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Living and Learning Communities University/ Location University of Denver, Colorado Brief Description LLCs are based on a theme. Every quarter, our students take seminar classes that relate to that theme. These classes are taught by DU professors and credits from these courses can be applied to some majors or minors. These themes are: creativity and entrepreneurship, environmental sustainability, international, social justice and wellness Bloomberg University, This community focuses on the importance of making a Pennsylvania difference in society through engagement in civic life. LLC stresses the importance of all individuals being involved in political and community-wide change. Students enroll together in courses that stress the importance of the link between education and community activism and courses in Political Science, History, and English that fulfill their general education requirements Stockton Public Living Learning Communities (LLCs) at The Richard College, New Jersey Stockton College of New Jersey give students a unique, inclusive residential learning experience that connects classroom learning with residential life. First-year students enjoy all of the advantages of living on campus in a residence community, with the added benefit of living among a group that shares academic goals and interests. Stockton's Living Learning Communities include: honors, nursing, political engagement, sustainability and writing University of Residential Learning Communities at the University of Vermont, Vermont Vermont are designed to engage the whole student, tying together the intellectual, ethical, and social aspects of college life. By living together with fellow students who share common interests and ideals, the individual student becomes part of a true community, a community that is also tied to the greater world beyond the confines of the university. In addition, students, faculty, and staff are given the opportunity to interact outside the classroom, the lab, or the office, thereby encouraging the pursuit of knowledge as a lifetime activity. Oregon State Bloss Hall is a themed on-campus residence hall that is University, Oregon supported by the Center for Civic Engagement and University Housing and Dining Services. The goal of this themed housing experience is to bring together likeminded students into one living community to engage, grow, and learn from one another. The civic engagement theme is evident through various direct and in-direct Website http://www.du.edu /livinglearning http://organization s.bloomu.edu/Civic/ http://intraweb.sto ckton.edu/eyos/pag e.cfm?siteID=128&p ageID=58 http://www.uvm.ed u/~rlc/?Page=about .html http://oregonstate.e du/cce/bloss-hallcommunity-serviceliving-community Florida International University, Florida Cedar Crest College, Pennsylvania St Lawrence University, New York service projects as well as educational opportunities like documentary showings and open discussions on various social issues. Residents also have access to a direct, livein contact from the Center for Civic Engagement to easily become engaged in individual service opportunities as they please. The Community Service Living-Learning Community provides first year students with the opportunity to explore and develop awareness towards community service and civic engagement. Located in Panther Hall, this program is provided by Housing and Residential Life, the Center for Leadership & Service, and the School of Social Work. Students will explore global community issues and diversity through educational programs and community involvement. The Community Service Living Learning Community is for students who are interested in addressing social, political and economic injustices, and learning about how to become an active part of the solutions through community engagement. The mission of Living Learning Communities at Cedar Crest College is to integrate curricular and co-curricular experiences to foster characteristics of women’s leadership, civic engagement, and global connectivity. Living Learning Communities cultivate interactions among students, faculty, and staff by building a community of scholars who share common interests. The Global Social Justice Living Learning Community at Cedar Crest College is dedicated to helping students explore their own values in the context of individual responsibility to local, regional and global communities. Consistent with the mission of the College, this Living Learning Community seeks to provide students with a liberal arts perspective that is committed to preparing students to become leaders who will strive to alleviate social oppression through advocacy for social justice. St. Lawrence University's Center for Civic Engagement aims to increase and enhance opportunities for students to be agents of positive social change both on and offcampus. The Center provides opportunities for academic activities within a living-learning community where students work together with community partners to develop and direct projects that address locally-identified needs. This housing offers opportunities for students to integrate civic responsibility into their residential life. http://leadserve.fiu. edu/index.php/com munity-serviceliving-learningcommunity/ http://www.cedarcr est.edu/ca/academi cs/social_work/livin g_learning.shtm http://www.stlawu. edu/center-civicengagement University of Michigan, Michigan University of Maryland, Maryland Georgia State University, Georgia The University of Tennessee, Tennessee The goal of the program is for students to work in teams with community partners to maintain existing campus community programs that will enhance the citizenship of students and meet specific needs in the community. University of Michigan has ten different living and learning communities. Many of these Michigan Learning Communities are housed in the University’s residence halls and provide a smaller, more intimate environment for the exploration of a specific field of study. By thinking, studying, living and learning with others who share and understand their aspirations, students can maximize both their academic and personal experiences at Michigan. Beyond the Classroom (BTC) engages talented and diverse upper level undergraduates from across the university in a selective interdisciplinary living and learning community focused on civic engagement and social change in a global context. The BTC program prepares students to be active and responsible citizens and leaders in a complex, multi-cultural, and global society. We encourage students from all disciplines and majors to realize and develop their potential through an integrated program of academic, experiential, and service components. The Washington, D.C., metropolitan area, the world’s largest nonprofit and nongovernmental sector, becomes a place of learning through exciting internships and civic learning experiences. Living-Learning Communities offer a dedicated and distinctive themed living option to our residents. They maintain a genuine sense of community and programs, conversations and faculty interaction centered on the member’s interest, support them. All the Living – Learning Communities are carefully planned and supported by University Housing staff along with the members of the community The Baker Center Learning Community allows students to articulate their interests in politics and public service in an on-campus living experience with others of similar interests. They will learn and explore the process of public policy and civic engagement. Named after former Tennessee U.S. Senator and U.S. Ambassador Howard H. Baker, Jr., the Baker Center Learning Community is directed by the faculty, staff and students at UT's Howard H. Baker Jr. Center for Public Policy. This close association with the Baker Center gives students access to the research, programs, conferences and events in http://housing.umic h.edu/reshalls/lear ning-communities http://www.beyond theclassroom.umd.e du/ http://myhousing.g su.edu/livinglearningcommunities/ http://uthousing.ut k.edu/futurelearnin gcombaker.shtml University of Richmond, Virginia Drew University, New Jersey University of Wisconsin Platteville, Wisconsin Virginia Technology University, Virginia various policy areas such as governance studies; energy and environment; global security; healthcare; and civic education and engagement. The living life of consequence living community: The class presents real world examples of leaders who have lived lives of consequence by creatively engaging the challenges of their day. The course exposes students to major trends in philosophical and theological ethics, and display a variety of perspectives on social transformation, as a means of connecting leadership, ethics, and social good. During fall break, students will travel to Vancouver, Canada to explore how different categories of engagement are practiced effectively in an area of the world beset by social challenge. One component of the course is community-based learning. During the fall semester, students will do 15 hours of community-based learning with an organization of their choice, as a way of exploring how a particular institution, and the people who lead it, seek to shape society for the good. First-year students who have enrolled in the Civic Scholar program will also be members of the Civic Scholar LLC and will reside together on the 2nd floor of Tolley Hall. Through this LLC, students will have the opportunity to connect with their faculty and upper-class Civic Scholars within their residence hall. The Civic Scholar professors are Amy Koritz, Elise DuBord, and Jonathan Reader. The class allows students to explore assumptions and beliefs about these two key terms—both separately and together. This seminar is limited to Civic Scholars. Students will contribute 18-20 hours of community service over the course of the semester. The Global Lens Living and Learning Community seeks to foster the development of a supportive community of students, faculty, and staff dedicated to promoting and engaging in opportunities that nurture greater global understanding as well as enhance students' intellectual, personal, and intercultural development through discussion, campus and community events, service, civic engagement, and critical reflection. In the fall of 2009, the center launched the Students Engaging and Responding through Volunteer Experiences (SERVE) living-learning community. Since then, SERVE has grown in popularity and recognition for its programming and mission to foster personal growth and civic responsibility. SERVE seeks to engage students http://livinglearnin g.richmond.edu/ssir /lifeconsequence/index. html http://www.drew.e du/reslife/livinglearningcommunities http://www3.uwpla tt.edu/residencelife/living-learningcommunities http://www.vt.edu/ spotlight/innovatio n/2012-01-16serve/serve.html University of Central Florida, Florida Hampshire College, Massachusetts with questions of how individuals can contribute to the world in ways that are both fulfilling and aligned with personal passions, knowledge, and skills. SERVE creates a safe environment where members can collectively explore, construct, and refine their understanding of community, service, and social change. The Volunteers uKnighted commUNITY is designed to engage students in community service and civic engagement through exposure to service opportunities and volunteer event planning experiences. The Volunteers uKnighted commUNITY will be located in the Neptune Community. The Volunteers uKnighted commUNITY will offer students an opportunity to participate in service projects, investigate social problems, become more involved in the Orlando community, and develop friendships with other civicminded students in an enhanced learning environment. Students will benefit from increased faculty/staff interaction and the opportunity to grow from their experience. Finally, students will have the unique opportunity to enroll in a section of SLS 1501 (Strategies for Success) reserved exclusively for Volunteers uKnighted commUNITY residents. Residents who live in the Volunteers uKnighted commUNITY will also sign an additional agreement committing to abiding by community standards outlined in the Community Living Guide and participating in a minimum of twenty (20) hours of community service per semester. The Social Justice Living and Learning Community (LLC) is designed for first-year students to engage critically in discourse about a wide array of social justice issues. This community, which will be located in Dakin House, is one in which approximately 12 students will be given the opportunity to live with one another while learning about social justice foundations, privilege and oppression, being an ally, praxis, race, class, gender, sexual orientation, ability, and other identities. Staff, faculty, and student leaders will lead bi-weekly discussions and workshops that invite students in the LLC to examine the implications of social justice while bonding and building friendships. Students will also have ample opportunity to participate in other social justicerelated initiatives and will make valuable connections with campus leaders with specialization in the field. http://www.housin g.ucf.edu/choices/n eptune/interests/ http://www.hamps hire.edu/housing/2 6062.htm Ohio State University, Ohio Jefferson Hall is home to the Service-Living Community (SL), a partnership between Ohio University and Good Works, Inc., a community organization serving people of all ages living in poverty in Appalachia. Participants in the Service-Living group have the opportunity to participate in a variety of one-time and ongoing projects serving different groups in need. In addition to service activities, SL members participate in educational and social programming to better understand the needs of the surrounding area but to also build a strong community at Ohio University. Jefferson Hall is located on the East Green, close to the Colleges of Education and Fine Arts. The hall is only a short walk to the College Green and uptown Athens. Living learning communities within the College of Education and Human Development are designed to provide students with a supportive environment by which they can accomplish their academic goals. The live-in experience is paired with a weekly class session taught by COEHD faculty, focused on time management, and skills for academic success. http://www.ohio.edu/ housing/resed/rlc.cfm #service Iowa State University, Iowa Located throughout Richardson Court and Union Drive, RLCs are small groups of students who live together on designated houses or floors. Students share academic interests, classes, living spaces and develop friendships as part of an innovative program in cooperative learning. As such, most RLCs are limited to students in certain majors. http://www.housing.i astate.edu/places/rlcth Miami University, Florida Miami University has a variety of different living learning communities which include: Health Related Professions, Celebrate the Arts, Emerging Leaders, Chinese Language and Culture, and Courses in Common Texas AM University, Texas Berkeley College, California http://reslife.tamu.edu /housing/llc/ https://www.hdg.muo hio.edu/Housing/Livi ngLearningCommuni ties/?ShowFirstYear Only=yup Students may choose to enroll in a Berkeley http://berkeleycollege Developmental Education Learning Community during .edu/academics_bc/4 their first quarter at Berkeley College. Students will work 049.htm together in two different courses: CSK098 Integrated Reading and Writing, which helps students develop skills necessary for success in their future college courses, and a General Education Course (GEC), which provides the theme of the Learning Community and explores a variety of subjects, such as the Mind and Body, the Religious Experience, the Art of Creativity, and the Ascent of Science. Students must remain in both courses in the Learning Community, as the courses are an integrated learning experience. University of Connecticut, Connecticut Students in all Living & Learning Communities take a 1credit seminar course together. Beyond that Living & Learning Communities at UConn allow students with a similar major or interest to choose to live together in a residence hall. Students in each community are enrolled in a one-credit seminar course or course cluster together, and engage in other activities as a community outside of class. These activities include: social and cultural events; study groups; volunteer work in areas of interest to you; opportunities for internships; interacting one-on-one or in small groups with faculty, staff, peer mentors and guest speakers; field trips; etc. UW–Madison’s residence halls host several totalimmersion learning communities, in which living and learning are connected through social, cultural and educational activities and opportunities. Unique to UW residential learning communities is the opportunity to work one-on-one with faculty and staff. Students enroll in these communities by indicating them as preferences when they apply for university housing. Bradley Learning Community enrolls only freshmen. The others accept first-year and upper-class students, although all have programs specifically designed for first-year students. Most of these residence halls require an additional fee to support their programs. http://lc.uconn.edu/ab out/ College Park Scholars is an academic residential community for freshmen and sophomores. There are 11 interdisciplinary programs available each housed in the Cambridge Community on North Campus. Programs admit 75 first-year students annually. University of Virginia, Residential colleges are unique, on-Grounds livingVirginia learning communities that mirror the ideals of Jefferson's Academical Village where "shared learning infuses daily life". Each of the three residential colleges - Brown College, Hereford College, and the International Residential College - has Principals in residence, Faculty Fellows and strong student governance. Each has its own identity, culture and benefits and offers fun and interesting programs that range from an environmental writers lecture series to international service trips over http://www.scholars.u md.edu/about/whatis-scholars#mission University of Wisconsin Madison, Wisconsin University of Maryland, Maryland http://www.learning. wisc.edu/communitie s/res.html http://www.virginia.e du/housing/rescollege .php Spring Break to regular movie nights.