LIVING-LEARNING COMMUNITIES

Michigan State University's living-learning, academic and special interest programs allow students who share similar academic interests, or interests in multi-cultural living experiences, to live together in a designated residence hall or on a particular residence hall floor.

Many of the living-learning options allow students to attend class with the same group of peers in their residence hall, which enhances friendships, networking and facilitates ease of gatherings and study time.

Residence Education and Housing Services is proud to partner with these programs as they seek to enhance students' experiences at MSU. Each year, the incoming freshman class is assigned to the on-campus residential housing (see below). The current residents of these floors have high priority to select a new room on-campus for the following fall.

Degree-granting Residential Programs

• James Madison College - Case Hall
• Lyman Briggs College - Holmes Hall
• Residential College for the Arts and Humanities - Freshman Housing, second floor Snyder Hall and second Floor Phillips Hall

Residential Communities

• Honors College - Rather (2012)/Bryan (2013), Case, Holmes, Mason, Snyder/Phillips, and Gilchrist Halls
• Academic Scholars Program- Freshman Housing: third floor West Holden Hall
• Residential Business Program - Freshman Housing: first and second floors East McDonel Hall
• Drew Scholars - Freshman Housing: second floor Rather Hall
• Multi-Racial Unity Living Experience (MRULE) - Brody Neighborhood, East Neighborhood and South Neighborhood
• Residential Experience for Spartan Engineers - Freshman Housing: second through sixth Floors East Wilson; second through sixth floors West Wilson
• Residential Initiative for the Study of the Environment (RISE) - Freshman Housing: second floor Bailey Hall

Special Interest Groups

• CAMP - Freshman Housing throughout Holden Hall
• ROTC - Fifth floor South Wonders Halls
• Music - Freshman Housing throughout Yakeley, Landon, Ghilchrist, Mayo, Campbell