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Housing and Residential Experience

The Mayfield Experience

Ten students, one lodge, one project!

The Mayfield Experience seeks to empower students with a platform for pursuing their service and learning interests.  The Mayfield’s provide students an opportunity to create a self-generated, self-directed group project with the guidance of a faculty advisor of their choice.  To apply groups must create and present a detailed proposal of their project’s purpose, goals, and timeline with the assistance of their faculty advisor. Following, proposals are reviewed and groups with well-formed and well-articulated projects may be admitted into the community. Upon entry into the Mayfield’s, program requirements include monthly meetings with your faculty advisor, regular project meetings with your lodgemates, and participation in Resident Adviser (RA) programs for the Highland Community.

2024-2025 APPLICATION Process

  1. Submit the Housing Registration between January 8 and January 12, 2024 in the Housing Portal.
  2. Complete the Mayfield LLC Application between January 15 and February 21, 2024 in the Housing Portal.
  3. Project Leader uploads the group’s Mayfield Experience Project Application Document to the Housing Portal with their Mayfield LLC Application.

Ten (10) participants must complete the online application and contribute to the Mayfield Experience Project Application Document. One participant should be identified as the Mayfield Project Experience Leader and upload the Mayfield Experience Project Application Document with their Mayfield Experience Project online application. Please utilize the “Fill & Sign” function on Adobe Acrobat to complete the document.

For questions about the application process, please contact Byron Uzzell.

Learn more about the space in Mayfield here. 

Mission & Goals

The Mayfield Living Learning Community provides opportunities for students to develop an understanding of and appreciation for living in a residential learning community.  First, a community of ten students – with the help of their advisor – sets specific learning goals, articulates a plan or project for achieving those goals, documents their activities in a monthly report, and evaluates their accomplishments with the Mayfield Living Learning Community Program Coordinator in a monthly meeting.  To assist in evaluating the quality of the program, participants are expected to complete the Quality of Life Survey and other research instruments. Second, Mayfield residents are expected to participate in programs consisting of community development and/or service learning, as relevant to their needs and as directed by the Mayfield Program Coordinators.  Third, through their projects, students come to understand the meaning of membership in a residential learning community.

Successful projects for the Mayfield Experience are rooted in the principles of service-learning and community action: Investigation – researching an issue in the community; Preparation – connecting with a community partner and project planning; Action – completing tasks and managing a budget; Reflection – evaluating outcomes and personal impact; and Demonstration – documenting and presenting your work to the community.

The Mayfield Gallery & Showcase

Each lodge has the opportunity to demonstrate project progress and learning outcomes by participating in the Mayfield Gallery held at the end of the fall semester and in the Mayfield Showcase held at the end of the academic year. The Mayfield Gallery provides the community and partners with a mid-year project update, while the Mayfield Showcase gives each lodge the platform to exhibit project work completed throughout the year via designing and producing a display, video, interactive presentation or other innovative deliverable. Both the Gallery and the Showcase are attended by interested members of the community, faculty, staff and aspiring members of future Mayfield communities.