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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.
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.
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.
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Everyone has a story. At Elmira College, we have plenty to share about students, faculty, and alumni.
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...
