Elmira College

The Elmira College Chapter of Iota Iota Iota (or Triota), the National Women's Honor Society, recently held its annual induction ceremony. Triota strives to maintain the feminist values central to Women's Studies: egalitarianism, inclusiveness, and a celebration of the diversity of women's experiences.

Each year in the Term II Student Art Show, select artwork from students is displayed in the George Waters Art Gallery. This year's pieces include paintings, ceramics, sculptures, drawings, prints, and videos.

The 2024 Obler Summer Research Program at Elmira College included nine students.

Elmira College released its Dean's List for Academic Achievement for the Fall 2024 Term. The Dean's List recognizes full-time undergraduate students who were registered for at least 12 computable credit hours and who earned a term grade point average of 3.6 or higher.

Rachel Bortnick '25, a Biology and Environmental Science major, wasn't particularly interested in bees before the summer. She was even a little afraid of them. That was before Dr. Daniel Kjar, Professor of Biology at Elmira College, encouraged her to intern with the North Carolina State University BeeMORE (Bees and Microbes in Organized Research Experiences) summer research program, Bortnick's love for the small pollinators blossomed, as did her confidence in her research skills.

Members of the Callisophia Society published a print edition of Callisophia, the student-run magazine that includes fiction, poetry, non-fiction, and visual arts pieces from students and faculty.

Madi Morton, a member of the Elmira College women's hockey team, was named the 2023-24 Empire 8 Conference Co-Woman of the Year. This award honors a senior female.

Recently, 117 members of the Elmira College Unprecedented Class of 2024, 2 associate students, and 31 graduate students earned their degrees and set forth to find their place in the world.

Elmira College recently announced this year's recipients of its annual Key Award. This year's award was given to 831 students in 17 states. A tradition that goes back to 1935, the Key Award is presented to outstanding students in their junior year of high school or preparatory school.

Each year, an Elmira College senior is awarded the Sharon Cosloy-Blank '66 Science Prize for demonstrating excellence in scientific research in the areas of molecular biology, genetics, and/or biochemistry.

At the Annual Student Research Conference, a panel of judges awarded special prizes to students based on the clarity and depth of their information, including the Best Natural Sciences Poster Research Project.

The 14th Annual Student Research Conference, held May 11 in Gannett-Tripp Library, showcased 32 research projects involving 46 students. The students presented projects from the natural and social sciences, delving into ant populations, student well-being at EC, management concepts, sports and data analytics, and more.

Presented to the female senior student-athlete with the highest grade point average (no less than 3.8) coupled with athletic accomplishments.

NOAA Office of Education has selected 130 Ernest F. Hollings undergraduate scholars and 15 Jose E. Serrano Educational Partnership Program with Minority Serving Institutions (EPP/MSI) undergraduate scholars for the classes of 2024.

Two of Elmira College's top women's wrestlers turned in an impressive weekend at the USA Wrestling USMC World Team Trials.

Recently,11 Elmira College students completed the Soaring Higher Leadership program. Over the course of 10 weeks, the students learned about the importance of knowing their values and skills, listened to speakers talk about their leadership journeys, and helped each other grow as leaders.

The Friends of the Chemung River Watershed recently thanked Elmira College students for volunteering to clean trash and debris along the Chemung River by presenting them with a Volunteer Award. While any student could volunteer, members of the EC Environmental Club spearheaded the clean-up sessions with assistance from Dr. Trevor Browning, Assistant Professor of Environmental Science and EC Environmental Club Advisor

Elmira College celebrated the graduation of 202 students during its 165th Commencement on Sunday, June 4. The Class of 2023 included 75 honor graduates receiving summa cum laude, magna cum laude, and cum laude honors.

During ceremonies prior to Commencement, members of the graduating class were recognized with multiple honors and prizes, including officer commissioning with the United States military.

On November 13, 2021, Dr. Jim Twombly, Professor of Political Science at Elmira College, presented his latest research into the dynamics of votes in the U.S. Senate on presidential appointments to the Cabinet. At the annual meeting of the Northeastern Political Science Association, held virtually for the second year in a row, Twombly presented his findings that presidential approval ratings are related to the number of votes a president's nominees get during their confirmation by the senate. The paper, " The Rise of Dissent: The Relationship Between Presidential Cabinet Nomination Dissenting Votes and Polarization," also suggested that recent increases in the level of political polarization were related to the increasing number of votes against presidential cabinet nominees. Noting that some nominees face extra scrutiny because of scandal or controversial positions, Twombly concluded "There will always be those occasional circumstances that bring negative attention to a cabinet nominee that cause her or him to withdraw or be withdrawn. Given, however, how rare those events are, it may be better to look more closely at the apparently rising number of dissenting votes on presidential cabinet nominations." Twombly noted that this paper was part of a series of papers he has presented at recent political science conferences and plans for it to serve as the centerpiece for his next book, which, if published, would be his fifth.

Elmira College was pleased to welcome students to the Fall 2022 Term!