Anthologies: The Campaign for Daemen Will
Provide a State-of-the-Art Information Center and Scholarship
Imagine a building whose design and function say: Daemen College is a leader.
Imagine a building that will exist at the heart of our students’ education as the hub of academic research.
Imagine a building that will create a place not just for studying but that will redefine the relationship between Daemen College and the community.
Daemen College did. On May 10, the College launched “Anthologies: The Campaign for Daemen” to introduce the public phase of an $11.5 million campaign goal. The goal of Anthologies is a critical one: to build our endowment in order to increase scholarships to our students, and to build a facility that will allow Daemen students the technology and resources to achieve a global education.
Daemen’s Endowment is comprised of charitable donations that have been invested and which generate an income that is used to provide scholarships for students. Nearly all of the scholarships that Daemen offers are drawn from the interest earned by our Endowment, and nearly 75% of Daemen students receive some sort of need or merit based scholarship assistance. Growing the Endowment is critical to Daemen’s ability to continue to offer scholarship assistance to our students, and our goal through Anthologies is to increase the Endowment by $1.5 million.
The flagship of the campaign is Center for Information, Research, and Community Programs, which has been designed as an innovative structure that will be the hub of academic research, as well as the academic and social heart of the campus. It is building with "green" design features – designed to conserve energy, water, and other resources, maximize the use of recycled materials, and minimize the use of toxic materials. It is a building that is a practical model of environmentally sustainable design -- and at costs comparable to those of a conventional structure.
The Center will be a signature addition to Daemen College – and the first free-standing “green” building on a Western New York college campus. Designed by Perry Dean Rogers/ Partners Architects, of Boston, it will also function as a core component of the College’s Environmental Studies Program as a working laboratory for environmental teaching, research, and outreach.
It is not an exaggeration to say that this is, in fact, the most ambitious endeavor in the history of the College. This is a project that those of us in the administration, on the faculty, among the student body and on the Board of Trustees feel is vital for the future of this institution. This project will have a profound affect on the single most important thing we do: provide an education for our students.
Our goal is nothing short of creating a Center whose function and design educates and inspires, a building where students and the public not only learn but learn about designing for a better community just by being there. And you can help. The success of this campaign will depend on Daemen’s many friends and supporters, but, also, and most importantly, upon each of you, our alumni. You are the very symbols of who we are, and we take pride in your achievements. Your support during the final months of our campaign is vital to the success of this project -- none of it will be possible without your involvement and contributions.
The External Relations staff will be traveling all over the country to meet with our friends and alumni, and to introduce the Anthologies campaign to our constituency, and we look forward to meeting with you! If you have any questions about the campaign or are interested in supporting Daemen’s efforts to build a signature facility or support scholarship growth, please contact a member of the External Relations staff.
We invite you to join us as we move forward in positively redesigning our world.
