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October 22, 2004
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Mike Andrei
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Kristin C. Myers, Director
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Daemen College to Dedicate Thomas Reynolds Center for Special Education & After School Programs Monday, October 25
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Daemen College will dedicate a newly-remodeled structure housing the College's newest educational program: The Thomas Reynolds Center for Special Education & After School Programs at Daemen College. The dedication ceremonies will take place 2:30 p.m., Monday, October 25, at the Reynolds Center, just off the corner of Main Street and Getzville Road on the Daemen campus.
"The goal of the Center is to improve the quality of life for students with developmental disabilities, through high-quality and high-level after school programs, while also providing applied training opportunities for education majors and teachers of special education," said Dr. Anisman. The program was created with $1.3 million in federal funding, through the offices of Representative Thomas Reynolds (R) 26th District. Daemen College education faculty are working with Western New York public schools in Buffalo, Lancaster, Amherst, Hamburg, and St. John's Baptist Church to establish an educational collaboration within the Center; no programs of this type currently exist in Erie and Niagara Counties. The College expects to involve a wide range of academic expertise, including faculty in the Daemen departments of education, social work, physical therapy, physician assistant, and nursing. The opening of the center is planned for 2004. |