Living-Learning Initiatives
Out-of-class faculty interaction with
students in active-learning communities
enhances students’ intellectual and
personal development, as well as their
overall evaluation of their undergraduate
experience.
- Improved academic achievement and quality of effort/persistence
- Leadership, programming, research, and peer teaching experience
- Knowledge of research and publications across the disciplines
- Opportunities for informal faculty mentorship and advising
- Faculty perspectives on current events and campus issues
- Integration into broader intellectual community on campus
- Engage students outside the classroom
- Pique the interest of first-year students in your discipline or field
- Raise student awareness of your courses, as well as departmental and college
minors and majors
- Share your research and expertise with first-year students
- Model exemplary teaching, discourse, and debate
- Network with UO colleagues and foster interdisciplinary connections with faculty
from sister institutions as well as community organizations
- Participate in a dynamic learning community that supports creative education and co-curriculum
- Ultimately, student-centered, residential living-learning communities complement the
pedagogical models of the classroom, and enable faculty to reinforce the development of higher-order cognitive skills from the classroom, such as critical thinking, problem solving, source analysis, quantitative reasoning, inquiry-based research, and dialogic learning.
A residential FIG consists of twenty-five first-year students who take two general-education courses together during fall
term and live in the halls together throughout the year. We've found that FIG communities support the academic success of
their members (evidenced by higher grade point averages), while promoting students' independence and creativity.
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The student members of the Oregon Brain Trust (OBT) and the Oregon Think Tank (OTT) which function as the steering
committees for the Community Conversations Series enjoy the autonomy to plan,
program, and present six panel discussions each term. Community Conversations offers a unique forum for faculty and
students to explore a diversity of academic, political, and popular culture topics. Please drop by a OBT or OTT
meeting and consider joining. Your ideas, creativity, passion, and leadership contribute to an intellectually
stimulating residence hall living space. During the academic year Oregon Brain Trust meets every Wednesday in the
Dyment Classroom at 5:00 p.m. and
Oregon Think Tank meets every Tuesday in the Collier Lounge at 5:00 p.m.
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This student-led program hosts faculty, staff, and graduate students in the halls to showcase their recent and current
research in an intimate and interactive "fireside chat." Students have consistently expressed their interest in learning
more about the research, field work and publishing that goes on "behind the scenes" at a major research university.
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The Undergraduate Practicum adopts a tutorial instructional model that enables students to conduct an extended apprenticeship within a specific discipline or
interdisciplinary field of study. Co-instructed by faculty and upper-class peer mentors, the practicum refocuses students from content mastery to inquiry-based
research and analysis of the essential questions, methodology, and pedagogy of the disciplines. Students enjoy a breadth of experience through strategic
collaborations with academic departments, research units, libraries, museums, and partnering cultural/art institutions. The Spring 2008 "Music & Censorship"
practicum engaged the provocative and groundbreaking scholarship and research of renowned Russian ethnomusicologists Dr. Margarita Mazo of The Ohio State University
and Dr. Richard Taruskin of UC Berkeley. Students enjoyed the opportunity to share an intimate seminar and reception with Professors Mazo and Taruskin during their
UO campus visits, as well as attend performances of the Eugene Ballet Company at the Hult Center, and conduct research in the UO Library's music collections.
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Leadership for the 21st Century is a 1-credit course that takes place during the Week of Welcome.
It's a great way to get connected to the campus community and to learn how to get involved!
You can register for this course at IntroDUCKtion.
Queer Talk is a fall term class sponsored by University Housing for all students interested in learning more about LGBTQ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer) community. We will be exploring the history and culture of the LGBTQ community both on a national and state level through use of in-class discussions, movies, visiting scholars, and class field trips.
Please contact Kevin Hatfield at 541-346-1977 or kevhat@uoregon.edu to reserve your space in this "instructor approval" course NOW!
If you plan on being admitted to the Robert D. Clark Honors College, you may also want to live in the Honors Hall.
The Honors Hall has a rich history of intellectual programs and tremendous student involvement.
Simply select the Honors Hall as your number one choice on the special interest hall section of your residence hall application.
The purpose of the Faculty-in-Residence (FIR) program in the Residential Halls is to increase both the quantity
and quality of interactions that residents have with faculty and to also provide additional academic support
and programming to the residents.
FIR-led programs in the residence halls provide the opportunity to foster intellectual, personal, and career development
for students. In each of our residence hall communities, faculty members collaborate with residence hall staff members
to develop and implement a variety of programs that range from social and community-building activities to academic and
intellectual discussions.
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When residence hall students invite a faculty member to eat with them at one of the many residence hall
venues, University Housing will pay for the faculty member's meal.
This is a great opportunity to get to know a faculty member outside the classroom, talk about class work,
or explore career opportunities. Students are sometimes reluctant or shy about doing this.
However faculty generally enjoy the opportunity to have a meal with a student.
It may feel less awkward if
two or three residence hall students collectively invite a professor to a meal.
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The International House is home to several Freshman
Interest Groups with international themes. It
usually houses students from all over the world, and has two classrooms
where several International classes are held. The International House (Earl
Hall) is located near other
resources for international programs such as:
Priority is given to students who also sign up for Internationally themed FIGs.
The International House is popular, so be sure to sign up early and mark "International House" as your first choice
in the special interest hall section of the residence hall application.
Each term during "dead week," the week before finals, University Housing hosts "Pancakes at Midnight" to support
students during the final push of the academic term.
Associate Director of University Housing, Director of Residence Life
schoonov@uoregon.edu / (541) 346-4277
Assistant Director for Academic Initiatives
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of History
kevhat@uoregon.edu / (541) 346-1977
Program Coordinator
rnagata@uoregon.edu / (541) 346-4688
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