"So, how do you work with Housing?": Navigating Cross-Divisional LLC Partnerships, Strategies from Academic and Student Affairs

2:45-3:35 p.m.

Location: Pollock B

Type: Facilitated dialogue

Audience: Coordinated Studies, Living Learning Communities

Presenters: Garrett Turr, Joel Bynum, and Joel Whitesel, Ball State University

This interactive session will guide attendees through the practical questions to answer before entering partnership opportunities across divisional boundaries. Drawing upon the institutional experience of growing an LLC model within Housing and Residence Life, the presenters from Ball State Housing and Residence Life and the Miller College of Business seek to shed light on the institutional realities that may impact how cross-divisional partners can take shape. Institutional realities such as budget allocations, personalities, and discipline-specific culture impact the approach and development of new or refreshed partnerships. The Best-Practices Model of LLC development (Inkelas et al., 2018) and thoughtful reflection on your institution's "Horizontal and Vertical Structures" (Keeling et al., 2007) will support attendees in developing an actionable plan of questions they need to answer for themselves and offer tangible strategies to apply in your work to build new partnerships across campus silos.