• Are you interested in issues of diversity and multiculturalism?
• Would you like to learn more about inter-group dialogue?
• Does a dynamic and engaged community both in and out of the classroom appeal to you?

What This Learning Community Is About

You will develop your sense of citizenship and personal responsibility as they focus on learning and developing skills making them capable of engaging, leading and facilitating civic involvement both on campus and in the broader community.

• take a one-credit workshop  that meets weekly where you will:
  • participate in Intergroup Dialogue challenging you to engage in self-reflection, rethink attitudes and assumptions, and analyze historical and sociological material
  • develop a more positive approach to exploring difficult and potentially controversial topics
  • learn to be an Intergroup Facilitator
  • identify concrete ways of taking actions that create a more socially just campus
  • prepare to engage in service both at Villanova and in the broader community through partnering with diverse area high schools relatively close to Villanova’s campus.
• be taught by faculty and staff from ACS, the Communication Department, Honors Program, and Center for Multicultural Affairs; the workshop class runs from August through early March
• be housed together in St. Monica Hall on South campus with other members of the program
•  participate in a specially designed sections of the first year seminar course Augustine and Culture Seminar (called ACS) with other residents in your hall
• have a more enriched academic experience because students and faculty interact in and out of class creating a stronger community for the first year students

Students selected to participate will automatically be enrolled in a designated section of the first year seminar course, ACS, and in the “Diverse World” 1-credit workshop (listed as VEXP). The 1-credit course is in addition to the regular course load and is spread out from the beginning of the school year through early March. It is designed not to interfere with your other academic requirements and is open to students from all four colleges: Liberal Arts & Sciences, Business, Engineering, and Nursing.