Tag Archives: Students

Daemen Student-Athletes Achieve High Academic Success

In what has become a growing trend, Daemen College student-athletes put forth a solid collective effort in the classroom in the Fall 2016 semester with more than 60 percent achieving grade-point-averages (GPA) of 3.0 or higher, director of athletics Bridget… Read More »

Daemen Student Named Semifinalist for Prestigious Award

Daemen College women’s basketball player Natalie Galus has been named one of 20 semifinalists for the prestigious Coach Wooden Citizenship Cup awarded by the Athletes for a Better World (ABW) organization. Named for legendary University of California-Los Angeles basketball coach… 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 »

Daemen’s 65th Commencement Honors Class of 2016

Daemen College’s 65th annual commencement was celebrated with the Class of 2016 at undergraduate and graduate ceremonies held May 21 in Kleinhans Music Hall. More than 1,025 degrees were conferred this year, including Daemen’s first graduates in the master of… Read More »

Top Awards Presented to Daemen Graduating Students

Justin Richmond and President Gary A. Olson

Daemen College recognized the outstanding achievements of graduating students in the Daemen College Class of 2016 at the college’s Annual Excellence Awards Ceremony held on May 20 as part of commencement weekend activities. “We extend congratulations to these exceptional students… Read More »

Vongxay Receives Prestigious International Scholarship

Daemen College student Jessica Vongxay, a physical therapy major, has been selected to receive the prestigious Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship to study abroad this summer in China. Vongxay is one of more than 1,150 undergraduate students from colleges and… Read More »

Student Association Hosts Gavel Ceremony

The Daemen College Student Association officially transferred responsibilities from the outgoing to the newly elected president at the organization’s second annual gavel ceremony, a new tradition started at the college last year. At the May 3 event, outgoing president Mark… Read More »

Daemen to Celebrate 65th Commencement on May 21

Daemen College President Gary A. Olson will confer degrees to more than 1,025 undergraduate and graduate candidates as the college celebrates its 65th annual commencement on May 21 in Kleinhans Music Hall. The undergraduate ceremony for the Class of 2016… Read More »

Top Student Leaders Honored

Daemen College recognized outstanding student leaders in clubs, organizations and departments at the college’s annual Student Leadership Awards Luncheon hosted May 5 by the Office of Student Affairs. “The college experience goes beyond the classroom experience,” said Dr. Greg Nayor,… Read More »

Accounting Students Receive Awards From CPA Chapter

Four Daemen College students were honored for academic excellence by the New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants (NYSSCPA), Buffalo Chapter at the organization’s Education Night Dinner held April 19. The annual event recognizes outstanding junior, senior and graduate… Read More »

Top First-Year Students Honored at Daemen

The top 10 first-year students at Daemen College who earned the highest grade point average in their first year at the college were recently recognized at a luncheon held in honor of their academic excellence. The top students, who had… Read More »

KeyBank Gift Supports Daemen Student Scholarships

Daemen College has received a $10,000 gift from KeyBank to support undergraduate scholarships presented this year to four students. KeyBank Scholars for 2016-17 are Kaitlin Ford of Lakeville, social work major; Carla Hernandez of Nyack, liberal studies major; Mackenzie Pye… 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 »

College to Host Film Series

Force Majuere” by Swedish writer-director Ruben Östlund will be featured in the next Daemen College Film Series event at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 7 in the Wick Campus Center Alumni Lounge. The 2014 film focuses on a family vacationing in the… Read More »

Inaugural Castle Scholars Named

Three Daemen College students have been named the first recipients of the newly established Castle Scholarship, which provides tuition support to students participating in internships through the college’s Office of Career Services. Castle Scholars are Ajanaee Brown of Brooklyn, accounting/professional… Read More »