Campus Map
The EC campus map can help you find your way around campus and find the best parking spot.
Elmira Everlasting 2024
Join our 24-hour giving challenge and support EC! 
Elmira Everlasting 2024
Join our 24-hour giving challenge and support EC!
Grounded in the liberal arts and sciences, Elmira College provides a collaborative and supportive environment that enables students to become active learners, effective leaders, responsible community members, and globally engaged citizens.
The legacy of academic excellence at Elmira College runs deep with a heritage and culture that have been forward-thinking from day one, as the first college for women with a course study equivalent to men's.
At Elmira, you’ll have opportunities that shape your future, raise your sights and equip you with targeted tools and skills to succeed in the professional world. Join a community that’s close-knit, fun-loving, and just the right amount of quirky.
Elmira College makes a private education more affordable than you realize, with a number of ways to get the financial assistance you may need. Our financial aid office can guide you through options, including scholarships, grants, loans, and work-study programs.
Elmira College includes meeting students from around the world, participating in Elmira traditions, completing community service projects, and hopping into a pickup kickball game.
Elmira College provides you with a foundation for future success.
The home of the three-time NCAA National Champion Elmira College Soaring Eagles.
Elmira College alumni stay connected and engaged with the College long after they graduate.
Gifts to Elmira College ensure excellent academic and co-curricular opportunities for generations of EC students.
The EC campus map can help you find your way around campus and find the best parking spot.
Check out our news section to learn about all that's going on at Elmira College.
With over 35 majors and minor areas of concentration, Elmira College lays the foundation for a diverse, cross discipline education, encouraging you to both specialize and explore.
Looking for registration deadlines, spring break or when grades are due? Our academic calendar has all of the important events for this academic year.
Internal dashboard for EC news, events, resources, and more. Log-in required.
Looking for a small, close-knit campus filled with incredible, hands-on learning opportunities? Our Admissions Office can help make Elmira College YOUR place.
Info For
This article was first printed in this year's Campus Magazine. Click here to view the full magazine.
“Where would I be without EC?” is what Roberta “Bertie” Martin Hoffman ’57 asked herself when thinking about her estate plans. Bertie tributes her four years at Elmira College to her lifelong success and couldn’t think of a greater way to give back to an institution that gave so much to her. We recently sat down with Bertie to talk more about her time at Elmira College and her plans for giving back.
Why did you choose to attend Elmira College?
I had offers from other colleges, but Elmira agreed to match my $350 scholarship, giving me
the opportunity to attend tuition free. My father knew Dr. Eldridge and we thought it would be a
good fit.
What are some of your favorite memories from your time at Elmira College?
I enjoyed all the music, the Merry Chanters; it was all wonderful. I remember our traditions like
Father’s Weekend and Mountain Day too. I loved living on campus, although I didn’t think the
curfews were so great. I had wonderful professors like Dr. Dannenfeldt who gave me a liking for history. I especially remember his class called Contemporary Civilizations that I found especially interesting.
Why does Elmira College mean so much to you?
Elmira College gave me experiences and opportunities that I wouldn’t have had elsewhere. I had an opportunity to instruct swim lessons, which sparked my interest in teaching and gave me the confidence I needed to take education courses. I did my student teaching at Booth. I felt very prepared to student teach and even had a job offer before graduation. My learning at EC was experiential, experiences I wouldn’t have had if I hadn’t been at EC.
I returned later for a Master’s Degree while also being a mother and wife with a house and children to care for. Looking back, I don’t know how I did it. I suppose I separated my time into proper zones and just did it. I’m so grateful for EC and the teachers I had, they gave me more than just an education.
Why do you enjoy giving to EC?
EC is the key to my life success, happiness, and well-being. I’ve had a good life. Without the education, I wouldn’t have had the opportunities I’ve had. Many benefits in my life were directly derived from my Elmira College education.
What prompted you to make a planned gift?
I’m a very frugal person and have saved quite a bit. I have enough from my Required Minimum Distribution to pay for the things I need and give annually to my charities. When I think about my estate, I think of my three daughters, which I want to give to equally. After providing for them, there is an extra ten percent left in my estate. I thought, “What to do with the extra?” I first looked to my faith and church. Then I looked to Elmira College because, ‘Where would I be without EC?’ So I decided to split the remainder between the two.”
