Taylor Center (TC) Living Learning Communities (LLCs’) 2023-2024

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Taylor Center (TC) Living Learning Communities (LLCs') 2023-2024

Marlys Boone, ERITAJ, and Lavender Houses make up our LLCs’ for the 2023-2024 academic year.

The purpose of the Taylor Center LLCs’ is to create intentional living/learning environments where students engage in dialogues and plan events around issues that support and celebrate different cultures and identities.

The LLCs’ are located in the townhouses section of the Olaf Avenue Project, each 10-people house has a double occupancy for new residents.

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The purpose of the ERITAJ House is to enhance community efforts to welcome students of diverse heritage and backgrounds, address the hardships and differences as well as celebrate the College’s multi-heritage community.

ERITAJ is a beautiful word in Haitian Creole meaning Heritage.

For more information about the House and how to apply, please contact the House Advisor: Damian Waite (waite1@stolaf.edu.)

2024-2025 application is now open. Apply Here.

Lavender House serves as an intersectional safe space for social programming to build community among students, centered around celebrating the LGBTQ+ community. The house provides social and educational opportunities for the campus to engage in conversation on topics and issues related to the LGBTQ+ community.

Lavender House is driven by a heartfelt mission: to celebrate LGBTQ+ and allied individuals, cultivating a community which promotes equality and intersectionality through social and educational programs.

For more information about the House and how to apply, please contact the House Advisor: Damian Waite (waite1@stolaf.edu.)

2024-2025 application is now open. Apply Here.

The Marlys Boone House is a service coalition open to students of all identities that advocates for Black-identifying people on and off-campus by fostering community, advocating for action, creating safe spaces, and engaging in community work with and for Black-identifying people on campus.

For more information about the House and how to apply, please contact the House Advisor: Damian Waite (waite1@stolaf.edu.)

2024-2025 application is now open. Apply Here.

Participation:

Returning Residents 2024-2025 Application Here

Attend orientation meetings in April and May and the opening House meeting on September 6, 2023.
Prepare the House program proposal for October, November, February, and April projects and submit to the House Advisor.
Attend the weekly or bi-weekly required House gathering.
Attend the twice per semester TC House Community In-services (fall : Oct 5 and Nov 2, 2023) held during Community Hour @ 11:25 AM -12:25 PM
Perform the activities of the resident role assigned. See Residents Roles
Participate in recruitment and informational opportunities when appropriate. (Parents Weekend, Student Organizations Fair, etc.)

Teamwork:

Have and attend House meetings.
Each House resident must show equal commitment for accomplishing each project goals and help others in the planning and execution of the House mission and events.
Each resident is responsible for the shared community spaces in the House including the cleanliness of the kitchen.

Communication:

Provide information to the House advisor concerning number of participants, monthly programs, program finances and project concerns.

Responsibility and Accountability:

Comply with St. Olaf financial and Residential life procedures.
Learn and follow the TC credit card use procedure.
Complete event reports and program assessment.
Implement the House Programming.
Abide by St. Olaf Policies as stated in the Student Handbook section of The Book.
Participate in the House evaluation process.
Be a responsible neighbor.
Leave the House in a condition equal or better than it was when you arrived.