Living Learning Communities

The Honors Program is home to the most engaged, curious and motivated students on USD’s campus. Our students are overwhelmingly successful at achieving full, varied, enriching college experiences, and the best way to jump start those experiences is by living in the Honors Living Learning Community during your first year. Students living on the Honors floor can expect to enjoy competitive trivia nights, participate in a first-year common read and work with an honors advisor to enroll in common courses during your first year. For years, seniors have cited the Honors floor as the place where they met their best friends during their freshman year. In fact, the biggest complaint the Honors Program hears is from students who regret not living in the Honors LLC.

The Honors LLC is located in the North Complex and placement is based upon acceptance into the Honors Program. For more information on the Honors Program or its Living Learning Community, please contact [email protected].

Wiyuskinyan Unpi Tipi Living Learning Community – which translates from Lakota to “where they live contently” – is a community dedicated to students interested in learning about Native American culture including Native American or Indigenous students and/or Native American studies majors and minors. The community is designed to provide students with a supportive community that centers Native American/Indigenous perspectives, cultures and histories. In this Living Learning Community, you'll have the opportunity to participate in weekly events focused on cultural preservation, tribal sovereignty, language revitalization and the betterment of Native nations. The Wiyuskinyan Unpi Tipi is located in North Complex.

For more information, please contact Native Student Services at [email protected].

This community is dedicated to students who want to fully immerse themselves in Hispanic Language and Culture. Students will be able to freely explore the complexities and richness of the Spanish-speaking world through language and cultural exploration. Casa Latina will be located in North Complex.

For questions, contact [email protected].

The Sustainability Living Learning Community is for students of any major who are interested in making positive change in our world. We get to know each other through group activities and efforts that make a difference. For example, we run a composting program and provide opportunities for swapping clothes.

We encourage students in this Living Learning Community to register for Sustainable Society (SUST 111), Sustainable Environment (SUST 113/L), or another related course. Students in their first year at USD may especially enjoy the First-Year Experience Seminar on Sustainable Practices (ASC 100 - FYE Sem: Sustainable Practices).

For more information, please email [email protected].