Giving back to the community, engaging in research, growing through unique learning opportunities, achieving professional success – the Elmira College community has plenty of stories to share.

Alumni Story

Cultivating Skilled And Confident Nurses

In recent years, the Elmira College Nursing Program has added new, high-tech simulators and adjusted its technology to facilitate the remote learning required in the...

Faculty Story

Mitchell Lewis Selected For Georgia Harkness Professorship

Elmira College President Charles Lindsay announced recently that Dr. Mitchell Lewis, associate professor of English, and creative arts & humanities chair, was selected for the...

Alumni Story

Creating Change Makers Looking To Help Others Overcome Their Speech Difficulties

While people have different reasons to get into the science of communication disorders, there is a frequent theme that binds many of them together: they...

Faculty Story

Elmira College Political Science Professor Publishes Fifth Book

Dr. Jim Twombly, Professor of Political Science at Elmira College, published his fifth book, Directing the Whirlwind: Deconstruction, Distrust, and the Future of American Democracy....

Student Story

#Soaringtosuccess: Kathryn Kielbasinski ’23

Kathryn Kielbasinski ’23, a Biology major, spent nearly 400 hours in the summer of 2022 interning at Upstate University Hospital in Syracuse, New York. The...

Student Story

A Path To What Really Matters

Elmira College has a new women's wrestling team and the team captain is helping to make sure they are a success. Leslie Monterrosa '24 decided to...

Faculty Story

Literacy Education Professor Published In Reading in Virginia Journal

Dr. Deborah Owens, Associate Professor of Literacy Education at Elmira College, recently published a peer-reviewed article in the Reading in Virginia Journal, Volume XLIV, a...

Alumni Story

Helping Others Meet Their Goals is at the Heart of a Finance Degree

Whether talking with current or former Finance majors about their experience with Elmira College's Finance program, one theme appears throughout the conversations: the professors at...

Alumni Story

Finding Success and Love in SoFLX

By soflx.com Brianna Haviland and Benjamin Fleischman moved to the Southern Finger Lakes at separate times; Ben in September 2017 and Brianna in September 2018. Brianna...

Student Story

Elmira College Student To Feature In Roadtrip Nation Documentary

Leila Tevlin ’25, a Sociology and Anthropology major at Elmira College, had a life-changing road trip last fall. The journey was part of a documentary...

Faculty Story

Stephanie Johnson Helps Area Schools Become More Inclusive

Stephanie Johnson, assistant professor of inclusive special education, is helping teachers implement inclusive teaching practices in their classrooms. She's doing this by connecting the higher-education...

Student Story

#SoaringToSuccess: Paige Stilts '23

Elmira College students complete community engagement hours and a career-related internship before graduating to help build their career networks and give them important hands-on experiences....

Student Story

Maria Antonio '23 Bubbles Energy While Promoting Inclusion And Kindness

Maria Antonio '23 always wanted to be an author and decided last year to write a children's book. Six months later, "Field Day for Eugene,"...

Faculty Story

Dr. Mary Jo Mahoney Featured In 500th Episode of “Admissions Straight Talk” Podcast

Dr. Mary J. Mahoney, Associate Professor of English and Director of the Medical Humanities program at EC, was a featured guest on the 500th episode...

Faculty Story

Dr. Todd Egan Shares Crop Biology Expertise At International Conference

Dr. Todd Egan, Professor of Biology at Elmira College, recently shared his expertise on intercropping and sustainable agriculture with attendees of the Dr. Muhammad Ajmal...

Student Story

Elmira College Students Volunteer To Clean Area Riverways

Students in the EC Environmental Science Club volunteered this fall to get dirty as they picked up trash and debris found at regional boat launches....

Alumni Story

Barbara Corti Herrmann ’62

Our lives are shaped by the places and people we encounter. For Barbara Corti Herrmann, Class of 1962, Elmira College was one of those places...

Student Story

Changing Elmira One Child At A Time

Hannah Whittier '23, a childhood education major, wants to change the city of Elmira, one child at a time, and she believes education is the...

Staff Story

Larry Parker II Shares His Story To Build Community Hope

According to Larry Parker II, Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) and Title IX Coordinator at Elmira College, people who knew him when he...

Alumni Story

Alumna Reka De Falussy '21 Shares Her Experiences Studying Abroad With Art Faculty

Somewhere between conservation science, museum studies, and art history lies a specialized area titled “Technical Art History.” This is what Elmira College alumna Reka De...

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