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Harper’s Weekly illustration of Karl Gerhardt’s bust, the model used for the Mark Twain Prize.

Spring 'Trouble Begins' Lecture Series Continues May 11

The spring 2022 The Trouble Begins Lecture Series presented by the Center for Mark Twain Studies (CMTS) resumes at 7:00 p.m., Wednesday, May 11 at Quarry Farm and will continue each Wednesday through May. The lectures are free and open to the public an...

May 6, 2022, 1:25pm EDT

During the More than a Walk in the Park POP, incoming students will walk, play games, and ride one of the oldest carousels in the US.

Pre-Orientation Program (POP) Helps Incoming First-Year Students Ease Into Collegiate Life

Summer Orientation, held in July each year, gives incoming Elmira College first-year students a chance to sign up for classes, meet faculty, staff, fellow classmates, and familiarize themselves with the campus. This year, students can choose to attend ...

May 6, 2022, 12:43pm EDT

Students in the Sustainable Living and Environmental Justice Living Learning Community course will spend time digging and preparing a community garden on the Elmira College campus.

Welcome Wednesdays: To Join An LLC Or Not To Join An LLC

This is the second of five weekly articles that serve as guides to incoming students as they prepare for an exciting step in their academic journey. Incoming first-year Elmira College students preparing for the start of their academic careers will ne...

May 4, 2022, 8:00am EDT

Image comes from Mark Twain’s “Italian Without A Master,” first appearing in Harper’s Weekly for January 2, 1904.

Spring 'Trouble Begins' Lecture Series Begins May 4

The spring 2022 The Trouble Begins Lecture Series presented by the Center for Mark Twain Studies (CMTS) begins at 7:00 p.m., Wednesday, May 4 at Quarry Farm and will continue each Wednesday through May. The lectures are free and open to the public and ...

May 2, 2022, 3:06pm EDT

An image of Volodymyr Zelenskyy's official presidential portrait sourced from https://commons.wikimedia.org/.

Elmira College Will Confer Ukrainian President With An Honorary Degree

Elmira College will award Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy an honorary degree in absentia, joining a growing group of colleges and universities that will do the same. The honorary degrees, which are symbolic, recognize the heroic leadership Zele...

May 2, 2022, 10:17am EDT

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Welcome Wednesdays: Introducing The First Year Experience and Living Learning Communities

This is the first of five weekly articles that serve as guides to incoming students as they prepare for an exciting step in their academic journey. From local to global communities, people everywhere are faced with complex challenges. Physical and me...

Apr 27, 2022, 3:00pm EDT

Winter 2022 Dean's List Released

Elmira College released its Dean's List for Academic Achievement for the Winter 2022 Term. This achievement recognizes the effort of students who performed well academically. The Dean's List recognizes full-time undergraduate students who were register...

Apr 26, 2022, 9:32am EDT

Riana Bovill '07 taught a papermaking workshop to students in Professor Chris Longwell's printmaking course.

Alumna Riana Bovill '07 Connects With Current Students Through Papermaking Workshop

Alumna Riana Bovill '07 recently found an interesting way to give back and engage with current students. A professional artist, she led a papermaking and bookmaking workshop for students in Professor Chris Longwell's printmaking class. "I first got in...

Apr 19, 2022, 2:01pm EDT

Save The Date: Annual Spring Day of Giving On April 27

Alumni, students, and friends of Elmira College can share their everlasting love for the Purple and Gold by participating in this year's Elmira Everlasting. Mark your calendars for Wednesday, April 27 and plan to participate in the College's annual day...

Apr 14, 2022, 12:42pm EDT

Elmira College student interns and their supervisors were recognized during the recent luncheon. From left to right: Mike Wayne, President's Council Chair; Charles Lindsay, Elmira College President; Torin Nethaway '22; Alexandra Ellie '22; Jack Thomas '22; Asheley Martinez '22; Bethany Spaulding, Branch Manager at Enterprise Rent-a-Car; Kristen Tull '22; Adrianna Cornell '22; Christina Vail, Vail Hearing Healthcare; Larry Freeman, Executive Vice President of Stand Energy.

Annual Luncheon Recognized Student Interns And Their Contributions To Community

Select student interns and their supervisors were honored recently for their contributions to active learning and community engagement during the annual Stand Energy Prize Luncheon. During the event, organizers announced this year's recipient of the St...

Apr 13, 2022, 10:07am EDT

About Elmira College

Elmira College is a private, coeducational, Phi Beta Kappa college founded in 1855, and located in the Southern Finger Lakes Region of New York. The College is annually ranked by U.S. News & World Report, which has also ranked Elmira College as a leading college, nationally, for student internships. Proud of its history and tradition, the College is committed to the ideals of community service, and intellectual and individual growth.