Daemen College


Daemen College is a private liberal arts college in Amherst, New York. It also offers graduate programs in business, healthcare, and education.

History

Rosary Hill College for women was established in 1947 by the Sisters of St. Francis of Penance and Christian Charity. That order's founder, Mother Magdalene Daemen, was recognized when the school was renamed Daemen College in 1976. The college has admitted men since the mid-1960s and graduated its first male student in 1968.

Academics

There are more than thirty undergraduate programs and six graduate programs at the school.
Daemen College has a competency-based core curriculum in which students are expected to master critical thinking and creative problem solving, information literacy, communication skills, affective awareness, moral and ethical discernment, contextual competency, and civic responsibility. Also notable is Daemen's integration of service learning into the Core Curriculum.

Athletics

Daemen College teams, the Wildcats, are part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association, primarily competing as a member of the East Coast Conference. Formerly, the Daemen College Wildcats were part of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics, primarily competing in the now-defunct American Mideast Conference. Men's sports include basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, tennis and track & field; while women's sports include basketball, bowling, cross country, soccer, tennis, track & field, triathlon and volleyball. Names prior to Wildcats include the Rosary Hill College Angels, the Daemen College Demons, Golden Warriors and Warriors.

eSports

Daemen College is the first private college in the Buffalo-Niagara region to start an official esports team. As of 2018 the team competes in League of Legends, Hearthstone, and Quake Champions.

Notable people

Alumni