The Living Learning Housing Units (LLHUs) are an educational program of Residential Life in its efforts to engage students fully in experiential education and co-curricular learning at Kalamazoo College. Through Residential Life, the College entrusts each LLHU to a group of students to serve as a resource to both support and educate residents of the house and the wider campus community. Groups of seven, eight, or ten students must demonstrate a common interest and the desire to live and learn together, and be committed to sharing their learning and education with the larger campus.

Eligibility
Students with sophomore, junior or senior (if space allows seniors to reside on campus) standing are eligible to reside in a living learning unit. First-year and Visiting International students are not eligible to live in Living Learning Housing Units. Students must be in good academic and social standing with the College at the time of application and during their entire residency in a living learning unit. Therefore, students who are on Academic or Social Probation are not eligible to apply for or reside in a Living Learning Unit.

Students living in the house must also be able to live in the house for at least two of the three quarters during the academic year. When space allows, individuals may keep their space in the living learning house while participating in a quarter-long off-campus program or during a one-quarter withdrawal from the college. Due to limited housing during Spring Quarter, all open house vacancies must be filled. It is the obligation of the house members to maintain the house occupancy. Failure to do so may result in reassignment of the house members to other living arrangements.

Residents may be on or off the meal plan.

Supervision and Accountability
Oversight of the LLHU’s is the responsibility of the College’s Department of Residential Life through the designated Area Coordinator. The designated Area Coordinator for the 2007-2008 academic year is Jeremy Suttles (jsuttles@kzoo.edu). Each house will designate one house member to serve as a liaison with the Area Coordinator each quarter. The liaison will receive payment for his or her work at the end of the quarter upon successful completion of all liaison duties.

The Department of Residential Life will administer programming funds in accordance with established guidelines, the guidelines outlined in the LLHU Manual, and the mission of the College, in support of the educational program of the LLHUs and costs associated with their operation.

Each resident, as a part of the application process, will be asked to sign a contract with the College to recommit to the College’s Honor System and to accept an obligation and responsibility for student conduct, care of the facility and compliance with Federal, State and local laws as they are published for the public, and the regulations of Kalamazoo College. Where student behavior or care of the facilities becomes problematic, the Department of Residential Life reserves the right to change or terminate the arrangement with any student or any group at any time. Students must be in good academic and social standing with the College in order to apply for or reside in a Living Learning Unit. Therefore, students on Academic or Social Probation are not eligible to apply for or reside in a Living Learning Unit. If residents are found to be in violation of any College policy throughout the academic year, the student may be removed from the living learning house, and the house may be terminated.

Program Development
Each living learning house is required to plan and present three programs per academic quarter. Two of these programs are planned for the entire campus community and work to further educate students, faculty, and staff in the mission of the house. The third program is an in-house event specifically designed to help develop the knowledge and skills of the members of the house.

Programs are planned collaboratively by the living learning house members, and are approved through the living learning house advisor.

Application Process
For information on the Living Learning House selection process, please visit the Application & Selection Process section for information and a downloadable application.

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