World of Environmental Health & Green Living

Designed for incoming freshmen who are interested in the environment and sustainable living. All majors are welcome to apply!

Living

As a member of the World of Environmental Health & Green Living you will live with other incoming freshmen who share your interest in the environment and sustainability.This means you can study together, attend social and co-curricular programming together, and have a supportive network of peers right from the start. Friendships form quickly in L-LCs!

Learning

The World of Environmental Health & Green Living will take some courses together in the fall and spring semesters of freshman year, and attend sustainability themed events together.

Fall 2013 L-LC Courses
Freshman Seminar: World of Environmental Health & Green Living
Public Policy 140: Introduction to Public Policy

Spring 2014 L-LC Courses
Your spring L-LC courses, which you will take together as a community, will be finalized mid-fall. Seats will be reserved for you in each designated L-LC course.

Examples of co-curricular events:

  • Visiting local sustainable farms and homes
  • Sustainability Trivia Night
  • Campus Composting Program
  • Recyclemania
  • Guest speakers
  • Community service
  • Homecoming, Fallbany, and Harvest Fest
  • Campus energy conservation initiatives

Community

As a member of an L-LC you will have a built in community of friends and colleagues right from the start!

Friends: Study and socialize with fellow L-LC members. Tackle those first-year courses with your friends by forming study groups where you live!

World Ambassadors: Learn the ropes from a peer selected from last year’s most engaged L-LC students.
World Ambassador(s): To be named in May 2013.

Community Assistant: Meet weekly with an upperclass/graduate student to plan or attend social, academic, and community service events.
World of Environmental Health & Green Living Community Assistant(s): To be named in August 2013.

Lead Faculty Member: Get to know a member of the faculty outside of the classroom at weekly lunches in your own dining hall!
World of Environmental Health & Green Living Lead Faculty: Professor Gary Kleppel
Weekly L-LC Lunch: Wednesdays 11:30am-12:25pm

L-LC Council: Leadership opportunities abound in the L-LCs! Earn a spot on the Living-Learning Community Student Council by being a leader in your L-LC! Council members are elected by the L-LC to represent the group at meetings throughout the academic year.
World of Environmental Health & Green Living Council Member(s): Your name could be here by October of next year!

Eligibility: The World of Environmental Health & Green Living is open to all majors!