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Elmira College Orientation leaders, student-athletes, coaches, staff, and more teamed up to greet the second-largest incoming classes of EC first-year and transfer students in about a decade. The Radiant Class of 2029 arrived on campus on Friday during the annual Fall Welcome.
Despite an early morning rain and cooler temperatures, the energy buzzed as families unpacked, visited places on campus, and then attended the traditional President’s Welcome Ceremony on Cowles Lawn.
“It was surprising how the whole student body helped us moving in,” beamed Wenzel Lewinsky from Fort Lauderdale, Florida. His student, Sydney Lewinsky ’29, will play on the Men’s Basketball team while majoring in Business Administration.
For new students arriving, the day is always filled with mixed emotions.
“I’m very nervous and super excited to meet everyone,” shared Madison Pullano ’29, a Studio Art major from Geneva, New York. She chose EC because she wants to be relatively close to home. EC stood out to her because she found a “homey and close-knit” campus.
“I’m looking forward to the start of classes, to meet new people, and to have a social life.”
According to Patrick Gillette, Director of Admissions, “This year’s first-year students come from 23 states and territories and 9 countries. They will join a student body drawn from 40 states and territories and 25 countries.” Gillette provided some additional fun facts about the incoming group:
Average GPA is 3.65, and nearly 100% are Elmira College Scholarship recipients
Traveling from afar:
Japanese exchange student Hauko Sugai ’29 traveled the farthest: 6,101 miles from Hokusei Gakuen University.
Ashika Sugali ’29 traveled the farthest within the United States: 2,788 miles from her home in Santa Clara, California
Faye Nichols ‘29 only trekked half a mile from Clinton Street in Elmira, the shortest distance for the Class.
Twenty students are following in the footsteps of family members who attended EC, and four students currently have siblings at EC.
Some of the other countries students traveled from include Argentina, Canada, Georgia, Ghana, Guinea, India, The Netherlands, and Turkey.
States and territories represented beyond New York are Arizona, California, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, North Carolina, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Utah.
In his address, Dr. Charles Lindsay, Elmira College President, made certain to point out to the incoming students that, at EC, they’ll have a support network.
“Elmira College offers a wide range of support services designed to help you thrive,” he told them. “Whether you need academic advising, writing support, mental health resources, or career guidance, we’re here to walk beside you every step of the way. Your success is our mission.”
As is tradition, the ceremonies ended with the ‘Elmira Hug,’ when family members hug their student and say their goodbyes.
Following the hug, families were encouraged to get on the road and let their students immerse themselves fully into campus life.
As Mahesh and Chetana Patel from Westland, Michigan, said their farewells to their son Rishi Patel ’29, who is majoring in the BS to DO program, they reflected on how organized and well planned the day was.
“We felt very welcomed,” shared Mahesh Patel. “We have less worry about leaving him,” Patel explained, that while Rishi Patel has an older sister, she stayed close to home, so this is their first child to live so far away. “I hope he will be well taken care of and meet his full potential here.”
Returning students will arrive Sunday, August 31, and the academic year will officially begin with the first day of classes on Monday, September 1.
