Tag Archives: Students

Daemen Wins Polar Plunge Challenge to Support Special Olympics

A team including ten Daemen undergraduates won the Polar Plunge College Challenge last weekend, besting five other schools and raising nearly $3,500 to support the Special Olympics. The funds will support six athletes for a year, as they travel to… Read More »

Dare2Dream Tie Ceremony Honors Student Achievement

A special ceremony on campus last week marked the journeys and growth of students in the Dare2Dream program. “It’s a rite of passage,” said Lamark Shaw, director of career services at Daemen. During the ritual, neckties were given to students… Read More »

Animation Student Earns Raves for Acting

On March 12, 2020 – a few minutes before Sam Fesmire would debut as the lead in “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time” at Shea’s 710 in Buffalo – the show was called off due to then-breaking… Read More »

Thermo Fisher Scientific Hosts Daemen Students

Thermo Fisher Scientific, a Fortune 500 company and manufacturer of scientific instruments and materials, welcomed Daemen students to tour its Grand Island facility and to network with its workforce – one of the largest in Western New York. Helen Meade,… Read More »

National Conference Hosts Daemen Student Leaders

The National Leadership Conference on Student Government welcomed the executive board members of Daemen’s Student Government Association (SGA) to St. Louis last week. Representing Daemen was SGA President Safernio Dour, Vice President Jenna Sieracki and Secretary Jules Princess; they were… Read More »

White Coat Ceremony Held at Roswell Park for Cytotechnology Students

Daemen cytotechnology students were recognized in a white coat ceremony—a symbolic rite of passage for those in the field—at Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, the educational partner for the program. “The white coat is an important symbol that patients use… Read More »

New Online Gallery Opens of Student and Alum Artwork

Students and alums of Daemen’s Department of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) have a studio space to call their own—a new website dedicated to their artwork. Robert Waterhouse, associate professor of theatre and chair of VPA described the… Read More »

Women’s Soccer Defeats Lincoln, 9-0, For Second Straight Win

Goals, goals and more goals. In what was their first game in eight days since their conference-opening win at D’Youville, Daemen women’s soccer showed no signs of rust offensively on Sunday morning. Led by a seven-point performance (three goals, assist)… Read More »

Daemen Student-Athletes Post 3.32 GPA For Spring 2021 Semester

Athletes from various sports standing on the stairs in the front of Rosary Hall

The Spring 2021 semester was a success for the Daemen College Division of Athletics with student-athletes achieving a collective 3.32 grade point average (GPA). It marks the 16th consecutive semester that student-athletes have achieved a 3.0 GPA or higher, and… Read More »

Alum Profile: Katherine Leising ‘21

The senior film “Circulation” by Katherine Leising—a 2021 Daemen graduate, with a BFA in animation—has been selected into the Association of Medical Illustrators 2021 Salon and will contend for an award from the organization. Graduating magna cum laude, with honors,… Read More »

Graduation Week Marks Triumphs and Achievements of ‘21 Class

Daemen College’s 70th commencement was unlike any other in the institution’s storied history. With six unique graduation ceremonies held over two days—marking the first events of their kind on the college’s Amherst campus since the late 1950’s—the events safely brought… Read More »

Top Honors Awarded Across College

The exemplary achievements of the Class of 2021 were recognized at the annual Excellence Awards Ceremony, held May 27 as part of the college’s commencement weekend. “There is such dignity in completing a journey, especially when it’s not easy,” Michael… Read More »

ALHANA Commemorates Students’ Journeys

Continuing a now-established tradition unique to Daemen, the sixth ALHANA (African, Latinx, Hispanic, Asian, and Native American) ceremony celebrated the achievements of the college’s racially and ethnically diverse graduates of the Class of 2021. “By recognizing the unique obstacles faced… Read More »

Animation Students Screen Original Films at Drive-In Theatre

As the finale of their Daemen studies neared, senior animation students screened their final projects—original short animated films—at the Transit Drive-In in Lockport. Before the movies played on the big screen, the student-animators fielded questions from an audience of more… Read More »

Presenting to Global Conference, L&I Student Advocates for Accessibility in Education

Humberto Hernandez, a master’s student in Leadership and Innovation, addressed the Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD) conference on May 20th. With presenters and attendees from around the world, the event saw Hernandez advocate for the rights of students with… Read More »