Living Learning Communities (LLC) are specialized living environments that connect students inside- and outside-the-classroom experiences on an agreed upon topic of their choice.
The Living Learning Community is experienced through programs and activities planned by the participants of the LLC in collaboration with their Faculty Advisors and Staff Advisors. This experience is Residential Life’s opportunity to continue to provide intentional support and programming more tailored to the student and their interest.
Established LLCs
Established LLCs are ones that have sustained and grown student interest over time. LLC members exercise their creativity and agency, while working collaboratively with faculty and staff, to explore topics related to the themes of the Established LLC. WashU currently has five established LLCs: Constellation, Hamsini, Kaleidoscope, Lotus, and
Sakeenah.
Design Your Own LLC
Are you interested in forming a community around a topic or experience that isn’t included in one of our already established LLCs? The Design Your Own LLC process allows you to work together with fellow students to create a Living Learning Community based on a common theme. Students can form LLCs based on shared interests or
themes. For example, you can create an LLC around an academic or personal interest (health and wellness, pre-med, etc.). Each created community should be designed to
encourage collaboration and community while creating environments that allow students to grow intellectually and engage socially at WashU
Benefits of Living Learning Communities
| Developing your leadership by working with your peers to form an intentional living and learning community | |
| Establish or deepen relationships with students who share similar interests and passions | |
| Expand campus support network of faculty, staff, and students involved in LLC |
Expectations & programmatic requirements
| Attend and participate in a start-of-semester retreat (typically one day) | |
| Plan and participate in monthly programs and meetings with your individual LLC | |
| Plan and participate in one program a semester that is open to the rest of campus | |
| Contribute to and participate in other LLC programmatic ideas as developed by LLC community |
Eligibility
| Students participating in the Living Learning Community process must be continuing students (i.e. rising sophomores, juniors, and seniors). | |
| Must complete the Housing Application by the deadline. | |
Our communities
Empowering Engineers: Women & Engineering
A community for women studying engineering at WashU, including female-identifying students.
Kaleidoscope
A student-created and student-led Living Learning Community designed to create a safe and affirming space for LGBTQIA+ students, and to provide a greater sense of community to Wash U’s Queer, Trans, and Gender Expansive student population.
Constellation
A Living Learning Community for members of the Taylor STARS Community to bring together students from similar backgrounds who understand what it is like being a first generation college student and/or limited income (FGLI) at WashU.
Lotus
A Living Learning Community for people who identify as Asian American that focuses on bringing together students to study and explore the rich history and culture of Asian people in America as a community.
Sakeenah
The Sakeenah Living Learning Community originated as a student-led community and is a community designed to engage students around the Muslim-American experience, with an emphasis on communal, personal, spiritual, and individual growth at WashU.
Hamsini
The Hamsini Living Learning Community, originated as a student-led initiative, is a community designed to enhance the college experience for students who are a part of or interested in exploring matters related to the African Diaspora and being Black at WashU.
Contact
Katie Coats
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Coordinator of Residential Academic Initiatives