Prepare For a Special First-Year Experience

Summer Registration
Choose your courses, learn about our traditions, and meet members of your class. SR is led by talented upperclass Orientation Leaders (OLs) that have thrived at EC.

Fall Orientation
This four-day program helps new students transition to college life at EC. Get a headstart on classes, experience dorm life, and meet new students. You will receive your freshman beanie, battle the OLs in a tug-of-war, and begin to experience the rich history and traditions of EC.

Candlelight Ceremony
Connect with your classmates and EC's storied past while you contemplate what lies ahead for you at Elmira College.

Family Weekend
Reconnect with your parents with entertainment, honor society inductions, athletic competitions, local tours, and the annual Dinner Dance.

Experience Tradition
Mountain Day, Holiday Banquet and Ball, Core classes, Octagon Fair, the Honors and Recognition Banquet, theme dinners, club participation, freshman writing seminar, athletic success...by the end of your first year, these and other proud traditions will have become a part of you, securing your own place in the legacy of Elmira College.