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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
