Living Learning Community (LLC) Faculty & Staff Fellows

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What is a WKU Living Learning Community?

For more information about specific LLCs, visit Housing and Residence Life's Living Learning Community information page.

 

LLC Faculty Fellow Purpose and Position

The LLC Faculty Fellowship provides an opportunity for professional development and institutional service that directly impacts student persistence, retention, and graduation. With the support of their college as well as the Housing & Residence Life and CITL staff, the LLC Faculty Fellows' primary responsibility is to foster a supportive and inclusive academic and social environment.

The LLC Faculty Fellow deepens students’ intellectual engagement and personal development by delivering academic extracurricular activities designed to foster community building and student learning. The LLC Faculty Fellowship is a year-to-year appointment that involves a commitment of up to 10 hours per week from August through May. Some recruitment, course selection, and planning may occur in late spring or early summer before the formal start date.

Fellows are expected to:

• Facilitate and attend community-building activities
• Serve as a presence and point of contact
• Connect students to WKU resources and services
• Assist with recruitment and planning for the next LLC cycle
• Contribute to attainment of the LLC Goals and Objectives

The Goals and Objectives for Participants

The four-year graduation rate for students who participate in an LLC is 8% higher than that of non-participants. Why do LLC participants graduate at a higher rate? It is because the program goals are based on broadly recognized critical factors in student success.

• Goal 1: Smooth Academic Transition -- First year students who participate in an LLC will experience a smooth academic transition to WKU. 
  • Objective 1.a By the end of the academic year, each student will have earned a cumulative GPA of at least a 3.0.
  • Objective 1.b As part of their organized LLC programming each academic term, students will engage the services of at least one WKU academic resource (in addition to standard academic advising). 
    
    
• Goal 2: Smooth Social Transition -- First year students who participate in a LLC will experience a smooth social transition to WKU. 
  • Objective 2.a By the end of the first academic term, students will participate in at least two LLC-related activities, with the intention of creating opportunities to connect with a peer group. 
  • Objective 2.b At least once per academic term, students will participate in a campus or LLC activity that will lead to an exposure to differing cultures and/or systems of belief. 
  • Objective 2.c Students will be exposed to strategies intended to enhance their ability to balance academic and life demands at least twice during the academic year, the first of which should take place during the first five weeks. 
    
    
• Goal 3: Sense of Belonging -- First year students who participate in an LLC will develop a sense of belonging at WKU. 
  • Objective 3.a By the end of the program, students will identify at least one WKU-affiliated individual with whom they’ve established a relationship. 
  • Objective 3.b By the end of the program, students will identify at least one academic unit or extracurricular/social group to which they belong. 

Meet our LLC Fellows

First Name	Last Name	LLC Name
Jennifer	Anderson	School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS)
Miranda	Peterson	Nursing
Ashley	Edwards Cook	Humanities
Elizabeth	Gannon	Honors
Amber	Giacona	Psychology
Paige	Hiltner	Pre-Health Professionals
Lamario	Moore	Second Year
Kelley	Coppinger	Creative Arts
Monica	Duvall	Business
Julie	Jones	College of Health and Human Services
Nadia	Khan	College of Health and Human Services
Jessie	Hussung	Education
Zach	Jones	Business
Clinton	Lewis	Media & Communication
Jeremy	Logsdon	Education
Kyle	Maksuta	Crime, Law, and Culture
Nina	Marijanovic	Honors
Landon	May	F1rstGen
Deanna	Melloan	Nursing
Terry	Obee	College of Health and Human Services
Emily	Ray	Media & Communication
Sarah	Scali	Exercise Science
Joanna	Shake	College of Health and Human Services
Brandon	Smith	ROTC
Martin	Stone	Agriculture
Dawn	Winters	Second Year

Contact Student Development & Engagement Staff for more information about the LLC Fellowship.