Living Learning Community (LLC) Faculty Fellows

Although there will be some administrative duties associated with this position, the focus of this role will be on the facilitation of community- and relationship-building.

• LLC Administration
• Maintain consistent communication with HRL about the LLC
• Help identify an on-board successor
• Determine LLC mission/purpose
• Approve LLC participants
• Help assess LLC effectiveness
  
•  Communication & Relationship Building
• Provide welcome letter
• Participate in residence hall move-in and/or M.A.S.T.E.R. Plan
• Maintain regular contact with LLC participants
• Host regular contact with LLC participants
• Host regular weekly office hours in the residence hall
• Deliver and participate in LLC-related activities and events

• 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.