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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.

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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.

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Stand Energy Prize Awarded to Jessa Barton

The Elmira College President's Council is pleased to announce Jessa Barton '24 as this year's recipient of Stand Energy Prize. The Prize, established by Stand Energy Corporation, recognizes an Elmira College student who, in the course of performing an internship with regional businesses or community organizations, has demonstrated outstanding leadership, initiative, creativity, and responsibility.
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Academic Award - 2024 May 21

Margaret Locke Citizenship Award

The Margaret Locke Citizenship award is given annually to an Elmira College student-athlete who has demonstrated a spirit of service to the campus and wider communities, provides a model of community involvement, and makes a difference in the lives of others through service. It is given in honor of Dr. Margaret Chase Locke, who served as a professor and director of physical education at EC for thirty years. She was very committed to community service at the local, regional, and national level.
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Academic Award - 2024 May 16

Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year

Presented to the female senior student-athlete with the highest grade point average (no less than 3.8) coupled with athletic accomplishments.
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Student Excellence - 2024 May 16
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Lowman Award

Presented to an upper-class student in good standing whose personality, character, organizational, and administrative ability have had a positive impact on the athletics and recreational programs.
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Sports - 2024 May 16
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Male Scholar-Athlete of the Year

Presented to the male senior student-athlete with the highest grade point average (no less than 3.8) coupled with athletic accomplishments.
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Student Excellence - 2024 May 16
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Four Soaring Eagles Receive Empire 8 Baseball Postseason Honors - Elmira College Athletics

ROCHESTER, N.Y. - The Empire 8 Athletic Conference (E8) released its end-of-the-year awards on Tuesday, with the Elmira College baseball program garnering four all-conference selections during the 2015 and 2016 seasons.
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Sports - 2024 May 16

NOAA Announced the 2024 EPP/MSI and Hollings undergraduate scholars!

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.
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Scholarship - 2024 May 14

607 Soaring Southern Tier Startup Collegiate Competition

Organized by IncubatorWorks and styled after the popular show Shark Tank, Elmira College teams and SUNY Corning Community College (CCC) teams pitch business ideas to a panel of judges, hoping to win prize money.
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Student Competition - 2024 May 9
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Three Soaring Eagles Garner All-Conference Selections from Empire 8

The Empire 8 Athletic Conference released its softball All-Conference teams on Monday afternoon, as three Soaring Eagles garnered postseason honors
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Sports - 2024 May 14
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Best of Show Award

Each year, three students earn Best of Show during the juried Term III Senior Art and Selected Student Works Show that spotlights EC senior Art majors and notable works from students in all class years.
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Drama, Artistic, or Musical Achievement - 2024 May 8
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Term III Senior Art and Selected Student Works Show

Each year in the Term III Senior Art and Selected Student Works Show, artwork by senior Art majors and notable works from students in all class years are displayed in the George Waters Art Gallery.
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Drama, Artistic, or Musical Achievement - 2024 May 8
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Best of Show Award

Each year, three students earn Best of Show during the juried Term III Senior Art and Selected Student Works Show that spotlights EC senior Art majors and notable works from students in all class years.
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Drama, Artistic, or Musical Achievement - 2024 May 8
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Winner of the "Portraying Mark Twain" art competition

The Center for Mark Twain Studies (CMTS) announced this year's winners of the "Portraying Mark Twain" art competition. In its eighth year, the annual competition is open to all Elmira College (EC) students, regardless of academic major. Four final images were selected for their representations of Mark Twain, his literature, or aspects of his life in Elmira and at Quarry Farm.
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Drama, Artistic, or Musical Achievement - 2024 May 8

Elmira College Dean's List for Winter 2024 Term

Elmira College released its Dean's List for Academic Achievement for the Winter 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.
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Dean's List - 2024 Apr 18

Students Honored With Moser Prize

First given in the 1960s, the 2024 Moser Prize was recently awarded to 15 recipients to recognize outstanding first-year students based on their academic record. The prize was endowed by a generous gift to the College by Nancy Crane Moser '34.
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Academic Award - 2024 Apr 18
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Students Honored With Moser Prize

First given in the 1960s, the 2024 Moser Prize was recently awarded to 15 recipients to recognize outstanding first-year students based on their academic record. The prize was endowed by a generous gift to the College by Nancy Crane Moser '34.
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Academic Award - 2024 Apr 17
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Psi Chi Induction

The Elmira College Chapter of Psi Chi held an induction ceremony on March 24 in Cowles Hall to recognize 15 students who earned membership in the honor society.
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Honor Society - 2024 Apr 17
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Elmira College's Lints makes U20 U.S. National Wrestling Team, Chakouian earns All ...

Two of Elmira College's top women's wrestlers turned in an impressive weekend at the USA Wrestling USMC World Team Trials.
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Achievement (Other) - 2024 Apr 16

The Rho Gamma Scholarship Prize

The Rho Gamma Scholarship Prize is given annually to a Rho Gamma member who is a graduating senior nursing student who demonstrates scholarship and excellence in nursing.
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Academic Award - 2024 Apr 16

Margaret Locke Community Service Prize Awarded

The Margaret Locke Community Service Prize is given annually to an Elmira College student who has demonstrated a spirit of service to the campus and wider communities, provides a model of community involvement, and makes a difference in the lives of others through service.
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Academic Award - 2024 Apr 16
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The Professional Nurses of the Twin Tiers Award Presented

The Professional Nurses of the Twin Tiers Award is presented annually to a graduating Elmira College senior who demonstrates leadership ability and lives in Chemung, Schuyler, Steuben or Tompkins counties or intends to practice in the area.
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Academic Award - 2024 Apr 16
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Nurse Education Faculty Recognition for Excellence in Nursing

Each year the Elmira College Nurse Education Faculty Recognition for Excellence in Nursing is presented to an outstanding graduating senior nursing student who represents the profession of nursing. He or she has actively participated in the Nurse Education Program, such as serving as a student representative with the standing committees, ad hoc committee, and/or active involvement in the Nursing Club of Elmira College.
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Academic Award - 2024 Apr 16
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Mary Lou Parrella Prize Awarded

The Mary Lou Parrella Prize is given by Lina Parrella in memory of her niece, a member of the Class of 1965, to a gifted Elmira College first-year student or sophomore in the field of fine arts.
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Academic Award - 2024 Apr 16
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Iris Leadership Prize Awarded

Each year, Elmira College awards upperclassmen students with the Iris Leadership Award. This year, two students received the award.
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Academic Award - 2024 Apr 16
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International Student Prize Awarded

The International Student Prize is awarded to a full-time international student who has completed at least one year of full-time study at Elmira College and who excels in academic and student life.
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Academic Award - 2024 Apr 16

Helen Hitchcock Bjorvand Drawing Prize Awarded

The Helen Hitchcock Bjorvand Drawing Prize was endowed in recognition of an extraordinary member of the art faculty and is presented annually to the full-time Elmira College student submitting the best portfolio of drawings.
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Academic Award - 2024 Apr 16

Helen Bosworth Beers '24 Prize Awarded

The Helen Bosworth Beers '24 Prize is presented to a junior or senior who in daily living supports religious principles, is a good student, and an outstanding citizen in the College.
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Academic Award - 2024 Apr 16
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Inducted into Sigma Beta Delta

The Elmira College Chapter of Sigma Beta Delta, the International Society for Business, Management, and Administration, inducted 13 students during a recent ceremony.
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Honor Society - 2024 Apr 16
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First-Year Writing Prize

The First-Year Writing Prize is awarded to a first-year student who has taken both courses in the Academic Writing Program sequence and has demonstrated mastery of the writing, critical thinking, and oral communications skills studied in those courses.
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Academic Award - 2024 Apr 11
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Elmira College Students Inducted Into New Tri-Alpha National Honor Society Chapter

The Elmira College Iota Pi Chapter of the Alpha Alpha Alpha (Tri-Alpha) National Honor Society was established and recently held student inductions.
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Honor Society - 2024 Apr 11
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