We offer a wide variety of community living experiences to meet your needs and preferences as you grow and change during your college experience. We provide traditional housing experiences, living/learning communities, and more independent living arrangements. New for the fall of 2012, the Department of Residential Life has added some additional living/learning communities. A basic description is listed below about each community.
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Honors Community:Students accepted into the University Honors program are strongly encouraged to consider living in the Honors Community on a co-ed floor in Sherburne Hall. This living-learning community is designed to complement and support your academic work while also giving you opportunities to meet people and have fun. |
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Pride Community:The Department of Residential Life in collaboration with the LGBT Resource Center has developed the first all-gendered housing option at St. Cloud State University. All-gender housing allows same gender roommates, opposite gender roommates or other gender-identity roommate pairings in University operated housing. The community is designed as an intentional living community affirming the cultural experiences of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, gender-queer, gender-variant, questioning and any other resident who does not fit into the gender binary, as well as their allies.
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Global Learning Community: (New Fall 2012)Do you have an interest exploring other cultures and broadening your understanding of the world around you? If so, we invite you to be part of our Global Learning Community. The GLC, housed in Lawrence Hall, will serve to provide opportunities for learning, personal and academic growth, and overall success in college. Both American and International students who know and enjoy learning foreign languages and who enjoy experiencing the customs and cultures of countries from around the globe are encouraged to join this unique living experience. The intention of the community is to broaden resident’s perspectives of the world around them. Special features of this community include participation in cultural nights, foreign language discussion groups, exploration of the many diverse opportunities SCSU offers, and close interaction with the Department of Foreign Languages, Education Abroad, and the Center for International Studies.
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Transfer Connections: (New Fall 2012)The Department of Residential Life is pleased to offer an exciting living opportunity for our transfer students in Benton Hall. Participation in this living community will provide opportunities for transfer students to build university connections while transitioning successfully into a new college environment. In this community you will be surrounded by other transfer students from a range of institutions around the country who are experiencing similar challenges and successes while transitioning to SCSU. Special features of this community include the opportunity to live with a group of individuals who share common experiences and needs as a transfer student, participation in events planned only for transfer students (i.e., transfer socials, etc.) and connections to campus resources that promote academic success.
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A Healthier U Wellness Community: (New Fall 2012)The Healthier U Wellness Community is designed for students who are invested in their personal wellness through nutrition, physical fitness, spirituality, academic and personal life balance, as well as other aspects that support a holistic approach to healthy living. Residents living in this community in Mitchell Hall will work to cultivate and maintain a healthy lifestyle through wellness workshops and developing their own personal wellness philosophy. Students who chose to live in the Healthier U Wellness Community will enjoy many benefits that will support their overall academic performance by maintaining a healthy lifestyle. Students in the community will also dedicate themselves to living a substance free life.
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Magic, Monsters, and Self: (New Fall 2012)This learning community explores literature focusing on personal journeys while providing information, strategies, and models for managing the transition to college. ENGL 184 will introduce the techniques of close reading as students study literature focusing on heroic journeys into magical realms (i.e. The Hunger Games, The Hobbit). COLL 150 will use this literature to help students explore their personal identity, growth, and development as they make the transition into college. COLL 110 will help students to understand the texts and how to transfer that learning to the student's entire academic life. |
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The Journey Community: (New Fall 2012)As a member of this community, located in Shoemaker Hall, you will take courses along with a special group of students who have agreed to start college early, serve the St. Cloud and SCSU community and work together to ensure a successful beginning to your collective college careers. Students in the Journey Community will share class time, meals and even a living space in Shoemaker Hall for their first college year. Please note that this program does begin June 24. Following the completion of the summer program, students will continue living in Shoemaker for the remainder of their first year of college. |
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Recovery Community: (New Fall 2012)St. Cloud State University is proud to announce the creation of a Recovery Community designed to provide a safe and welcoming environment where students in recovery can receive support while working to obtain a college degree. This residentially based program applies best practice strategies that assist students in developing the behaviors and skills necessary to allow them to succeed while in recovery.
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