AU!!

Community... Everyone refers to AU as a community and we definitely are. Having said that, there are also smaller communities on campus, in addition to the fact that we are part of something much bigger than ourselves! (prepared to be blown away!!!)

We all have something in common: Going to/being employed by AU

What do we want to get out of that: Education in some way or another, or teaching and getting paid.

We can easily relate to anyone on this campus because we are UNITED by this campus and all the opportunities available to us here.

Furthermore, on campus, there are smaller communities such as...University College...aka us!

We specifically are a division of the larger AU community just by doing Wednesday Labs and living on the same floor and taking a COMMON class. We are the Exploring Community, sub set of the UC Community, sub set of AU

Want to zoom out further? We are all students, we are united by our common thirst and quest for knowledge.

Honestly, because of the self-interest idea we talked about in class (and I know perhaps not everyone agrees) but you can make anything a community, as long as people are together and acknowledge that fact.

Is AU a functioning community? Absolutely - of course every system has its floors but we openly accept ourselves into the AU community, which expands past current students and faculty to include all the alumni, benefactors and whoever else feels AU in some way contributed meaningfully to their lives.

The next question logically follows is what is so daunting about the world that at every chance we get we make these common bonds between people around us, or is it just human nature to ultimately "cling" for our own sense of comfort?