Beyond Pizza and Ice Cream Infusing CoCurriculum into

Beyond Pizza and Ice Cream Infusing Co-Curriculum into the Living Learning Community (LLC) Experience Dawn Albertson-Gass, Corey Johnson, Olivia Moon

Who are we? Why are we here? Dawn Albertson-Gass Residential Education Director Washington State University (WSU) Corey Johnson Residence Life Coordinator University of South Florida (USF) Olivia Moon Coordinator for Academic Initiatives University of South Florida (USF)

Learning Objectives • Understand a theoretical framework for institutional implementation of residential learning models • Learn to develop collaboration strategies between Student Affairs and Academic Affairs by establishing shared goals to create a cocurricular experience for holistic student development • Acquire strategic ideas for infusing curriculum with an LLC model from two institutions utilizing a Residential Curriculum or a Programming Model

Institutional Overviews: University of South Florida (USF) General Information • • Location: Tampa, Florida Number of Students: 48, 000 Number of Residential Students: 5, 400 LLC Student Population: 1, 100 Historical Overview • Residential Curriculum • Merging of Student Affairs and Student Success • Bifurcation of Housing & Residential Education

Institutional Overviews: Washington State University (WSU) General Information • Location: Pullman, Washington • Number of Students: 29, 600 • Number of Residential Students: 5, 500 • LLC Student Population: 3, 400 Historical Overview • First Year Focus: RED Collaterals start in 2007 • Drive to 25

High Impact Practices/ Theoretical Foundations? ? USF: Best Practices for Living Learning Communities WSU: Remember to be HIP! • • High Impact Practices Increased Interaction with faculty and peers about substantive matters Hospitality In Practice Creating hospitable spaces where students can show up more fully

Importance of Collaboration (Activity) University of South Florida Student Affairs and Student Success Center for Student Well-Being Academic Affairs Academic Advisors Faculty Colleges/Departments Example: Pre-Nursing LLC • In-Hall Advising • Monthly “Ask-a-Nurse” • Pancakes and Planning • Mock Interviews • Dinner with the Deans Washington State University Student Affairs Residence Life Dining Academic Affairs Advising and Enrollment Offices Faculty Teaching Assistants Example: First-Year Focus • Dining with Faculty • Designated Course Sections for specific Halls • RED Collateral Experience • Communication about Students of Concern

Things to Consider University of South Florida Washington State University Academic Calendar • Time of year • Holidays • Midterms/finals • Campus traditions and major events • Current events (local, national, global) Resources on Campus • Who do you have access to? • What partnerships already exist? • Which units could you tap into, or utilize more effectively? University Goals/Strategic Plan Departmental Goals Community (hall) Dynamics • Physical space • Student demographics

Two Perfect Examples University of South Florida Pre-Nursing Living Learning Community • Aligning the “Community Meeting” with a career and interview workshop Maple Hall Community Planning Meeting Washington State University Faculty Relationships with Designated Halls RED Collateral Experience with First-Year Experience

How does USF bring the classroom into the hall? • Intentional “programming” • One-on-one interactions/conversations • Incorporating university and departmental goals • Utilizing campus resources • We are not the experts, but others are • Focused action plan and vision

How does WSU bring the classroom into the hall? • REDs serves as Community Development Planners with Departmental Programming Model • Bulletin Boards with Faculty • Meet & Greet with staff & students • Programming in hall with Faculty Expertise • Communication surrounding Students of Concern

Is it Sustainable?

Contact Information Dawn Albertson-Gass dawn. albertson@wsu. edu RED, Washington State University (WSU) Corey Johnson coreyjohnso@usf. edu RLC, University of South Florida (USF) Olivia Moon omoon@usf. edu Coordinator for AI, University of South Florida (USF)