Living-Learning Communities

Living-Learning Communities (LLCs) are a specific type of housing option for students who are interested in:

• exploring academic interests outside the classroom through access to resources
• making connections with students with shared interests, and/or
• finding community among shared identities.

LLCs can change location from year to year, see the Housing Selection page for the upcoming semester and reach out to reslife@geneseo.edu for the most updated locations. For more information about buildings, check out the Residential Communities page.

Academic-Related LLCs

• Eco House
  • Students in all years and all majors interested in exploring and increasing sustainability awareness and activism on campus
  • First-Year Sustainability Studies Majors are required to live here (exception granted by program faculty)
  • Required Course: XLRN 102 - Intro to Eco House
• Business & Society LLC
  • Established to develop skills for business majors and non-majors, to connect first-year students to the diversity of the fields in Business, and learn about the impact on society.
  • Required Course: MGMT 100 - Society and Business (or ENTR 100 - Intro to Entrepreneurship)
  • First-year students interested in any aspect of Business (accounting, human resources, data analytics, economists, finance, entrepreneurship, and more)
• First-Knight Experience (LLC)
  • First-year students who have not yet declared a major or are exploring majors
  • Required Course: EXPL 101 - Geneseo First Year Seminar
• STEM LLC
  • For all majors and all years interested in all STEM fields and in support collaboration, wellbeing, and equity in STEM
• Writers House
  • For students interested in all types of creative and academic writing including literary writing, science writing, song writing, poetry, music, film, plays, short stories, and the teaching of writing.
  • For all majors and years

Shared-Interest LLCs

• Arts & Wellness LLC
  • Students interested in exploring the 8 dimensions of personal wellbeing through visual, performing, and musical arts
  • Open to students of all years and all majors
• Global Experience LLC
  • Students interested in exploring the role of diverse cultures (including food, food cultures, and food (in)security) in and out of the United States, including living among a diverse set of peers.
  • Open to students of all years and all majors
• Digital Arts and Gaming LLC
  • For students interested in building community, wellbeing, and entrepreneurial skills around video gaming, graphic design, photography, or videography
  • Open to students of all years and all majors
• Sports Leadership
  • A community for athletes and students interested in athletics (including spectators, intramural, eSports, sports medicine, fitness, etc.). 

Affinity Housing

• International Student Housing
  • For international students (degree-seeking and exchange) of all years interested in living with other international students who are new to the United States and western NY
  • Also open to domestic students passionate about welcoming international students
• Multicultural House
  • For students of all year, this is a community of students of diverse backgrounds who come together to celebrate their identities while nurturing their leadership skills, providing a space for students to minimize code switching and the emotional labor for each other
  • Open to all years and all majors
• Lavender House
  • A community of LGBTQIAA students and their allies.
  • Open to all years and all majors
• Sensory Retreat
  • For students who would benefit from a quiet, less stimulating, and smaller residence hall community
  • Open to all years and all majors
• Substance-Free Housing
  • Students living in this community agree to refrain from alcohol and drug use in the living space.
  • Open to all years and all majors
• Transfer Student Experience Housing
  • For new and returning students who transferred to Geneseo interested in living with other transfer students
• First Generation Housing
  • For students who will be the first in their family to complete a 4-year degree.
  • Open to all years and all majors