Living 学习 Communities

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The 公元前F1RST Living 学习 社区 is an inclusive community dedicated to supporting first-year, first-generation, and low-income students in their transition to college. The 公元前F1RST LLC works in collaboration with the 学习 to Learn office to offer a variety of programs, activities, and 服务s to help members connect with fellow first-generation, first-year college students, 工作人员, 教师, and administrators. Participants will be encouraged to develop support networks to enhance their personal development, pursue academic excellence, and enhance their collegiate experience. Through group discussions on various topics, students will gain increased knowledge and confidence that will enable them to be successful at BC. 选择公元前F1RST LLC的学生必须在秋季学期注册学习理论应用(UNAS 1005)课程. 学习理论的应用课程将帮助学生在学术和智力上向BC过渡，并帮助学生建立对自己学术能力的信心.

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The Fr. Rutilio Grande, S.J., 跨文化体验生活学习社区为来自不同背景的大一新生提供了一个机会，让他们反思自己的个人身份，并与社区中可能有共同或相似身份或生活经历的其他个人建立联系. GIE focuses on 多样性 in all forms including race, 性别, sexual orientation, 种族, physical ability, 宗教, 和更多的. 这个社区的学生将生活在一个包容性的社区，致力于促进对差异的理解和庆祝多样性. Through group discussions on multiculturalism, 多样性, social justice, and exploration of identity, students will gain an expanded worldview, thus creating a safe, 欢迎, and fun living space for all.

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The Fr. Rutilio Grande, S.J., 二年级学生跨文化体验生活学习社区是一个多元化的学生社区，他们致力于创造一个庆祝多样性的环境，并希望成为社会变革的推动者. This community is for students who are committed to leadership development, and who see leadership as a collaborative process to promote social change. Students will get to further develop their own leadership skills, explore their passions, and apply knowledge to have a positive impact on their community.

Open to sophomore students only.

Students who participate in GIE their first year are not guaranteed placement in GIE 2.0.

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The Healthy Living 社区 (HLC) aims to provide students an opportunity to define what a healthy lifestyle entails for them individually and as a community. HLC also provides students an opportunity to live in an environment free of alcohol, 烟草 and other harmful substances. 居住在健康生活社区的居民可以参加各种社会活动，并与学生健康中心建立独特的伙伴关系. 所有住在HLC的学生都需要通过学生健康中心完成一个健康指导课程. This community encourages members to maintain a lifestyle that supports academic success, personal development, well-being, and a sense of community. 住院医师通过各种计划在大厅和整个大学内促进健康的选择.

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The 正义 & the Common Good Living 学习 社区 is a residential community for incoming first-year MCAS students who would like to deepen their interests in social justice, cultural 多样性, and the common good. Students in the JCG LLC gain new tools for reflecting on and leading social transformation in pursuit of justice, 股本, and universal flourishing. 
The JCG LLC Supplemental Application can be found here.

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The Kostka Women’s Experience Living 学习 社区 is a community where  residents participate in conversations around women’s issues, empowering women, and women’s leadership. The Kostka Women's Experience LLC  offers engagement through a dinner and discussion series, 撤退, and opportunities to connect with women in leadership roles.  Through the Kostka Women's Experience, community members deepen their commitment to personal health and wellness, explore and develop their identity, and engage in meaningful conversations.

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The Perspectives Living 学习 社区 is an academic initiative for first year students that possesses a distinct bond between an academic course and a residential living community. 居住在这个社区的学生有机会参与与展望课程建立联系的专业编程, creates deeper relationships between students, 教师, and administrators, and develops a strong peer cohort. The program’s goal is to promote the development of authentic friendships that are both intellectual and social. This common bond and social interaction increases academic attentiveness and connection with classmates.

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The Seacole Scholars program is a living learning community for first-year nursing students that are interested and committed to increasing the 多样性 of the nursing profession. Students of color, first-generation to college students, and Montserrat students are highly encouraged to apply for the Seacole Scholars program. Scholars will be required to participate in a 1-credit course that focuses on 多样性, 股本, and inclusion. In addition to the 1-credit Seacole Scholars Seminar, Seacole Scholars will also register for Perspectives and the required nursing courses (anatomy and physiology I, life science chemistry, and nursing first-year seminar). This special Perspectives section will pay special attention to questions and claims regarding themes of suffering, care-giving, responsibility for self and for others, and their relation to the question of the existence of God and the rise of modern science, and will fulfill the philosophy and theology core requirements. 

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The Shaw Leadership Program is a unique Living 学习 社区 run through the Office of Residential Life. Each summer, 20 highly motivated incoming first year students are selected from a competitive applicant pool to become the "Shaw Class" for that graduating class. During the first year in the program, students reside in the Shaw House, attend monthly leadership seminars, participate in community 服务 opportunities, and apply the skills they learn to create and complete a leadership project. In the monthly seminars, students are introduced to the Shaw model of leadership  which is based upon three tenets: leadership education, 服务, and community engagement.