When attending a college or university, a student should expect to gain the whole higher education experience.  The ultimate academic and social experience occurs on Webster’s newly created Living and Learning Communities.  Students will live and learn with a group of connected students who live residentially and share classes in their majors.

Webster University Living Learning Communities (LLCs) are communities of students on a residence hall floor with a common academic interest in communications or fine arts.  These communities consist of 15 - 30 students living in the same residence hall and taking two or three linked courses.  The courses revolve around a particular theme or field of study, which satisfy general education requirements.  LLCs offer students the opportunity to enhance their learning experience by surrounding themselves with peers who share their academic interests, as well as integrating faculty outside the classroom experience.

Webster University offers three LLCs: Pathways, Communications, and Fine Arts.  For more information on these communities, visit Frequently Asked Questions.

• Communications LLC Brochure
• Fine Arts LLC Brochure
• Pathways Brochure

Social Support:

• allows for interaction with others who share similar interests, therefore developing a common commitment to each other’s personal and academic success.
• LLC members live in the same residence hall with students who take some of the same courses, it is much easier for them to form study groups and get help with challenging courses.
• The first year of college is often overwhelming for first year students, but joining a LLC is a great way to make friends easily and quickly in this large, diverse community.

Faculty Connections:

• In LLCs, ongoing dialogue with peers and educators assists students in making personal meaning of their academic experiences thus enhancing intellectual development.
• LLC members have the added benefit of direct faculty contact early in their collegiate experience, making their learning experience more personalized.
• LLCs enable students to develop communication and leadership skills and encourage an appreciation for lifelong learning. 

Additional Benefits:

• In addition to quality classroom experiences, students will receive additional opportunities to experience their majors outside the classroom.
• Programs such as job shadowing, community mentors, faculty lectures and social opportunities will help connect what students are learning in the classroom to real life application of their majors.
• Research has shown that students are more successful when their academic experiences are integrated with other aspects of their lives.
• Studies have shown that across the country, living learning community students traditionally earn higher GPAs than students who are not in a learning community.
• Other universities have cited that the development of living learning communities have had direct correlation on the retention of their students.