Living-Learning Communities

Living-Learning Communities (LLCs) are a specific type of housing option for students who are interested in:

• exploring academic interests outside the classroom through access to resources (Inquiry and Discovery),
• making connections with students with shared interests (Exploratory), and/or
• finding community among shared, intersectional identities (Cohort).

LLCs can change location from year to year, see the Housing Selection page for the upcoming semester and reach out to reslife@geneseo.edu for the most updated locations. For more information about buildings, check out the Residential Communities page.

Academic-Related LLCs

• Dante House (Inquiry & Discovery LLC)
  • First-year students who value learning in and out of the classroom through civic engagement and service to the community
  • First-year Edgar Fellows are required to live here (exception granted by program faculty)
  • Required Course: XLRN 102 - Ethical Service Learning
  • Located in Wayne Hall
• Eco House (Inquiry & Discovery LLC)
  • Students in all years and all majors interested in exploring and increasing sustainability awareness and activism on campus
  • First-Year Sustainability Studies Majors are required to live here (exception granted by program faculty)
  • Required Course: XLRN 102 - Intro to Eco House
  • Located in Monroe Hall
• Business & Society LLC (Inquiry & Discovery LLC)
  • Established to develop skills for business majors and non-majors, to connect first-year students to the diversity of the fields in Business, and learn about the impact on society.
  • Required Course: MGMT 100 - Society and Business (or ENTR 100 - Intro to Entrepreneurship)
  • First-year students interested in any aspect of Business (accounting, human resources, data analytics, economists, finance, entrepreneurship, and more)
  • Located in Wayne Hall
• First-Knight Experience (Inquiry & Discovery LLC)
  • First-year students who have not yet declared a major or are exploring majors
  • Required Course: EXPL 101 - Geneseo First Year Seminar
  • Located in Onondaga Hall
• STEM LLC (Exploratory LLC)
  • For all majors and all years interested in all STEM fields and in support collaboration, wellbeing, and equity in STEM
  • Formerly Medical Interest Group
  • Located in Onondaga Hall
• Tesla House (Inquiry & Discovery LLC)
  • First-year students interested in Physics, Geological Sciences, and Education
  • Required Course: XLRN 102 - Integrative Project Seminar (spring semester)
  • Located in Monroe Hall
• Writers House (Exploratory LLC)
  • For students interested in all types of creative and academic writing including literary writing, science writing, song writing, poetry, music, film, plays, short stories, and the teaching of writing.
  • For all majors and years
  • Located in Seneca Hall

Shared-Interest LLCs

• Arts & Wellness LLC (Exploratory LLC)
  • Students interested in exploring the 8 dimensions of personal wellbeing through visual, performing, and musical arts
  • Open to students of all years and all majors
  • Located in Onondaga Hall
• Food Culture House (Exploratory LLC)
  • Students interested in food, food cultures, and food security in Livingston County and around the world
  • Open to students of all years and all majors
  • Located in Wyoming Hall
• Gaming LLC (Exploratory LLC)'
  • For students interested in building community, wellbeing, and entrepreneurial skills around video gaming and eSports
  • Open to students of all years and all majors
  • Located in Onondaga Hall
• Global House (Exploratory LLC)
  • For students interested in exploring the role of diverse cultures in and out of the United States
  • Open to students of all years and all majors
  • Located in Wyoming Hall

Identity-Based LLCs

• First Year Experience (Cohort Community LLC)
  • First-time, first-year students looking to live with other first-time, first-year students!
  • Located all over campus with the aim of helping students connect and take ownership of their experience
• International Student Housing (Cohort Community LLC)
  • For international students (degree-seeking and exchange) of all years interested in living with other international students who are new to the United States and western NY
  • Also open to domestic students passionate about welcoming international students
  • Located in Wyoming Hall
• Kuumba House (Cohort Community LLC)
  • For incoming students, this is a community of students of diverse backgrounds who come together to celebrate their identities while nurturing their leadership skills, providing a space for students to minimize code switching and the emotional labor for each other
  • Located in Onondaga Hall
• Lavender House (Cohort Community LLC)
  • A community of LGBTQIAA students and their allies.
  • Open to all years and all majors
  • Located in Suffolk Hall and Wyoming Hall
• Sensory Retreat LLC (Cohort Community LLC)
  • For students who would benefit from a quiet, less stimulating and smaller residence hall community
  • Open to all years and all majors
  • Located in Putnam Hall
• Substance-Free House (Cohort Community LLC)
  • Students living in this community agree to refrain from alcohol and drug use in the living space.
  • Open to all years and all majors
  • Located in Steuben Hall
• Transfer Student Experience (Cohort Community LLC)
  • For new and returning students who transferred to Geneseo interested in living with other transfer students
  • Located in Monroe Hall
• Umoja House (Inquiry & Discovery LLC)
  • For returning students, this is an engaged intellectual community where students of diverse backgrounds can come together to celebrate their identities while nurturing their leadership skills. 
  • Open to all years and all majors
  • Located in Wyoming Hall
• Upper Level Experience (Cohort Community LLC)
  • For returning students who do not have a full roommate group and are interested in meeting and living with other returning students 
  • Located in different halls across campus