Residents of the Celebrate the Arts Living Learning Community will expand, educate, and explore interests and involvement in the arts through co-curricular experiences in an effort to foster a life-long commitment to the arts.

Students in this community will:

• Identify opportunities available to explore the arts at Miami University and the greater community. (Effective Community Engagement)
• Recognize art as a way to explore and enhance one's self. (Intrapersonal Development)
• Positively interact with the School of Fine Arts faculty, staff, and/or visiting artists. (Academic Success)
• Create experiences to learn about historical, sociological, and cultural influence on the arts (Cultural Competency)

Only 37% of the students living in Celebrate the Arts Community are majors within the School of Fine Arts.

The majority of the students are in other academic disciplines who have an appreciation for the arts.

Upperclass Student Mentors

In addition to first-year students, Celebrate the Arts is also home to a group of sophomores who have been selected to return to the community to provide guidance, support, and mentoring to the first-year students of the community.  These engaged, passionate students, in partnership with the staff of Collins Hall, will help students make the transition to Miami.

Optional For Credit Courses
THE 191, Theatre Appreciation, an optional three-credit course for non-theater majors, oriented toward development of awareness as an audience member - Non Fine Arts Majors.

MUS 189, Great Ideas in Western Music, an optional three credit course about the development of a sequential listening skill and a descriptive vocabulary used in a study of the style of Western Art Music from Middle Ages through 20th century.

BOT 131: Plants, Humanity, and Environment, an optional three-credit course, introducing the fundamental concepts in plant biology, ecology, and scientific perspective as they relate to issues of social concern.

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