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and would love to see MSU’s livinglearning programs expand and continue receiving support from the university.

Although living with peers of similar interests can do wonders for a student, Grover said his ability to challenge his world views came from interacting with others outside the RISE program.

“Meeting so many folks from different majors can be beneficial to your experience and that global mindset that MSU promotes,” Grover said.

REHS also offers special-interest communities, including the Detroit M.A.D.E Scholars Program, College of Music, MSU Army ROTC and the College Assistance Migrant Program, or CAMP.

Many of MSU’s special-interest communities, such as Detroit M.A.D.E, CAMP and the Collegiate Recovery Community, are not collegebased. Some are supported by one or multiple colleges, like the RISE community.

Balks said a full-scale collegebased housing system would impact these established special-interest communities and cross-college collaborations.

“It’d be harder to have some of those interest-area living-learning communities if everything was college-based,” Balks said.