Freshmen Living-Learning Communities

Freshmen Living-Learning Communities

What Is a Living-Learning Community?
Drury's freshman Living-Learning Communities (LLCs) are comprised of 16-20 students interested in a common theme, who reside in the same residential area, interacting together and with faculty and staff through a shared class, CORE 101. Students learn about the power of community when they participate in a Living-Learning Community.

What are the Benefits of Joining a Living-Learning Community?

  • Integrating intellectual aspects of students' lives outside of the classroom
  • Bridging in-class learning and out-of-class experience
  • Promoting collaboration between faculty, students, and staff
  • Supporting students' transition to Drury's academic and intellectual community
  • Exemplifying Drury's commitment to creating intimate, intentional learning-centered communities

Faculty Mentors
Living-Learning Communities encourage strong mentoring relationships between faculty and students, as well as the value of developing communities of shared purpose. Nationally, research has consistently shown benefits of the faculty-student interaction in Living-Learning Communities to include:

  • Higher levels of student participation in class,
  • Greater student satisfaction with class,
  • Greater appreciation of the areas,
  • More involvement in campus life, and
  • More time in group study (Pascarella and Terenzini, 2005).

2013-2014 Freshman Living-Learning Community Themes

How to Apply?

  1. Apply and be accepted to Drury University.
  2. Return your housing contract to the Drury Admission Office with Freshman Living-Learning Communities in Sunderland Hall marked as your residential hall choice.
  3. Pay the $200 housing deposit and $100 tuition deposit (refundable through May 1, 2013).
  4. Submit the online Living-Learning Community application.

If you have questions, please contact Emily Givens, Director of Transitional Programs, for more information at (417) 873-7419, (800) 922-2274, or egivens@drury.edu. You can also review our Frequently Asked Questions.