Diversity Officer Tiffany L. Hamilton to urge state lawmakers to seek further college aid funding on New York (CICU) Student Aid Advocacy Day – held Feb. 2 by… Read More »

Commencement Returning to Kleinhans in 2022

For the first time since 2019, Daemen’s commencement ceremonies will be held at Kleinhans Music Hall. As in years past, both the undergraduate and graduate ceremonies will feature the Grammy Award-winning Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus. Byron Brown, recently elected to an… Read More »

All High Art Weekend Offers Opportunities to Aspiring Artists

All High – an annual tradition at Daemen for more nearly 50 years – returns to campus in 2022 with in-person events and exhibitions. The All High Art Weekend – with a theme of “Think Outside the Frame” – will… Read More »