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Living Learning Communities

Living Learning Communities Committee

An LLC Working Group met during the 2009-10 and 2010-11 academic years to develop and pilot our first living learning communities. As the program evolves, it is important to continue to have faculty, staff, and student input so our Living Learning Communities remain vibrant.

Charge

At the request of the Executive Vice President and Provost, Dr. Julie Sullivan, the LLC Committee was charged to develop a process for creating new LLC themes, discuss integration of LLCs with the new core curriculum, explore the possibility of creating second-year LLCs, and serve as a sounding board for other decisions and processes. The committee interpreted this charge to include: creating criteria for proposed themes, assessing current themes, future theme selection, providing recommendations to the academic advising and housing processes, integrating preceptorial selection, reevaluating curricular links to USD's Core, offering recommendations for the faculty director positions, and a creating a timeline in which all these pieces come together.

Membership

  • Avi Badwal, Interim Director, Enterprise Administrative Systems and Services (EASS)
  • Lauren Benz, Assistant Professor, Chemistry & Biochemistry
  • Terry Bird, Associate Professor, Biology
  • Jonathan Bowman, Associate Professor, Communication Studies
  • Joseph Davidson, Assistant Director of Multicultural Recruitment, Undergraduate Admissions
  • Esteban Del Rio, Associate Professor, Communication Studies; Interim Director, Center for Inclusion and Diversity
  • Leeza Earl, Student; Resident Assistant, Sustainability LLC
  • May Fu, Assistant Professor, Ethnic Studies
  • Alan Gin, Associate Professor of Economics, School of Business
  • John Glick, Professor, Mathematics
  • Jim Gump, Professor, History; Associate Dean, College of Arts and Sciences
  • Yajaira Hernandez-Trejo, Student; Preceptorial Assistant, Sustainability LLC
  • Minh-Ha Hoang, Director of Admissions and Enrollment, Undergraduate Admissions
  • Dayanne Izmirian, Assistant Dean, Residential Life
  • Margaret Leary, Associate Dean of Students, Student Affairs
  • Michael Lovette-Colyer, Assistant Vice President, University Ministry
  • Merrick Marino, Assistant Dean, Center for Student Success
  • Kristin Moran, Professor, Communication Studies
  • Noelle Norton, Professor, Political Science and International Relations; Associate Dean, College of Arts and Sciences
  • Rick Olson, Associate Professor, Engineering
  • Roger Pace, Professor, Communication Studies; Director, Honors Program
  • Ron Pachence, Professor, Theology and Religious Studies
  • Eric Pierson, Associate Professor, Communication Studies
  • Sarabeth Pollock, Assistant Director of Athletics for Academic Support, Athletics Administration
  • Yi Sun, Associate Professor, History
  • Dirk Yandell, Professor of Economics, School of Business