Interfaith Living-Learning Communities: Lessons Learned

1:45-2:35 p.m.

Location: Pollock A

Type: Informative/panel

Audience: Living Learning Communities

Presenters: JillAnn Knoneborg, Virginia Tech

In light of global events, more colleges and universities than ever want to create interfaith/interreligious living-learning communities. Engaging students' religious, secular, and spiritual identities is critical to both campus climate and individual sense of belonging. But this type of LLC presents challenges that others may not. In this presentation, participants will learn about potential pitfalls in both development and implementation, drawing on lessons learned from Aurora Interfaith Living-Learning Community at Virginia Tech (entering its fourth year in 2024-2025). All participants will leave having made a list of campus partners they need on their planning team.