It's Your Community, It's Your Neighborhood!

If you live in the Residence Halls, you'll hear the word "community." Many floor members form close relationships, often with students very different from themselves, and are involved in many activities together. When things are going well the floor becomes like a family and the hall like a neighborhood. Each hall develops a community feeling, and members of the hall take pride in their hall's reputation, involvement, and environment. It becomes "home."

Being a Member of a Community

The sense of community in the Residence Halls is only as strong as its members make it. Each member must contribute positively toward the sense of hall unity. Learn what it means to be a contributing member of the community.

Learning Communities

FYRE

FYRE (First Year Residential Experience) is an exciting program for new traditional aged freshman students that allows students to easily make new friends, share similar experiences and make a successful transition to college life. Learn more about the FYRE program.

FYRE Nursing Learning Community 

The FYRE Nursing Learning Community houses new female students interested in the BSU Nursing Program.  These students share a living/learning experience designed to foster academic and social success.  Caring and well-trained staff provide educational and social programming and activities designed with the needs of nursing students in mind.  Faculty from the nursing program will be actively involved with these students both in and out of the classroom.

FYRE Outdoors Learning Community

If the beauty and the opportunities of the Northwoods is what drew you to BSU, this is the floor for you!

FYRE Emerging Leaders Learning Community

The Emerging Leaders Learning Community is a new program designed for freshmen students that want to improve their leadership potential. Emerging Leaders exists to lay the groundwork to develop the future campus community leaders. 

 

Open Borders Learning Community

The Open Borders Learning Community (OBLC) is a unique opportunity to make friends from around the world. OBLC offers a dynamic living environment with an array of educational and social opportunities.  Read more about OBLC. Freshmen living on the OBLC floor must participate in FYRE activities and must enroll in a FYRE section of the FYE course.

 

Honors Learning Community

The  Honors Program and the Department of Residential Life are partners in the Honors Residential Experience located on the 11th and 12th floors of Tamarack Hall. It offers students the opportunity to create a special learning community where fellow residents share educational values and enrichment. Students who live in the on these floors can fully participate in Honors Program activities that are offered in Tamarack, and they find it convenient to establish study groups, interest groups, and social activities with their fellow honors students. The Honors Residential Experience is open to all students . Freshmen living in Honors Residential Experience will be invited to participate in FYRE activities and must enroll in an Honors section of an FYE course. For more information, contact the Honors Program at 218-755-3984 or honors@bemidjistate.edu.