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The Living/Learning
Center "Teaching within a WEDNESDAY,
DECEMBER 14, 2005 |
A collaborative group of faculty and staff are pleased to announce a new program to increase the connections between students in the residence halls and faculty of the University. By fostering increased faculty and student interactions outside of the classroom we believe that the intellectual life of the University will benefit. We seek to involve interested faculty at a variety of different levels of commitment, from the colleague who is interested in visiting a residence hall one evening a month to one who wishes to live in residence and offer students immediate contact with UVM's faculty in the informal and rich environment of the home.
We encourage you to participate in whatever program meets your level of time and interest.
FACULTY INVOLVEMENT...
Supports
and Challenges Our Students.
Faculty interaction outside of the classroom is directly linked to student retention, enhanced learning, and increased social and intellectual development.
Inspires Active Learning Communities.
Learning
communities can build cohesiveness and transform a residential setting
into an active, supportive, and exciting place to live and learn.
Creates Innovative Teaching/Mentoring Opportunities.
This is an opportunity to try new ways to engage students in their learning. The integration of diverse experiences from within and outside of the classroom can be a powerful teaching tool.
Highest level of involvement: Faculty in Residence
Faculty-in-residence live and teach a class within the Living/Learning Center. Students enrolled in this class will reside in program suites. Faculty will engage in a series of activities that bring them into regular contact with the students in the suites and the larger student community within the residence hall. Faculty are also asked to become engaged in the greater residence hall community and to share their experiences with colleagues. Support/funding can include:
• One-semester, one-course faculty release funds (if needed).
• Rent-subsidized, on-campus apartment in the Living/Learning Center (limited availability).
• Programming funds to support co-curricular activities with students.
Medium level of involvement: Faculty Program DirectorFaculty program directors are faculty members who teach residentially based courses. These residential/educational programs offer students the opportunity to live in an environment with peers who share common academic, vocational, cultural or lifestyle interests. Students enrolled in these programs live together in suites or on floors in the residence halls. Examples of successful living/learning experiences include but are not limited to the Integrated Humanities Program, the Ecology and Geology of Lake Champlain, German House, etc. Support/funding can include:
• One-semester, one-course faculty release funds (if needed)
• Programming funds to support co-curricular activities with students.
Lower level of involvement: Faculty Mentor/AdvisorFaculty mentors provide opportunities for ongoing faculty-student interaction in an informal, semi-structured format. Faculty mentors adopt a specific residence hall or residential complex and are available to students and residential staff throughout the academic year. Informal advising and socializing occurs through attending educational programs, social activities, and dining with the students. Support/funding can include:
- Programming funds to support co-curricular activities with students.
Application Procedure
The Living/Learning
Center is an
academic resource whose mission is to create an environment for
students to
integrate their academic/artistic studies and their residential
experiences and
to provide a venue for faculty and students to interact outside of the
classroom. The Center encourages faculty, staff and student programs
that
foster innovative and interdisciplinary learning experiences that bring
the
intellectual life of the University in close alliance with the
students' lives
outside the classroom. The Living/Learning Center is part of the East
Campus
residence complex and is easily accessible to Main Campus.
For more
information about the Living/Learning Center, please contact John Sama,
Director, at 656-4200,
living.learning@uvm.edu or visit the Web Site at http://www.uvm.edu/llcenter/faculty
The Department of Residential Life strives to create a learning environment that augments the academic mission of the university. Residential Life Staff work to provide a safe, secure environment where students are able to live with and learn from each other, to facilitate students' personal, social, and intellectual growth, and to support the academic success of our students. To contact the Department of Residential Life, please call 656-3434 or visit our Web Site at http://www.uvm.edu/reslife/
"There's a sense of belonging to a family of students and some identity in the residential community."
"The teaching format is excellent. It is much more personable than any other classes at UVM, which helps me as a new college student."
"I have learned more than in any other class ... getting to know the profs."
"Absolutely a good experience. My hat is off to the faculty for getting together and doing this!"
"The residential aspect greatly facilitates student/faculty and student/student interactions."
"The Living/Learning Center provides an ideal setting within which to teach. By housing classrooms, teacher's studies, and reading rooms together, ongoing dialogue between faculty and students becomes the norm rather than the exception."
"Resources provided by Living/Learning have made it possible to teach field-based, project-oriented courses that would otherwise be impossible to do."
Information and Application:
For an application or further information on any of these involvement opportunities, please contact the Living/Learning Center Director's Office at 656-4200, by e-mail at living.learning@uvm.edu or visit the Center's Web Site at http://www.uvm.edu/llcenter/faculty. The deadline for submitting Living/Learning Center program proposals for the 2006-2007 academic year is February 8, 2006. Applications to become a Faculty Mentor are received on an ongoing basis, preferably at the beginning of each semester.
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