Established in 2015, the Honors Living-Learning Community (HLLC) is an innovative Rutgers University–Newark
initiative that is revolutionizing honors, cultivating talent, and engaging
communities. The HLLC is redefining the notion of "honors" by creating
intergenerational and interdisciplinary learning communities comprised of
students, faculty, and community partners focused on tackling some of the
nation's most pressing social issues. Dynamic students are selected to join a
living-learning community and intergenerational network across all intersections
of identity focused on cultivating knowledge, fostering understanding across
and within groups, and activating social, institutional, and cultural change.Honors
Living Learning Community Staff
Timothy K. Eatman
Dean of the Honors Living-Learning Community
Associate
Professor of Urban Education
Marta Elena Esquilin
Associate
Dean of the Honors Living-Learning Community
Assistant Professor of Professional Practice, American Studies
Engelbert Santana
Assistant Dean of Advisement
Serafina Smith
Assistant Director of Honors Living-Learning Community Admissions
The
HLLC is a transformational college access program that is broadening pathways
to college for promising local talent and reimagining the academy. The
HLLC endeavors to increase access to higher education for academically
promising, talented, and civic-minded individuals, some of whom may be
overlooked by relying solely on standard academic indicators for college
success. Utilizing a holistic admissions rubric,
the HLLC identifies exceptional first-year students and community college
transfers from Newark and Greater Newark, while also extending its reach to
other national and international regions.
A
State-of-the-Art Facility
Our
vision is to create a state-of-the-art facility with dining, recreational, and
academic spaces that will host upwards of 400 talented undergraduate students. This
facility is currently under construction with plans to open its doors in
August 2018.
The
HLLC Scholars
The
HLLC cohorts include students who enroll in postsecondary education immediately
following high school graduation, GED recipients, and transfer students who
hold associate's degrees from community colleges. Examples of HLLC students
include, but are not limited to the following:
- High school
graduates
- First-generation
college students
- Transfer students
- Veterans
- Older students
- General Education
Development (GED) recipients
- Student parents
- Financially
independent students
