LLC FAQ

Any Lewis & Clark undergraduate student is eligible to apply to live in an LLC.

Don’t have a background in the LLC you would like to apply to? That’s okay - enthusiastic curiosity goes a long way! LLCs are a way for residents to gather to learn about new things and share knowledge with each other. In your application, please tell us what you hope to gain from your LLC experience and what makes you excited about the LLC.

Specific requirements pertain to Travel Lounge & Launchpad LLCs.

Applications for LLCs will be available on our housing portal. Returning residents will be able to access the applications in March. New students will apply for LLCs in May, after they create their lclark.edu accounts. 

Please contact living@lclark.edu for more information.

Yes, students are welcome to apply for multiple LLCs. Please keep in mind that staff members are looking for thoughtful, reflective answers.  LLC members should be engaged and eager to contribute to their LLC. 

Students may also choose to apply for an Out of House Membership after they receive notification about their live-in LLC application.

Continuing residents are an important part of our LLC communities and provide valuable mentorship and support to our first-time LLC residents. If you are interested in living in your LLC another year you will apply via the housing portal and share why you would like to return.

If you are a single-semester resident, you will automatically be considered a member of Travel Lounge. Single semester students will be assigned to Stewart (or Odell Hall depending on demand) as Travel Lounge members. If a single-semester resident has a specific accommodation or is a graduating senior, and wants/needs to live outside of Stewart-Odell Halls, they can join Travel Lounge as an Out Of House member. 

Yes - anyone with an interest in language learning, travel, and cultural exchange is welcome to apply and live in the Global Languages and Cultures LLC. You might also consider applying to Travel Lounge as an Out Of House member where students commonly study languages for their overseas trips. 

There is no additional financial commitment necessary to live in an LLC. There are some additional programmatic opportunities that may involve an additional financial commitment (such as a trip off campus or a workshop at the Platteau), however these are optional, and scholarships may be available.

These residential communities provide students the opportunity to live with peers who share a common academic interest or hobby. In many ways, being part of a living-learning community is similar to living in a traditional residential setting. However, the programming for living-learning communities is more intentional, and resident satisfaction is more dependent on the individual student opting in to engage!

Sometimes - it depends on the LLC! For example, Environmental Action occasionally teams up with the LC garden club.

If you are part of a student group and want to connect with an LLC, please contact the Area Director that oversees the LLC you are interested in working with.

Although there are no formal leadership positions in LLCs, we invite any residents of LLCs to connect with their RAs and Residential Experience Manager to help plan and execute events!

You and your roommate are both welcome to apply to the LLC. Continuing students can opt into a room together during room selection, and new students can indicate on their housing application that they would like to live with a specific person. Your ability to pull in a roommate that has not applied to live in your LLC will depend on the space available in the LLC, which varies year-to-year for each community. For this reason, we recommend all roommates apply.

Yes, as long as they have also applied and been accepted to live in the LLC, this is definitely possible!

For the LLC application cycle, continuing students will be notified of their application status in late March. New students will find out about their LLC acceptance in June.