54 | STEVENS STUDENT HANDBOOK cultivates a supportive environment, fosters personal growth and social responsibility, and develops leaders and global citizens during their time at Stevens and beyond. 2024-2025 Living-Learning Communities First Year Living Learning Communities 1GS. In collaboration with peers, staff, and faculty, the 1GS Living-Learning Community offers a residential experience aimed at assisting first-year, first-generation college students (i.e., those students who are the first in their family to attend a college or university) in navigating the academic and social transition to Stevens. First-generation college students have a special chance to establish stronger connections with their classmates through the 1GS LLC, which will help them succeed academically, become more involved on campus, and feel more like they belong. Increased interaction between faculty and staff, along with purposeful engagement opportunities such as social gatherings, cultural enrichment experiences, and community service activity, are key factors in fostering growth for 1GS members. Scholars House. Pinnacle Scholars have a place to love and study together at The Scholars House. The Scholars House will carry on the customs of peer mentoring, the cultural passport that enables students to take advantage of rich cultural events and the formation of a strong sense of community among peers. All of which support the current program’s objectives. The highly acclaimed program, with its personalized approach to advisement and faculty connections, will be more closely linked with The Scholars House, a purposefully designed residential experience that offers a fulfilling academic and co-curricular experience. WiMSE (Women in Math, Science, and Engineering).. WiMSE is dedicated to helping women succeed in STEM fields. First-year female students have the chance to live together in a welcoming residential community through the WiMSE Living-Learning Community. Interactions with peers who have comparable opportunities and challenges in their academic, social, and professional lives are available to WiMSE members. WiMSE provides its residents with academic support, interactions with faculty, and a friendly community of fellow STEM students. The residents’ perseverance in achieving success in their chosen STEM field is aided by the mentorship they receive from the Lore-El Center residents as well as the social events and programs designed specifically for WiMSE residents. FYRE. The First Year Residential Experience (FYRE) provides each first-year student living on campus the opportunity to engage in programs and events focused on helping students transition into their first year at Stevens. FYRE is a year-long, intentionally designed residential community that fosters the development of relationships with their peers, faculty, and staff and promotes learning valuable information about academic success, life, the Stevens community and beyond. The mission of FYRE is to support residents as they transition and adjust to the academic rigor and campus community of Stevens through access points to academic enrichment opportunities, support services, and campus involvement. Living in FYRE presents many opportunities for students to live in a residential community that promotes all aspects of wellness, including social, emotional, ethical, and physical well-being. Living-Learning Opportunities for Returning Students Clark Scholars. Clark Scholars is an upperclassman Living-Learning Community housing Clark Scholars. Members of the Clark Scholars LLC will be able to bond in a supportive residential community with peers in the same honors program. Ducks by Design. (DbD) are student-designed communities that offer an opportunity for groups of returning students with a concept for a themed community to propose their idea to create a year-long residential experience in the UCC Residential Towers. Ducks by Design are application-based, and proposals will be reviewed by the Office of Residential Education and the LLC Advisory Committee. Ducks by Design communities can be centered around a shared interest, passion or identity.
