{"id":976,"date":"2016-12-08T10:04:48","date_gmt":"2016-12-08T15:04:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/housing\/?p=976"},"modified":"2026-04-13T15:23:58","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T19:23:58","slug":"exploringundeclared-llc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/housing\/exploringundeclared-llc\/","title":{"rendered":"Exploring\/Undeclared LLC"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Exploring\/Undeclared<br>\nLiving and Learning Community<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>The Exploring\/Undeclared&nbsp;Living and Learning Community at URI provides first-year students with a living environment that promotes personal growth, academic success, and a smooth transition from high school to college. <a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/housing\/living-and-learning-communities\/\">See an overview of LLCs at URI<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Eligibility<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Incoming first-year students with undeclared majors&nbsp;who request&nbsp;on-campus housing are automatically&nbsp;eligible for assignment to the Exploring\/Undeclared residence hall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Learn more about <a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/housing\/apply\/living-learning-community-housing-assignments\/\">Living and Learning Community housing assignments<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Programming and Traditions<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Here are just a few of the opportunities available to you through the Exploring\/Undeclared LLC, whether or not you live in LLC Hall:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Career forums to help you explore careers that you may find fulfilling<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Meet-the-deans events<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Monthly advising workshops to help you find a best-fit major that suits your personality<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mid-Semester check-ins where advising staff go door-to-door (with sweet treats) to check in on your academics and major interests<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Door-to-door check-ins by the Resident Academic Mentor<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Staff and Contacts<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h4>\n\n\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"uri-people-tool cl-tiles halves\"><div class=\"peopleitem h-card has-thumbnail\">\n\t<header>\n\t\t<div class=\"header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/housing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2026\/HD-Meredith-Whaley-scaled.jpg\" class=\"u-photo  wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/housing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2026\/HD-Meredith-Whaley-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/housing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2026\/HD-Meredith-Whaley-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/housing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2026\/HD-Meredith-Whaley-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/housing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2026\/HD-Meredith-Whaley-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/housing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2026\/HD-Meredith-Whaley-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/housing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2026\/HD-Meredith-Whaley-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/housing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2026\/HD-Meredith-Whaley-364x273.jpg 364w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/housing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2026\/HD-Meredith-Whaley-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/housing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2026\/HD-Meredith-Whaley-1000x750.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/housing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2026\/HD-Meredith-Whaley-1280x960.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/housing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2026\/HD-Meredith-Whaley-2000x1500.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"p-name\">Meredith Whaley<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/header>\n\t<div class=\"inside\">\n\n\t\t<p class=\"people-title p-job-title\">Hall Director - Brookside and Heathman Hall<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-department\"><\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-address p-street-address\"><\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-misc\"><a class=\"u-email\" href=\"mailto:meredith.whaley@uri.edu\">meredith.whaley@uri.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Academic Partner<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/advising\/meet\/sokhoeun-khoy\/\">Sokhoeun Khoy<\/a><\/strong>, Academic Advisor<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Exploring\/Undeclared Living and Learning Community The Exploring\/Undeclared&nbsp;Living and Learning Community at URI provides first-year students with a living environment that promotes personal growth, academic success, and a smooth transition from high school to college. See an overview of LLCs at URI Eligibility Incoming first-year students with undeclared majors&nbsp;who request&nbsp;on-campus housing are automatically&nbsp;eligible for assignment to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":581,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"144,402,416,1416,998,1004","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-976","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-first-year-llc"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/housing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/976","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/housing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/housing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/housing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/581"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/housing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=976"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/housing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/976\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22848,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/housing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/976\/revisions\/22848"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/housing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=976"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/housing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=976"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/housing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=976"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}