The Environmental Design (ENVD) Living Learning Community (LLC), housed in Willard Hall, is a residential community for first-year ENVD students to engage in regular programming that will supplement the academic rigor of their design education. As part of the ENVD First-Year Experience Program, students will create meaningful connections with their cohort, engage in social and academic events, as well as develop a deeper understanding of the importance of diversity, equity, inclusion and allyship.
ENVD has averaged a 90 percent retention rate of current undergrads across three years
ENVD welcomed its largest, most diverse class in fall 2021
participating in one ENVD FYE event a month increased GPAs by at least one point higher