Advancing Women in Engineering and Software at Miami (AWESoM)

When one woman helps another, amazing things can happen. The Advancing Women in Engineering and Software at Miami (AWESoM) Living Learning Community (LLC) is an academically focused group of women who will live together in an environment to further their opportunity for involvement with faculty and build a strong community of women in engineering and computing. Activities in this community include faculty dinners, educational media presentations, trips related to engineering and computer science, as well as service learning opportunities. Students in the LLC will take CEC 111 with others living in the community. Overall, this community is dedicated to promoting women engineers and computer scientists.

Required Course

CEC 111: Imagination, Ingenuity, Impact (2 credit hours). This course is designed for first-year students in the College of Engineering and Computing.

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Bridges Scholars

The Bridges Scholars Living Learning Community (LLC) brings together students who have completed the Bridges Program for high school seniors. Participants in this living learning community will engage in activities to help facilitate their transition to Miami, build community with both other Bridges Scholars LLC participants and the broader Bridges Scholars community on campus, and be introduced to the  Bridges Scholars student organization. Additionally, participants will be encouraged to start building their resume by engaging in scholarly, professional development, leadership and service related activities. 

Some Activities Include

• Meet and greet
• Bridges Scholars Student Organization membership
• Volunteering with the Bridges Program for High School Seniors
• Neighborhood activities (Members of the Bridges Scholars LLC will also be part of the Neighborhood which also includes the Farmer's School of Business Passport program and the Governmental Relations Network.)

Members of this LLC will be housed nearby the Passport LLC and the Governmental Relations Network.

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Celebrate the Arts

The Celebrate the Arts Living Learning Community (LLC) is open to students who have been active in the arts or want to take up an artistic interest for the first time. Residents who live in this community will have the opportunity to work with faculty from the College of Creative Arts, the Art Museum, guest artists, and fellow residents to explore creative pursuits in the visual and performing arts.

Required Course

CCA 182. Experiencing the Arts (1 credit hour). Introduction to various arts. Attendance at art events is required.

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Community Justice and Well-Being

The Community Justice and Well-Being Living Learning Community (LLC) is designed to encourage and facilitate education around issues of social justice. The Community Justice and Well-Being living learning community provides students with the unique opportunity to collaborate with students, staff, and faculty, with the new Initiative for Community Justice and Well-being (ICJW). The ICJW supports publicly engaged collaborations designed to transform education, health, and well-being across communities. This LLC is open to all majors.

Events and Activities

• Trip to Cincinnati's Over-the-Rhine (OTR) neighborhood that includes an alternative community journey to learn about the history of the neighborhood
• Networking with community leaders, alumni, faculty, and staff around areas of community justice, volunteer, and internship opportunities
• Social and community building activities
• Priority access to special guest speakers

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DiscoverU Miami (Exploratory Studies/Arts and Science Undeclared Students Only)

The DiscoverU Living Learning Community (LLC) is restricted to incoming first-year students who are declared Exploratory Studies or Arts and Science Undeclared at Miami. For exploratory students, major declaration can be an overwhelming process. By participating in this LLC, students will have the opportunity to solidify major(s), discover possible career paths, and build community through developing friendships. This community and the common course requirement focuses on examining an individual’s values, interests, personality, and skills/strengths to assist in discovering their Miami journey and beyond.

Discovering Yourself. Discovering Miami. Discovering Oxford.

Benefits

• Create and participate in an inclusive community with other students
• Engage with faculty and staff across the university
• Gain exposure to campus resources
• Provide students with a variety of experiential learning opportunities

Focus of Events and Activities

• Faculty engagement
• Major and industry exploration
• Developing your professional brand

Required Course

UNV 101: I Am Miami (1 credit hour). Fall semester. Through reflection, self-assessment and group discussions, students gain a sense of belonging at Miami, plan how to make the most of their time at Miami, and establish a foundation for academic and co-curricular success.

Recommended Course

EDL 100: Career Development for College Students (2 credit hours). Spring semester. This course is designed to take students through the process of clarifying career and/or academic goals. Students will do research assignments and activities designed to help them learn about themselves and how to apply this information to career decision making.

Point of contact: Kristan Kanorr (kanorrka@miamioh.edu)

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Education, Families, and Society

The Education, Families, and Society Living Learning Community offers first-year students the opportunity to explore themes and issues related to the pursuit of careers in education, helping professions, and being instruments of change in our society. We invite students to join this community who plan to study teacher education, family studies, or social work, as well as any other students who are interested in using their influence to make the world a better place. Students will have the opportunity to interact with peers in and out of the classroom through activities focused on their passion for helping others.

Potential Events and Activities

• Adopt-a-School
• Urban immersions
• Book club with faculty
• Exploring international opportunities
• Guest speakers in hall
• Involvement with campus and national organizations

This community has close connections with the Urban Teaching Cohort.

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Emerging Leaders

The Emerging Leaders Living Learning Community (LLC) prepares students to enact positive change. This community is designed for first-year students to intentionally continue their leadership journey. Participants are empowered to find their voice and recognize their potential to lead at Miami University and throughout their lifetime. Any interested student is welcome to apply to join our community and no previous leadership experience is required - just the desire to come learn and lead with us!

The Emerging Leaders LLC is supported by the Center for Student Engagement, Activities, and Leadership. Participants will have priority consideration for participation in the U-Lead pre-semester program. Participation is limited and a minimum of 25 Emerging Leader LLC students will be admitted to the U-Lead program.

U-Lead is an engaging experience designed to introduce incoming students to everything their Miami experience has in store for them. U-Lead participants learn about leadership through exploring values based leadership, team building activities, community engagement, and more! Participants will have time to think about extracurricular involvement and leadership opportunities so they can maximize their time at Miami! U-Lead participants will form meaningful connections with peers, find leadership opportunities at Miami and explore the broader Oxford community.

Events and Activities

• Student leader panel discussion on how to get involved in student organizations to enhance and participate in leadership roles early in your Miami experience.
• Access to the SEAL Ambassadors as involvement mentors.
• Participation in and access to the Wilks Institute for Leadership and Service, Leadership and Service Certificate Program.
• Priority consideration for participation for limited space in the U-Lead pre-semester program; 25 spots will be held for Emerging Leader participants.

Recommended Course

EDL 290E: Emerging Leaders. This is a two-credit course for students interested in exploring multiple approaches to leadership and building capacity for socially responsible leadership. The course involves engaged learning through community action work, skill building, reading, writing, analysis, and dialogue. This course is exclusively for students living in the Emerging Leaders LLC.

There are limited seats, so please register quickly at orientation.

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Entrepreneurship

Joining the entrepreneurship community means learning skills, tools, and mindsets to develop who you are. Entrepreneurship is easily interpreted as just "business creation", but it is much more about creating opportunities in your life and in making your best college experience. You will have the chance to live and collaborate with students who want to challenge assumptions, develop new ideas and make an impact on the world around them.

This living learning community is for students who are interested in learning what it means to be an entrepreneur and how to apply entrepreneurial thinking and behavior to their careers and passions. Students will have the opportunity to interact with the faculty of Miami's Top 10 nationally ranked entrepreneurship program. This living learning community would be a good choice for students interested in the Entrepreneurship co-major or minor who are looking for ways to get involved in the Farmer School of Business without being a business major.

Please note that there are regulations on campus that govern business ventures on campus, in particular regarding the use of facilities. Some of these are in the Regulations for On-Campus Living. The residence hall staff and course instructors are available to help guide your compliance with these regulations.

Required Course

ESP 101: The Rewards and Challenges of an Entrepreneurial Life. A required one credit hour first-year hybrid online-live course. This course will explore entrepreneurship through readings, discussions, and teaching cases. Students will learn what it means to be an entrepreneur and how they can use entrepreneurship to pursue passions in business, their community, and personal lives. Students will be exposed to both the rewards associated with entrepreneurship along with the risks. Students will be given an opportunity to use the course content to develop and execute a collaborative project that incorporates the verticals of entrepreneurship.  

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Environmental Awareness Program (EAP)

The Environmental Awareness Program Living Learning Community (LLC) is an amazing opportunity for students of any major interested in living with other students who enjoy the outdoors and/or are concerned about environmental issues. The activities in this community will focus on exploring the environment in Oxford and surrounding areas, exploring topics such as sustainability, astronomy, and local organic foods, and connecting with faculty members. Students in the Environmental Awareness Program will also learn about curricular and co-curricular opportunities related to sustainability and the environment.

Potential Events and Activities

• Live animal demonstration
• Camping and hiking
• Dinner with environmental and sustainability faculty
• Greenhouse tour
• Stargazing
• Miami Farm visit and volunteering
• Farmer's Market visit

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Explore Miami (Open to All Majors)

The Explore Miami Living Learning Community is designed for students interested in exploring a variety of opportunities at Miami University. In this LLC, students will be exposed to multiple university involvement opportunities, academic resources, and athletic events.

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Film and Video Making

The Film and Video Making Living Learning Community (LLC) will provide students in any major an opportunity to live with other students who are interested in video and film production. The community will partner with the Department of Media, Journalism, and Film (MJF) to support students in programming efforts.

Benefits

• Connect new students with other new students with similar interests
• Connect new students with faculty and staff in Media, Journalism, and Film
• Engage students in some aspects of video production
• Access to quality equipment which they otherwise would not get to use in the Media, Journalism, and Film major until their second or third year

Potential Events and Activities

• Small team video production challenges
• Movie watch parties and discussions
• Oscars ceremony watch party
• Dinner and discussion with faculty

Required Course (you will be assigned to one of the following)

MJF 105. Introduction to Media and Culture (Fulfills MPF, MPT). Introduction to major mass communication theories as a context to examining some major issues surrounding mass media in American society.  

FST 201. Film History and Analysis (Fulfills MPF, MPT). Introduction to basic principles of cinematic form and to major movements and issues in the history of cinema. Primary emphasis is given to principal methods of critical thinking in film studies, from close analysis of formal and stylistic elements in a single film to more global ways of understanding and interpreting films within their aesthetic, social, historical, and political contexts.

Games + Simulation

The Games + Simulation Living Learning Community (LLC) is for students looking to explore Games + Simulation as a major or are interested in the subject area. Students will engage with various forms of creativity, play, and imagination and meet others who enjoy interacting with the world through play.

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Global Connections

The Global Connections Living Learning Community (LLC) is home to both first-year and upper-class students, as well as a diverse mixture of both domestic and international students. Students select Global Connections because of their shared interests in travel, studying languages, and exploring other cultures. Global Connections is a tight-knit, dynamic living learning community where students build strong bonds with one another.

In Global Connections, students will experience:

• an inclusive community that emphasizes building personal relationships with students of diverse backgrounds and identities.

• an engaged and open atmosphere where students will explore current global topics and various cultures, perspectives, and traditions.

• a living environment with a focus on diverse cultural understanding and intercultural communication.

• membership within the Community Leadership Team, where students can develop leadership skills, become involved in planning hall activities, get connected with one another, and collaborate with diverse students.

Students will also have the opportunity to plan and participate in numerous cultural programs throughout the year. Past programs have included:

• International Thanksgiving: share a dish with friends from all over the world 
• International festivals: learn about the history, traditions, and food of such holidays as Chinese New Year and Mid-Autumn Festival
• Collaborative programs with campus partners, such as: Center for American and World Cultures, Center for Student Diversity and Inclusion, Study Abroad, and International Student and Scholar Services
• Group tickets to campus events, such as: Fusion (traditional, hip-hop, and singing performances representing the diversity of Asian cultures), Global Rhythms (world music festival), and Diwali (dance performance celebrating the Hindu festival of lights)
• Off-campus excursions to locations such as: Butterfield Farms (pumpkin patch and corn maze), Jungle Jim’s (international market), Cincinnati Art Museum, and Newport Aquarium

Required Course

IDS 151: Diversity Seminar. This course is designed to enable students to take part in discussions involving difference, including those stemming from race, ethnicity, gender, religion, sexual orientation, physical ability, class, and region. Seminar helps create an environment where students learn to engage the differences found on campus and in the world into which students graduate.

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Governmental Relations Network

In conjunction with the Miami University Office of ASPIRE, the Government Relations Network (GRN) Living Learning Community (LLC) provides you with opportunities to identify and pursue your career goals and aspirations while forming deep professional and personal relationships. You will be exposed to an extensive network of individuals both within and outside the university in your field of endeavor, as well as, in the fields of politics, science, the arts, and business. Our students come from all different majors and backgrounds and are leaders in campus organizations such as Associated Student Government (ASG), the First Miami University Student and Alumni Federal Credit Union, the First-Year Research Experience, College Republicans, College Democrats, the Miami Student Newspaper, the Office of ASPIRE, and the University Libraries – Library Student Advisory Council, among others. You will expand your knowledge of your chosen profession all the while honing your advocacy skills through various conferences and visits to the Ohio Statehouse and the U.S. Capitol.

As a student in the GRN LLC, you will:

• Have a first-semester on-campus internship in business, government, or community engagement.
• Be exposed to integral campus resources and administrators necessary for your success before classes begin.
• Network with past GRN LLC students and be paired with an upper-class GRN mentor.
• Develop an understanding of advocacy, politics, and the impact government has on your field of interest.
• Gain exposure to a diverse network of elected officials, legislative staffers, business leaders, and researchers to begin building professional and personal relationships.
• Learn the necessary skills to enter and thrive in public service, business, or STEAM fields – including critical thinking, teamwork, effective listening, writing, and oral communication skills.
• Create a personal Miami Engagement Plan reflecting your career aspirations in the EDL 110 course.

Required Course

EDL 110: The University and the Student. Participate in a one-credit section of EDL 110 dedicated to learning about university resources and to gain and practice networking skills that are specifically set aside for the participants in the Governmental Relations Network LLC.

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Guys in Engineering and Computing (GiEC)

The Guys in Engineering and Computing (GiEC) Living Learning Community (LLC) is an academically focused group of young men who will live together in an environment to further their opportunity for involvement with faculty and build a community. Activities in this community include faculty dinners, educational media presentations, trips related to engineering and computer science, as well as service learning opportunities.

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HASS Scholars

All incoming first-year students in the Humanities and Social Science (HASS) Scholars Program in the College of Arts and Science are required to live in the HASS Scholars LLC. The HASS Scholars LLC is the residential component of the Humanities and Social Science (HASS) Scholars Program. The LLC provides students with opportunities to explore and engage in activities that build community and lifelong friendships. It aims to complement the HASS Scholars program in assisting students with their transition to college and in achieving academic success, personal and professional development, and engaging with the Miami community. Residents of the HASS Scholars LLC may request non-HASS Scholars as roommates.

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Health and Wellness

The Health and Wellness Living Learning Community (LLC) is ideal for students who want to focus on multiple dimensions of health and wellness. Students will have the opportunity to participate in a variety of programs, special events, and workshops including health assessments, instructional clinics, and group fitness activities.

Program Fee: Students accepted into this community will be charged a $175 program fee.  The purpose of this program fee is to cover the cost of the programs.

Required Course

EDL 110: The University and the Student (1 credit hour).

Learning Outcomes

• Develop a sense of belonging in the residence hall and the larger university community.
• Research the various university programs, people, careers, leisure activities, and support structures in place within the community.
• Investigate components of eight dimensions of wellness to construct a personal mission statement and action plan.
• Explore various components of health assessment and definitions of what it means to be healthy.

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Honors Residential College (Honors College Students Only)

Through a partnership with the Honors College, students in the Honors Residential College can expect an environment that challenges and supports them to explore and design their own educational journey. Staff and residents in the hall promote an atmosphere that allows students to integrate their social, co-curricular, and academic life through programming and community development. Students also work to achieve learning outcomes that will prepare them for success in college and beyond.

The Honors community is a first-year and second-year community. All incoming first-year students in the Miami University Honors College are required to live in the Honors Residential College, while second-year students willingly opt into living in the community. This dynamic provides a vibrant community of learners that support each other.

The hallmarks of the Honors Residential College include:

• seamless learning environment that fosters connections between in-class and out-of-class activities
• leadership and service activities
• opportunity to take an active role in shaping the community
• staff who are intimately familiar with the Honors College

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Passport

All incoming first-year students in the Farmer School of Business Passport Program (admitted to the program by invitation only) are required to live in the Passport LLC. The residential component of the Passport program will foster a sense of community and belonging in the cohort by providing seminars, workshops, and activities aimed at personal and professional growth. These activities will include career development, academic support, peer mentoring, and networking with faculty/staff. Students in the Passport LLC live with other similarly motivated students, developing lifelong friendships and engaging in academic, experiential learning, and social experiences that contribute to personal and professional development. In an effort to create and support this vibrant community of learners, Passport students will be allowed to request non-Passport students as roommates in the Passport LLC.

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Pathways

The Pathways Living Learning Community (LLC) is designed for students admitted to the Pathways program. This community provides opportunities for students to engage with academic support services in the residence halls. In addition to residing together in the LLC, students in the program will take classes together making it convenient for students to form study groups and support each other academically.

Students in the Pathways LLC can expect to participate in at least three LLC specific programs each semester.

Potential Events and Activities

• Academic support staff in the residence halls
• Course registration breakfast
• Study tables
• End of semester dinner

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Prodesse Scholars

One of the strengths of the Prodesse Scholars Program is its interdisciplinarity. Given the variety of interests pursued by its students, there is not a singular living-learning community (LLC) dedicated to Prodesse Scholars. Instead, we encourage Prodesse Scholars to live in any of Miami's many outstanding LLCs, particularly those associated with their areas of interest (e.g. Premedical Scholars living in the Mallory-Wilson Center Premedical LLC).

Effective Fall 2024, the Prodesse Scholars Program will no longer accept new applications.

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Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) and Military Affiliated Affinity Group

Affinity communities allow students to choose to live with peers who share some type of similar experience, thus allowing for greater peer and staff support. This community supports students who are part of the Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) program as well as students who are military affiliated. The community will offer initiatives geared toward supporting their transition to Miami University’s campus.

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