Themed Communities
In contribution to the academic mission of the university, the Department of Residence Life is excited to offer the option for students to live in themed communities based on academic pursuit or interest area.
Living Learning Communities
Living learning communities partner with the academic side of UW-Platteville to offer students to live and learn in the same community cohort. Students can sign up to live with other students who are studying the same major as they are. A program coordinator of the LLC collaborates with the resident assistant for academic and social programming.
Benefits of living within an LLC include:
- Enhanced academic and social opportunities
- Improved grade point average
- Greater involvement in learning
- Increased satisfaction with your UW-Platteville experience
- Friendships with classmates who may be in the same classes and programs
- Stronger academic relationships and better connections with faculty members
For living learning communities, students will pay an additional fee of up to $100 to support programming and event opportunities associated with their choice of community. Each LLC has a separate registration process. Please go to the website or contact the programmatic department for the LLC of your choice to register and submit the fee.
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Innovation
The Innovation Living Learning Community is focused on making new innovations. Any UW-Platteville major can participate. Future innovators will have access to tools and resources to make their ideas a reality, including the new 20,000-square-foot Huff Family Innovation Center in Sesquicentennial Hall. You will be poised to make your ideas and innovations come to life, while being exposed to a variety of academic resources.
The Innovation LLC is located in Dobson Hall. Students can expect to participate in hands-on activities that will get them thinking about innovation. There will be additional support from living learning community staff for navigating college life, finding resources, and getting advice.
For details and registration information, visit the Innovation LLC. For questions, please contact innovationllc@uwplatt.edu.
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Women in Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics (WiSTEM)
The Women in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (WiSTEM) Living Learning Community provides an academic and personal support network for female and non-binary identifying students. The LLC is located in Bridgeway Commons and Dobson Hall and is open to freshmen and sophomores majoring in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. Members are invited to a wide variety of social and professional events. The LLC is meant to provide an environment where students can connect to their peers going through similar experiences and to grow lifelong connections and friendships.
For details, qualifying majors, and registration information, visit the WiSTEM LLC. To be accepted into the WiSTEM LLC, you must register separately from your housing application. For questions, please contact wistemllc@uwplatt.edu.
Interest Communities
Interest communities are available to students who share a common interest. These residential-based programs are designed to enhance the overall undergraduate student experience by fostering one-on-one relationships between faculty, staff, and students in a close-knit residence hall environment. Students are encouraged to explore intellectual, cultural, and social interests through experiential activities often linked to the academic curriculum. Unlike our LLCs, ICs do not have any programmatic fees associated with them. ICs are available to an entire building/floor community at no additional fee.
Many studies have shown that students living within interest communities often achieve higher grade point averages and are more likely to persist until graduation than those students not living in them. In our ICs, residents have a more effortless way of finding academic resources and social networks because these services will be readily promoted to them. If you are interested in living in one of the interest communities, select the building that hosts it as your first preference on your residence hall contract.
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Sustainability
Learn how to walk softly on the earth and build life skills by joining the Sustainability Interest Community located in Morrow Hall. Together, students will focus on learning about the impact we have on the world around us, and what we can do in our everyday life to make our environment healthy for years to come. Sustainability is the practice of "meeting the needs of the present while also enhancing the ability of future generations to meet their own needs." Students will learn by getting involved with the community garden on campus, group bike rides, Earth Day events, and recycling campaigns.
This interest community is open to anyone interested in learning more about sustainability. Enrollment is closed once the building is full.
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Women's Wellness
The Women’s Wellness Interest Community is located in Wilgus Hall and provides students the opportunity to learn about and act on social justice issues facing women of intersecting identities today. This IC also focuses on empowering and developing women both personally and professionally by taking a holistic approach to discussing topics such as physical and mental health, financial literacy, intellectual growth, and civic engagement. Participants will be able to develop in a fun and safe environment, supported by other strong women and their allies.
This interest community is open to all residents who are interested in personal and professional growth. Enrollment is closed once the building is full.
