Daemen College
4380 Main Street
Amherst, NY 14226
(716) 839-8253 or
fax (716) 839-8516
Meetings
Meeting rooms (30) are available year round including classrooms, seminar
rooms, auditoriums, theater and large social room. Capacities range
from 15 to 500 people, depending on function. Wick Center and Schenck
Hall are air-conditioned.
Housing
On-campus conference housing is available from mid-May to mid-August.
Current capacity is 300 beds. Residence halls are near the Dining
Hall, meeting and classroom buildings. Linen service, towels, blankets,
and pillows are provided. Common areas are cleaned daily.
Support
Complete audio-visual equipment and support. Teleconference rooms are wired
for downlink satellite transmission and phone hook-up.
Meals
Daemen Dining Service provides all food service on campus. Meal services
are established for each group. Three meals each day, cafeteria line service,
can be provided. Daemen Dining can provide many special services including:
conference refreshments breaks, receptions, bartender service, served or
buffet meals, outdoor picnic barbecues, box lunches, ice cream socials,
pizza parties etc. Catering guide is available.
Location Daemen College is in Amherst, NY, part
of the Buffalo metropolitan area. The second largest city in New York State, Buffalo is
described as New York's West Coast. On the eastern shore of Lake Erie, Buffalo
is a gateway city into Ontario, Canada. Daemen is one mile from exit 51
of NYS Thruway, and 5 miles from Greater Buffalo International Airport and
Amtrak Depew station. From Daemen, it is a 15 minute drive to downtown Buffalo
and 25 minutes to Niagara Falls, NY.
Attractions
Buffalo waterfront lighthouse and restaurants, Lake Erie cruises on "Miss
Buffalo", Albright-Knox Art Museum, theater, Buffalo Zoo, Buffalo Bisons
Baseball, Buffalo Sabres Hockey, Buffalo
Bills Football, Frank Lloyd Wright houses, architectural tours, Olmsted
park system, Niagara Falls, NY and Canada,
Niagara Gorge, Historic Lewiston and Fort Niagara, Roycroft Craft Campus,
Lake Chautauqua and Chautauqua Institute, area wineries, Canadian beaches,
Niagara-on-the-Lake, Shaw Festival Theaters and Toronto, Canada.
Campus
Daemen College is a private, non-sectarian, co-educational liberal arts
college. Current enrollment is 1900 students, full and part-time. The
campus is located on 37 park-like acres on level terrain.
Elderhostel
Daemen College is proud to be a part of the Elderhostel network. Typically, we offer 3 distinct programs during the summer months. For more information, see the Elderhostel page
on the World Wide Web.
Special
Because our campus is small, your group might be the main conference group on campus. You will receive full cooperation and welcome from College staff. We enjoy showing off Western New
York. Please call for more information:
