Integrated Learning-Living Communities
For the past three years, the mentorship program has been a vital part of the University of Dayton Women in Science and Engineering program, which allows first-year students to be mentored by an upperclassman of a similar science or engineering major.
And where is the support of community found at the University of Dayton? Well, ours is found through WISE!
Seven BEES alumni reminisced about a field trip from the fall of 2019, where students cleaned up the Little Miami River at John Bryan State Park, and decided to give the State Park another visit, on April 14, 2021.
Notwithstanding the challenges of the pandemic, it has been quite the year in the Core Program.
The University of Dayton's Women in Science and Engineering Integrated Learning-Living Community adapted and thrived during a pandemic in the 2020-21 academic year.
Students in the Women in Science and Engineering Integrated Learning-Living Community describe fall activities and share their views on living in community with fellow students.
COVID-19 protocols did not prevent the BEES from swarming this fall. Bike rides along the river—in cohorts smaller than 10 persons—enabled students to visit Dayton’s archeological site Sun Watch (which was abandoned by Fort Ancient Native Americans in after a rapid period of resource depletion) and see the area’s landfill and sewage treatment plant…from a healthy distance.
Fall semester brought new experiences for many first-year students beginning with attendance at the annual First Year Arts Immersion.
CIC coordinator Said Elhamri (PHY) recently received a note from a student from his fall 2018 class which perfectly describes the spirit in which the ILLC was designed.