ACADEMIC REQUIREMENTS

The Kresge first-year writing seminar, Power and Representation, invites students to participate actively in the creation of new social responsibilities. Class conversation, written essays and commentaries, readings, films, field trips, and workshops help students challenge theory and social practice in meaningful “real-world” ways. The course is an examination of key moments at the middle and end of the 20th century. It focuses on Hiroshima and the dawn of the atomic age, and social movements of the late 1950s, 1960s, and early 1970s, including civil rights, the Vietnam War, the women's movement, and the gay and lesbian movement. The last part of the course deals with the economic downturn of the 1990s.

EDUCATIONAL ENRICHMENT AND EXTRA-CURRICULAR OPPORTUNITIES

• Independent living is supported through a strong academic community that upholds the ideals of celebrating cultural differences through growth and understanding.
• Students actively shape their community through participation in Parliament, and the Multicultural Committee.
• The “STARS at Kresge Center” provides support and services to transfer students.
• Casa Luis Valdez emphasizes academic, social, and cultural programming in film and digital media and Chicano theater.
• Students can participate in three student-run cooperatives: the Music Co-op, the Photo Co-op, and the Food Co-op.
• Monthly concerts, movies, crafts, games, and contests provide students with fun community activities.

HOUSING AND DINING

• Eleven two-story apartment buildings house about 300 students in various apartment styles which include both private and shared rooms.
• Five three-story buildings at Kresge East house 28 apartments -- four single bedrooms each -- reserved for continuing, re-entry, and transfer students.
• A cafe/coffee shop is located at this college.
• Themed Housing options
• A dining hall is nearby.

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