Elmira College

One Park Place, Elmira, NY 14901 -  View Map

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• Elmira College holds an important place in history as one of the four “Pillars of Access” to American Higher Education, along with Harvard, Dartmouth, and Cornell. While Harvard (1636) and Dartmouth (1769) were the first to open their doors to white and Native American men, Elmira (1855) was the first college in the world founded to offer college education and university degrees to women. The fourth pillar, Cornell (1865), was the first college to drop the race barrier completely at its founding. Co-educational since 1969, the College remains steadfastly rooted in the best tradition of the liberal arts and sciences.
• Elmira College offers majors in more than 35 academic areas, but our range of program options is even greater. In ten of these subjects you may pursue either a Bachelor of Science or a Bachelor of Arts degree. While the B.S. degree encourages specialization in a specific area, the B.A. degree offers a broader education in the liberal arts and sciences.
• "Knowledge for knowledge's sake" has its place, but we educate people to put their knowledge into action. That's why we combine our liberal arts curriculum with a robust professional education component. When you mix a great humanities core with community service, an internship, technology literacy and an appreciation of the arts, you get the best of all possible worlds — a classical education plus hands-on real world experience.
• Elmira, a city of 35,000, is located in the beautiful Finger Lakes Region of Upstate New York. The campus is located in Elmira, the gateway to the Finger Lakes Region of New York State, and some five hours from New York City.
• Profile last updated: 00/00/0000.

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• Inside Cowles Hall Reconstruction (WETM 18 Elmira)
  posted on July 18, 2011 at 09:44:01 pm
  Elmira, N.Y. – Reconstruction on the Elmira College building that was once ‘not fit to be in’ is more than halfway done.
• Huck Finn Road Construction (WETM 18 Elmira)
  posted on July 14, 2011 at 09:29:02 pm
  Huck Finn Road provides access to the athletic domes that Elmira College sports teams play in.
• Worker injured at Elmira College (Elmira Star-Gazette)
  posted on June 11, 2011 at 04:07:58 am
  ALBANY -- As 2012 draws closer and the push for an independent redistricting effort fails to gain... - 11:11 pm
• No Charges Filed Yet in Standoff (WENY-TV)
  posted on June 9, 2011 at 11:55:02 pm
  ELMIRA (WENY) -- The man who sparked a five hour police standoff near Elmira College earlier this week still hasn't been charged.
• Politics topic of 'Twin Tiers Sunday' (Elmira Star-Gazette)
  posted on June 9, 2011 at 10:22:38 pm
  Elmira College political science Professor Jim Twombly will be the guest on "Twin Tiers Sunday,"... - 6:02 pm Corning Inc.'s Project Upward and the Economic Opportunity Program Inc.

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