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, Putnam Hall, and Genesee 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 and Genesee 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 Erie 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