Big Problems and Big Success Bryan French Sustainability Coordinator University of Minnesota Duluth

Big Problems and Big Success

Building a Living-Learning Community

Bryan FrenchSustainability Coordinator

University of Minnesota Duluth

Where is Duluth?

Where is Duluth?

Where is Duluth?

City of Duluth

UMD Campus

Ianni Hall

What is a ‘Living-

Learning Community’?

History of LLCs at UMD

U of MN Duluth Strategic Plan, May 2012

Goal 6:

Utilize UMD’s infrastructure; technologies; and information, human and financial resources to support the campus in a sustainable manner.

Partnerships

• Sustainability• Resident Life• Students in

Transition

Partnerships

$8,000

Recruiting

The GreenHouse

Working with Admissions

The GreenHouse

The GreenHouse

Working with Housing

Getting to Know You

Houston, we have problems

The ‘GreenHouse’ name

Challenges

Matters of Record

Challenges

Swag/Marketing: $1,300Yellow Bus: $1,400Field Trip Food: $1,000

Total: $3,700

Spending Money

The GreenHouse

Successes

Successes

Successes

Successes

Successes

Successes

Successes

Successes

Successes

Successes

Successes

Successes

Successes

Successes

Successes

Successes

Successes

Successes

Successes

UMD’s first sustainability-themed Living Learning Community: The GreenHouse

Remember that extra $4,000?

Remember that extra $4,000?

Remember that extra $4,000?

Looking to the future…

Some factors for successAcademic ConnectionAcademic advisorsInstitutionalize your program – don’t go soloIf RA and TA can be the same person – fantastic!Meet students before classes beginYear-long connection

The GreenHouse