Application and Eligibility, 2012-13

To live in the GLLC, students must be willing to commit to the goals and expectations of the GLLC.

Member of the Global Learning Living Community are expected to:

  1. Attend the fall weekend retreat (September 21-22, 2012), the welcome day in the spring semester (held in late January/early February), and the end-of-the-year celebration in the spring (held in April).
  2. Actively participate in GLLC programming, including monthly international meals and dialogues.
  3. Serve as a student leader for internationalization and intercultural dialogue on campus. This may be done by leading programming in the GLLC; connecting with first-year learning living communities with a similar focus; and/or participation in other intercultural opportunities on campus including membership in the International Club or volunteering as a conversation partner or tutor for the Intensive English Program

The community is open to 1) U.S. and international sophomores*, juniors and seniors; 2) conditionally admitted undergraduates and IEP only, ages 20-25; and 3) exchange and visiting international students, ages 20-25. Students may apply as individuals or in groups of two, three or four.

Criteria that will impact the selection process will include: the student’s essay, GPA, discipline background and overall expressed interest and commitment to intercultural learning. Students with 500 or more discipline points will not be permitted to live in the GLLC.

*Caldwell Apartments is for juniors and seniors only, with the exception of sophomores living in the GLLC for the 2012-13 academic year.

Applying for 2012-13

The Global Learning Living Community is considered Special Interest Housing at the University of Dayton. Students complete a three-step application process as part of Special Interest Housing/GLLC Process:

  1. Global Learning Living Community Application.
  2. Completion of the online 2012-13 Housing Application, which opens January 23, 2012.
  3. If you are applying as a group of two, three or four, your group must complete the online Roommate Group step included in the housing application. The Roommate Group name must begin with GLLC, then followed by the Group Leader’s name (for example, GLLC – John Doe.)

Note: Students will only be able to participate in one lottery/process at a time. Students will need to determine which community they want to live in and participate in that lottery only.

Applications for 2012-13 are due February 20, 2012.

Information Sessions

For more information about the Global Learning Living Community, contact Harriet Brown in the Center for International Programs at hbrown1@udayton.edu.