Llc presentation for ra training august 2014

Living Learning Communities:An RA Training Overview

LLC Participants LAST Year

Communities This Year

Basil Moreau Hall Johnson HallBusiness Faith & ServiceLeadership Modern LanguagesDujarie Hall Le Mans HallHonors Natural SciencesSocial Justice Teresa HallHunt Hall Active LivingFilm & Fiction Global Understanding

Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes• Holy Growth, Batman!– From 7 10 Communities– From 117 participants 196– 13 RAs!– Supersizing the LLCs– More on the way!

• Staffing– LLC Coordinator: Richel Raich– Upperclass LLC RD: Marie-Louise Bridgeman

LLC Move-In/Orientation

• LLC Move In: One Day ONLY—Thursday, 8/21• Move-In Volunteers Will Be Available• LLC Orientation Kick-Off—Thursday, 8/21 @ 5PM• LLC RAs will spend time with their communities on

Thursday night• May have some responsibilities on Friday/Saturday– Minimal & TBA/TBD

LLC RA Training• All LLC RAs will attend session on Thursday!– Be prepared with answers to these questions:• What makes an LLC different from other

floors/communities?• What are your hopes for your community this year?• What do you expect the challenges in particular to be?

• Further LLC Training Next Week– Topics: Community Agreements/Covenants, Service

Hour Tracking, and more!

A Word About the Clusters

• Clusters = TG Grant = FIRE Weekend = ???• Natural Sciences Majors• FIRE Weekend begins this Friday– Exploratory science activities on Saturday/Sunday– Most will stick around for the following week; no

activities really planned• All freshman residence halls• Anywhere between 40 and 70 participants…

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Contact me with [email protected] – 512-462-7601

Office: Dujarie 133 (conveniently across from the women’s restroom)

Thanks.