Give: Learning Communities Fund
Ohio University's Learning Communities are supported by the Learning Community Fund. It's through generous donations from people like you — alumni, supporters and friends — that we can offer additional engagement opportunities and enhanced experiences to students enrolled in Learning Communities.
The Learning Community Fund supports the Enhanced Experience fund, which Learning Community Leaders and instructors can apply for and use to engage their students experiences related to their major or exploring a major. Past Enhanced Experiences were only possible through 15,000 generous donations from more than 6,700 donors.
If you would like to be a part of offering enhanced experiences to future Bobcats through the Learning Community Fund, you can do so through GiveCampus. Click the "donate" button to be redirected to a secure giving form.
Alumni Newsletter
There are great stories we want to share with past Instructors and LCLs, Peer Leaders associated with Learning Community Programs. We are developing a newsletter each semester.
Here are the newsletters to date:
February 2026 Alumni Newsletter
October 2025 Alumni Newsletter
If you did not receive it, please update your email address with Alumni Relations so that you do not miss the next one!
Enhanced Experience Funded Activities
Through the Enhanced Experience fund, past Learning Communities have been able to participate in a wide array of activities, allowing them to take their learning beyond the classroom and into the greater community and region. These experiences are designed to broaden the students' horizons, explore and find new ways to think outside of the box.
Biological Sciences Students go to the Zoo
Three of our Biological Sciences Learning Communities took a trip to the Columbus Zoo to learn more about animals and biomes. These three communities covered the majority of Biology Majors at OHIO. Some students noted they were able to see animals they had only seen in books before. Almost every student said that this experience reaffirmed their choice of major. All students who attended were very excited, and hosting a joint event with 2 other LCOMs helped students meet new people and make new friends! Everyone who attended, including LCLs, was excited to engage in something fun and exciting but also related to our studies.
"Learning communities changed my life!" - Tegan Caney
Otherworld Immersive Art Experience
Students enrolled in the Fine Arts Learning Community took a trip to Otherworld, a unique, hands-on immersive art experience in Columbus, Ohio.
"The trip was a major success and all of the students loved exploring all of the rooms and appreciating all of the peculiar art that they were surrounded by," Learning Community Leader Murielle Marra shared.
Mechanical Engineering Egg Drop
Mechanical Engineering Learning Communities held a shared experience bringing together five communities as well as upper-class mentors. The event, lead by our Learning Community Leaders and Instructors, paired first semester Mechanical Engineering Students with a Junior or Senior in the program to provide a simulated project. The event covered most of the traditional steps you encounter in an engineering project, from idea design, blueprint implementation, and material acquisition before students tested their project. This experience had a major impact.
“It was such an amazing experience to see all of the communities and upper-class students come together for a project. Our Learning Community seemed to really enjoy the experience and learning from older students.” -Anonymous Quote