Marquette offers several special housing options that bring together students with common majors or common interest, both with and without required course that are a hallmark of the living learning programs. Each option is listed, including how to join these programs.

Business Community

One floor of Eckstein Tower is reserved from incoming business administration students and can accommodate roughly 30 students. Students who live in the Business LLC benefit in taking a business core course together, programming to support community building, academic success workshops and networking opportunities. For more information visit the Business Community.

Engineering Community

One floor of Eckstein Tower is reserved for incoming engineering students and can accommodate approximately 30 students. The College of Engineering partners with the Office of Residence Life, to provide academic peer mentoring, academic success workshops and programming to support students in their first year in the College of Engineering. Students are typically enrolled in the similar classes and prove to be helpful to one another academically and socially. For more information visit the Engineering Community.

All freshman and sophomore Honors students have the opportunity to live together in Straz Tower. The floors are a mix of first- and second-year students providing mentoring, study groups, attending in-hall programs featuring the faculty they meet in the classroom and sponsor a variety of out-of-class events and activities. For more information visit the Living Learning Communities and select either first- or second-year communities as appropriate.

Nursing Community

One floor in Carpenter Tower residence hall is reserved for 25 incoming nursing students, Carpenter Tower has private bathrooms and the Nursing LLC is co-ed by door. Students who live in the Nursing LLC benefit by being assigned an upper-class Nursing mentor, taking Nursing classes together, major specific programming including with faculty and pre-exam study sessions. Students who participate in an LLC generally have a higher GPA, are more likely to graduate and faculty report these students are generally more engaged with their academic program. For more information visit the Nursing Community.

Nuestro Hogar

Nuestro Hogar seeks to create a space for the Latinx student body to come together and form a community. Nuestro Hogar intends to be an inclusive and welcoming environment for all those who value the Latinx community, culture and identity. This is accomplished through participating in events and activities on the Marquette campus and in the surrounding Milwaukee communities. This community occupies two floors of first- and second-year students who are housed together in Straz Tower and eligible students traditionally are native or heritage Spanish speakers. For more information visit the Nuestro Hogar Community.

Umoja: Black Living Learning Community

Umoja means Unity in Swahili and seeks to create a space for Black students across the diaspora to come together and form a community. Umoja intends to be an inclusive and welcoming environment for all those who value the Black community, culture and identities, and are interested in learning and engaging around these values.

Student who live in Umoja will participate in events such as retreats and programming designed to support their identity. Residence Life staff work in conjunction with faculty to plan events to support the community and enhance the learning experience. This community is housed on two floors of Straz Tower and is comprised of first and second year students. To learn more please visit the Umoja LLC website.