Living-Learning Communities
For students who want a more engaged and intentional educational environment, our living-learning and themed communities are a great opportunity for merging personal interests and passions with both academic learning and out-of-the-classroom education. In the years of research conducted on the living-learning community model in colleges across the nation, living-learning communities have consistently been shown to improve a student’s educational experience at the institution as a whole. Earlham College offers several different living-learning and themed community options for student involvement.
First-Year Communities
All first-year students live in a community with an intentionally designed first-year experience program focused on assisting students in making a successful academic and social transition to Earlham College. Structured programs, initiatives and supplemental staffing help to achieve this goal.
Those interested in living in more focused communities have the chance to live in a First-Year Experience community organized around one of the areas below.
Arts & Humanities
This community is designed for first-year students interested in fields and majors programs like Art, Creative Writing, English, Languages, Music, Music Studies, Religion, or Theatre.
Honors
This community is designed for new students who have been accepted into the Honors program who want to live with other Honors students.
This community is designed for students interested in fields and majors related to African and African-American Studies, History, Japanese Studies, Media & Communications, Museum Studies, Peace & Global Studies, Politics, Psychology, Social Services, or Women & Gender Studies.
Business
This community is designed for students interested in fields and majors related to Business, Accounting, Economics, Entrepreneurship, and more.
Pre-Health Professions
This community is designed for students interested in pursuing careers in health-related fields like nursing, physical therapy, sports medicine, and more. Many of these students are pursuring areas of study in programs and majors like Biochemistry, Biology, Neuroscience, or Exercise, Sports, & Health Studies.
Science, Technology, Engineering, & Mathematics (STEM)
This community is designed for students interested in fields and majors related to the applied sciences in areas like Biochemistry, Biology, Chemistry, Computer Science, Data Science, Engineering, Environmental Sustianability, Mathematics, Neuroscience, and Physics.
Upper-level student communities
During your second, third and fourth years at Earlham College, there are multiple options for living-learning communities that help to expand your Earlham experience outside the classroom and foster lifelong relationships. Learn more about our offerings below.
More information and resources
The Office of Residence Life supports and encourages students by providing guidance in contemplative inquiry, opportunities for dialogue, sponsoring celebratory communal events, and supporting opportunities that enable students to put their most cherished beliefs into daily practice.
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