Living-Learning Communities
Living-learning communities at Saint John's enhance educational engagement.
Students interested in the creation of another living-learning community should contact SJU Residential Life and Housing at [email protected].
Eco-House/Sustainable Living
Purpose: Promoting an awareness of and commitment to sustainable living
Benefits:
- Operate the Edelbrock Greenhouse to provide local, sustainable produce for the community.
- Residents live together as an Eco-House living-learning community.
- Residents take responsibility to educate the greater SJU community about issues of sustainability:
- Environmental - energy, water, transportation, food waste, recycling
- Economic - use of local economies
- Social justice - equal access
Location:
- Marmion and Yellow Tholl Houses: 11 members
Eligibility
- Juniors and Seniors
Application:
Benedictine Living Learning Community
learning • prayer • work • recreation • community
Purpose: To promote an awareness of Benedictine practices and how to demonstrate
those practices through everyday life with an intentional living community and joint academic course.
Benefits:
- Residents live together as a living & learning community.
- Participation in Benedictine studies coursework for 1 credit each term – this course will fulfill
the Benedictine Raven designation in the Integrations Curriculum. - As a community, the residents take some responsibility to educate the greater CSB/SJU
community about how students can live Benedictine values in their everyday lives.
Location:
- Virgil Michel, third floor - suites with double rooms, a common living space, & kitchen.
Students Eligible to Participate
- Sophomores, Juniors, and Seniors
Application and Additional Information: