What do I get by living in a Theme Community?

Living in a Theme Community offers:

• The chance to live with and next to students with similar identities and/or interests
• Opportunities to meet and interact with campus departments, support services, staff and faculty
• Programming and engagement that is specialized to the specific community
• Chances to network with faculty and staff

What are Living Learning Communities?

Living Learning communities are a place where a group of students who have a common major, career and or college. Through collaborative partnerships with academic colleges, University Housing Services and faculty and staff hold activities, workshops, and learning that tie what you are learning in the classroom to your success here at Sacramento State.

Living Learning Communities is unique in the goals, and event offered; however, they all have:

• Dedicated Events and opportunities for you as student to participate in grow
• Dedicated faculty and staff to ensure your continued success while a member of the community

Key Benefits of Living Learning Communities

• Academic support
• Social Connection
• Faculty Engagement
• Leadership Development
• Identity Exploration

Black Honors College (BHC) Living and Learning Community

Riverview Hall

The Theme Community allows Black Honors College Scholars to share an intellectual and residential experience with an academic focus on Black history, life, culture, and contributions. The Scholars will engage in co-curricular and social programming facilitated by BHC faculty, staff, and community members who will lead lectures, seminars, and discussions on economic empowerment, self-determination, and courageous leadership. BHC scholars will forge bonds with and learn from community of other students with similar experiences to enhance success in the college.

Honors Community

Riverview Hall

The Honors Program Community brings together residents who are accepted into the General Education Honors Program and who want to live on campus. This theme community will honor the mission and vision of the General Education Honors Program by providing an opportunity to have a challenging, innovative, and stimulating learning experience in the residence hall. There will be classes offered in Riverview Hall and a shared community living experience that will include social programming, faculty discussions and guest speaker lectures.

La Colmena Theme Community

Draper Hall

La Colmena (“The Hive” in Spanish) creates an environment for students to connect around the Chicane/Latine cultures. The theme community provides residents with opportunities to enhance their college experience through co-curricular programs and engagement with the Dreamer Resource Center, Serna Center, and the College Assistance Migrant Program. The La Colmena community has a commitment to foster awareness to the social, political, economic, historical, and culture realities faced by Chicane/Latine populations.

Lavender Floor

Riverview Hall

The Lavender Floor aims to be a safe and inclusive spaces for students to build community around a variety of gender and sexual identities. Students living in this community will be supported through intentional programming, connections, and resources alongside the PRIDE Center at Sacramento State. This community has both gendered and gender-neutral restrooms.

Native Student Theme Community

Desmond Hall

The Native Student Theme Community exists as a space for people to explore and celebrate Native cultures, histories, Native leadership, and tribal sovereignty. Theme community provides residents with opportunities to enhance their college experience through co-curricular programs and engagement with the Native American College, ‘Esak’tima Center, faculty and staff, as well as tribal communities.

One Voice: APIDA Theme Community

Sierra Hall

The One Voice: APIDA Theme Community aims to bring together students interested in learning more about the Asian Pacific Islander and Desi American communities. Students in this theme community will have opportunities to engage in programming and connections through the Full Circle Project and the APIDA Center on campus. Community members will be able to increase a sense of belonging through social engagement, community-based service activities, and career opportunities.

The Black Cultural Excellence Community

Klamath Hall

The Black Cultural Excellence Community showcases and highlights examples of Black culture in the past and present. The theme community provides residents with opportunities to enhance their college experience through co-curricular programs and engagement with both the Cooper-Woodson College Enhancement and Martin Luther King, Jr. Center. The Black Cultural Excellence community encourages students to examine their identity through an intersectional lens and advances an understanding of Black Cultures and Pan African concepts.