Student Emergency Fund – UofL News Fri, 17 Apr 2026 17:45:05 +0000 en-US hourly 1 UofL is coordinating several efforts to aid eastern Kentucky residents affected by flooding /post/uofltoday/uofl-is-coordinating-several-efforts-to-aid-eastern-kentucky-residents-affected-by-flooding/ Tue, 02 Aug 2022 15:09:28 +0000 /?p=56948 Our families, friends and neighbors in eastern Kentucky need our help. The recent devastating floods have caused significant loss of life and have left many people without homes and without food, water, clothing and other basic necessities.

UofL is coordinating several efforts to aid the residents of eastern Kentucky, and we’re asking our Cardinal family to help. The efforts include:

  • UofL Health is providing $25,000 to the Red Cross for disaster relief and is sending supplies and support to the Mountain Comprehensive Health Corp., which operates nine primary care centers in Appalachia.
  • The School of Dentistry is assisting the Mountain Comprehensive Care Clinic with treating patients with acute dental emergencies. The Dental School also is working with Delta Dental to send its mobile dental clinic to the area.
  • The Kent School of Social Work and Family Science’s Center for Family and Community Wellbeing is collaborating with Volunteers of America to assemble donations through and the Recovery Community Center in Manchester.
  • The School of Medicine’s student body is asking for supplies (bottled water, hygiene products, household products, etc.) to be dropped off in the SOM Office of Student Affairs. Additionally, theyare working closely with the KY Area Health ֱ Centers (AHECs) to assist with their “boots on the ground” activities to provide any support that they need.
  • The Athletic Department is collecting water to be shipped to eastern Kentucky. Gallon jugs are particularly needed. Drop-off will be Thursday, Aug. 4, from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. at Cardinal Stadium. The Admissions Office already has contributed 200 cases of bottled water.
  • The men’s basketball team will participate in a Red Cross telethon Wednesday evening on WLKY-TV to raise funds for needed supplies. The telethon runs Tuesday through Friday from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m.
  • Various schools and colleges also are sponsoring smaller drives and offering support to their students. Contact the individual schools for more information.

Additionally,the UofL Comparative Medicine Research Unit (CMRU) is coordinating relief efforts with the Kentucky Veterinary Medical Association (KVMA) targeting family needs for their animals.The CMRU team will be making several trips over the upcoming weeks to deliver needed items to the affected areas in addition to sending licensed veterinarians and veterinary technicians to provide care for the animals and to assist in capture efforts for animals. More information, including items needed, is available here.

Further,UofL archivist Heather Fox, who works in University Libraries, is assisting several archivists from Kentucky in cleaning and preserving damaged archives at Appalshop, an arts and education center focused on Appalachian culture. The organization’s building and materials were badly damaged during recent flooding in eastern Kentucky.

Finally, UofL’s Trager Institute connected UofL Health and Mountain Comprehensive Health Corp. and is sending supplies and support to eastern Kentucky. Trager’s staff, family and friends also raised over $2,000 to send immediate supplies to eastern Kentucky.

Monetary donations can be sent to the . Donations also can be made to the to aid UofL students who are affected by the flooding.

More than 170 UofL students hail from counties severely impacted by the flooding. UofL is making , emergency housing and other assistance available to these students and their families. Students should contact the at (502) 852-5787 or dos@louisville.edu for support. Students who call over the weekend or after hours should call the UofL Police Department at 502-852-6111, and you will be connected to an on-call staff member.

]]> UofL posts strong enrollment figures /post/uofltoday/uofl-posts-strong-enrollment-figures/ Tue, 30 Mar 2021 21:50:27 +0000 http://www.uoflnews.com/?p=53008 The University of Louisville is posting strong enrollment figures for the 2020-21 academic year, with undergraduate increases in underrepresented minorities.
From Fall 2019 to Fall 2020, Black/African American undergraduate enrollment rose 8%, Hispanic/Latino went up 13% and Asian increased by 11%.
“UofL has held steady and even increased enrollment while other public universities nationwide are seeing declines during this challenging year,” said UofL President Neeli Bendapudi. “We are especially pleased that underrepresented minorities are finding a college home with us.”
In Fall 2020, total enrollment was up to 23,246 from 22,684 a year earlier, or 2.4%. Preliminary enrollment figures for the spring semester show 21,081 total students, up from 20,877 in spring 2020 for an increase of 0.98%.
Nationally, enrollment numbers have trended downward. The National Student Clearinghouse (NSC) reported that overall postsecondary enrollments in the United States declined 2.5% in the fall, and public college enrollments went down by 4%. Also last fall, while our incoming class enrollment increased by more than 200 students, freshmen enrollment dropped 13% nationwide, according to the NSC.
UofL has met numerous challenges during the pandemic. We have raised hundreds of thousands of dollars from generous, willing donors to help meet students’ dire financial needs and enable them to continue their studies. The Student Emergency Fund, which usually maintains a modest $25,000 balance, increased almost 3,000%.
“UofL distributed $788,000 in emergency funds to 862 undergraduate, graduate and professional students since the pandemic started in March of 2020,” said Dean of Students Michael Mardis.
Another result of the pandemic was students’ loss of their academic routines. This led to UofL student success coaches identifying 1,222 students as being at risk and offering guidance to help them stay on track. Advisors reached out to hundreds of students to personally lead them through the spring registration process.
“Our continuous connection with students enables UofL to find solutions to problems before they are too difficult to overcome,” said James Begany, vice provost for enrollment management and student success. “We are devoted to continuing these efforts to ensure every UofL student can reach their goals.”
In addition, through two rounds of 2020 federal COVID-19 stimulus funding, UofL swiftly distributed more than $12 million to students who qualified for aid. More than 8,300 undergraduate and 1,600 graduate students received average awards of $596.
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