UofL's Faculty Senate met using a hybrid format on Oct. 6, and senators received updated vaccination rates, information on student retention, record-breaking figures in research and innovation funding and the Faculty Grievance Officer's annual report. Executive Vice President and University Provost Lori Gonzalez provided senators with updated COVID-19 vaccination rates for the university community. As of Oct. 5, 2021, students reported the highest rate of vaccination at 86.1%, followed by 82.7% for staff and 82.1% for faculty at UofL. During the month of October, vaccinated students have the option to enter a drawing for a variety of prizes including priority registration, a blue parking pass, a year of free coffee from the campus Starbucks or a semester of undergraduate tuition. Gonzalez also addressed enrollment figures. Gonzalez encouraged senators and their constituents to aide in the retention effort by submitting progress reports to identify students in need of academic
University of Louisville leaders call McConnell s comments on The 1619 Project troubling
Leaders said the UofL grad s comments were troubling for American descendants of slaves, our allies and those who support us. Author: Taylor Weiter Updated: 6:49 PM EDT May 6, 2021
LOUISVILLE, Ky. In a campus-wide email Thursday, University of Louisville leadership called alumnus Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell s comments on The 1619 Project from The New York Times Magazine troubling for American descendants of slaves, our allies and those who support us.
During a press conference at UofL Monday, McConnell said he would not consider 1619 the year Africans were first brought to America as slaves an important moment in the country s history.