Through the Forty Under 40 program, LBF introduces readers to local professionals under the age of 40 who are flourishing in their careers and contributing to the local Louisville community. LBF honored this year’s class on Sept. 24, 2024, at a Galt House ceremony in downtown Louisville.

Brandeis School of Law

Alex White ’12 graduated with his juris doctor, which he now uses to support his devotion to personal injury law in his role as the owner of Alex R. White, PLLC.

Mashayla Hays ’15, ’18 graduated with a bachelor’s degree in pan-African studies and her juris doctor. She is a member of the Delta Sigma Theta sorority and was a Woodford R. Porter Scholar. She is currently an adjunct professor in the Brandeis School of Law and teaches law and government at Central High School.

“UofL invested in me and my dreams,” Hays said. “It’s because of my amazing professors that I felt prepared to go to law school after graduation. I am forever grateful for my time at UofL, the relationships I’ve built and the multitude of opportunities that I’ve been granted over the years. Being a Cardinal means that you embody resilience, and no matter the obstacle, you will persevere and strive for greatness.”

College of Arts and Sciences

Kyle Miller ’07 graduated with a bachelor’s degree in political science, later earning his juris doctor from Vanderbilt University. Today, Miller practices as a partner in the global data privacy and cybersecurity group for Dentons Bingham Greenebaum.

“My time at UofL formed who I am today,” Miller said. “UofL gave me a global outlook. I’m now a partner at the largest law firm in the world and manage global teams across countries and cultures. I’m proud to be a Cardinal.”

Communication major Katie Fussenegger ’09 works as the executive vice president at the Kentucky Derby Museum and is also the executive board chair for the Kentucky Travel Industry Association.

With bachelor’s degrees in communication and fine arts, Kappa Delta sorority member Megan Imel ’10 serves as the agent and owner of Megan Imel – State Farm, in addition to serving on the board of directors for The Cabbage Patch Settlement House.

After receiving a communication degree, Grace Flaherty ’16 took a role at the Obama Foundation as the manager of strategy and governance and coordinator to the office of Mrs. Obama. At UofL, Flaherty was a member of the Delta Zeta sorority and participated in two charitable dance marathons.

College of Business

Former Cardinal women’s basketball player����’12, ’14 earned her bachelor’s degree in business economics and her master of business administration at UofL. She now works as the manager of supplier diversity for Suntory Global Spirits, the third-largest producer of distilled beverages worldwide.

Business administration graduate Terry Hall ’10 works as the director of financial planning and analysis at Trilogy Health Services and as president of the Lesly & Rhyan Prather Foundation, which helps support women, children and families dealing with tragedy.

Nicole Wadell ’15, ’23 serves as senior director and partner of market growth support and marketing analytics at Confluent Health. Wadell earned her bachelor’s in communication, master of business administration and a certificate in managerial analytics at the university.

College of ����ֱ�� and Human Development

Brigitte Burpo ’20 earned her doctorate in educational leadership, evaluation and organizational development with a specialization in sports administration. Burpo now serves as a clinical assistant professor in UofL’s department of health and sport sciences, where she focuses on race and gender in sports and athletics at historically Black colleges and universities.

Kent School of Social Work and Family Science

With both a bachelor’s and master’s degree in social work, Jaydee Graham ’15, ’16 serves as the business development manager at Aware Recovery Care where she is working to develop Kentucky’s first in-home addiction treatment program. Graham is also the author of “The Soul Grind” and “The Soul Grind II.”

Kelly Pullen ’07, ’10 serves as the executive director for SKY at Aetna Better Health of Kentucky, where she helps serve youth in Kentucky’s child welfare and juvenile justice systems. She earned her bachelor’s in political science and master’s in social work from UofL.

School of Medicine

With his master’s in biochemistry and doctorate of medicine, Jamaal Richie ’15, ’20 uses his training and experience as a resident physician within UofL Health to advocate for health equity and bridge gaps to ensure every member of the Louisville community receives the care they deserve. Additionally, Richie aims to serve as representation for diverse populations and inspire future generations of health professionals to see themselves in roles they may not have originally thought possible.

School of Public Health and Information Sciences

Keisha Dorsey ’09 holds a master’s degree in public health and has a record of public service in Louisville. Dorsey recently served as deputy chief of staff for the office of the mayor and in 2019 became the first millennial elected to the Louisville Metro Council where she represented District 3 for over four years.

Think you know the perfect person to represent UofL on next year’s list? You can for the 2025 Forty Under 40 class from now through Monday, March 31, 2025.

Original reporting for this piece and other alumni news can be found at .

took a moment to talk with UofL News about the community impact of UofL’s School of Nursing. From her entrance into the school as a 17-year-old nursing student in 1976 to being named interim dean in 2022, the school has served as�� bookends for DeLetter’s dedicated nursing career.

UofL News: Your history with the School of Nursing is almost as long as the school’s history. Tell us more about that.

DeLetter: I started at UofL as a first-year associate degree nursing student at age 17 in 1976. I stayed in the program two more years and graduated with a bachelor’s degree in 1980. After my graduation, I did work at different hospitals in Louisville, then moved to North Carolina where I obtained my master’s degree. I returned to Kentucky and after working in Lexington for many years, I was recruited to UofL in 2017, where originally, I taught part-time. I then became director of the RN to BSN program, then associate dean for academic affairs, and in 2022, was asked by the provost to serve as interim dean. As of 2024, that’s a span of 46 years in nursing.

It’s been a huge honor and privilege to have been in this School of Nursing at the beginning – two years into the start – and now to have held this position. For me to have come in this big circle and to be able to close the loop on my career, having had the privilege to serve at this level, is something I will always treasure.

UofL News: What makes UofL’s School of Nursing distinctive?

DeLetter: From the very beginning, expectations of students were high; we were strong, and our faculty were strong. We were right on the cusp of a shift in the profession from subservient to autonomous.

We were guided to really use our knowledge, our science, our critical thinking, our assessment skills to make decisions. I don’t think all schools were there yet.��

We were encouraged to push forward in our education so that we would have a seat at the table with other health care professionals.

I learned at an early age that the patient’s family is whoever the patient says they are. It was the mid-70s and people didn’t all talk like that, but we were very open to diversity. We were ahead of our time. Today, we still have that vitally and strong commitment to our students and to the community.

UofL News: In addition to the massive technological and digital advancements from the ’70s through today, what are some of the most significant changes in the field?

DeLetter: I sometimes wonder how students still do it in a four-year degree. They’re spending the same amount of time now that we spent 40 years ago to learn so much more.

There are so many more drugs, medications, treatments, types of surgeries. When I first became a nurse, patients were admitted the day before a surgery, it could be something as simple as a carpal tunnel surgery, and they stayed for two or three days afterward. Now of course, for that and much bigger surgeries, they don’t stay.

We also have so much more knowledge about pathophysiology and treatment and outcomes. An important thing that’s changed for nurses is our ability to monitor what we do and how we have an impact on the patient. We have evidence-based protocols, and nurses are now expected to monitor and prevent conditions from developing like pressure ulcers, falls, infection from urinary catheters or central line IV access or ventilator-associated pneumonia.

Simulation education is hugely different. We practiced injections on each other. Today, students have excellent training in simulation. We also have a more collaborative health care team than 40 years ago.

Another momentous change in nursing has been the educational level of the faculty. Years ago, a new dean came and told everyone they needed to get doctoral degrees. It was pivotal in reframing the School of Nursing to be recognized as a credible discipline in higher education.

UofL News: What challenges do today’s nurses have that they didn’t have years ago?

DeLetter: The acuity of illnesses is greater. We are more challenged by societal problems of gun violence and domestic violence. Bills have gone before the state to decriminalize errors by nurses and to hold patients criminally liable when they assault nurses or other health care providers. The world is busier and more complicated.

Some students have bigger burdens to carry. Some are single parents or living in domestic violence situations. We have a student loan debt crisis. There’s discussion everywhere about the mental health crisis of many students on college campuses, not just ours, but across the nation.

UofL News: In what positive ways have you seen our nursing students change over the years?

DeLetter: Students have a broader view because of their access to the world, so they have a better understanding of global health. Also, they have a better understanding of the impact of the health of the community. We think broadly about social determinants of health that affect patients across the continuum of their health care. ��

UofL News: How has our nursing program impacted our community?

DeLetter: We’ve graduated over 7,000 nursing students in the last 50 years so there’s no question our graduates are everywhere.

We are well known in hospitals and other agencies for our quality graduates. We contribute to dozens of community activities every year. We provide service to people through our community health courses, we have students in schools, homeless shelters and in all kinds of agencies providing care to clients. When you have students doing something for them, and they wear that UofL shirt, that’s going to have a positive impact. The university is socializing students to care about others.

UofL News: What is one thing that you hope to see happen in nursing in the next 50 years?

DeLetter: I hope we reach a point where the workforce shortage is not so dire.
Another thing I would like to see is the continued proliferation of the research and evidence-based practice changes in patient care. We continue to give diligent care as bedside clinicians; we continue to advance the science and we continue to serve the communities where we live and work.

The University of Louisville is now accepting nominations for its 2023 Alumni Awards, the highest honor bestowed by Louisville Alumni. For more than 30 years, the Alumni Awards have honored and celebrated the historic achievements of UofL graduates.

The UofL community and public are encouraged to nominate Louisville graduates who deserve to be recognized for their career accomplishments, philanthropic endeavors and contributions to the community. Honorees will be recognized during the 2023 Alumni Awards ceremony this fall during Homecoming week on UofL’s Belknap Campus.

“Louisville Alumni is grateful for the strong culture of alumni innovators, educators and collaborators who share the common bond of being UofL graduates,” said Josh Hawkins, assistant vice president for Alumni Relations and Annual Giving. “These awards recognize distinguished graduates who are exemplary ambassadors for the university and reflect the high standing and character of their alma mater.”

In addition to Alumni Fellow awards designated for each school and college, Louisville Alumni also will present awards for Emerging Leader, Diversity Leadership, Alumni Ambassador and the Wilson Wyatt Alumnus(a) of the Year.��

New to the program this year is the first-ever Military Alumni Award, an honor that allows UofL to celebrate its commitment, support and appreciation of UofL’s many military-connected alumni.

The Wilson Wyatt Alumnus(a) of the Year award personifies the qualities, mission and values of the university. The 2022 Alumna of the Year was awarded to Lucy Lee Helm ’79, ’82 who, as chief partner officer, guided Starbucks through multiple human resources and diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.

Students, graduates and friends of the university can submit online nominations to the Office of Alumni Relations until Friday, Feb. 17^.

Criteria for each award, as well as nomination forms, are available online at . Listings of previous Alumni Awards honorees also can be found on the website. For more information, contact the Office of Alumni Relations at 502-852-6186 or visit .

Not long after graduating in 2017 and 2018, the group founded and funded a women’s scholarship to be awarded annually to an outstanding rising senior in the graphic design program.

Benefiting from taking classes together in a tightknit cohort, the graduates developed strong friendships and wanted to keep in touch after earning their degrees while also staying connected intellectually. Most remained in Louisville initially, so they started monthly gatherings called the Dezine Book Club, named after an inside joke based on their graphic design experience.

Later, as some were moving away to other jobs, they decided to establish a scholarship, which they branded Dezine for that sense of fun and camaraderie and which they intended to encourage other female students to benefit from a collaborative experience like theirs. That sense of the design community hearkened back in part to Leslie Friesen, the Power Agency designer-in-residence at UofL’s Hite Art Institute, according to Deryn Greer Walker ’18.

“She encouraged collaboration and critique, in the sense of ‘I want to do well and help others to do better,’” said Walker, now an experience designer for Humana in the Boston area. “We were all constantly working together.”

The women crafted the criteria for the scholarship to specifically speak to that, seeking a recipient who is “preeminently collaborative, perpetuates constructive feedback and transcends design by … fostering an attitude of fearless idea-sharing, not afraid to risk their personal advantage, and …. by investing in cross-disciplinary skills and interests to improve themselves and the communities they move in.”

“Particularly in the creative field, it’s typical to hold onto your idea,” Walker said, but added that it can be more valuable to take risk, move out of a “silo,” gain other perspectives and build on ideas with others. “When you make your idea available to other people, you invite the good.”

The seven alumnae cooperate on the selection process, dividing up the interviews with applicants, using an evaluation rubric and discussing the conversations with the candidates. The first recipient was Arry Schofield ’21; a second recipient of the $1,000-$1,500 scholarship will to be chosen this summer for the fall semester.

“They were great,” Schofield said. The freelance design contractor said she enjoyed the interview process and the opportunity to talk to women who had gone through her same experiences. Like them, Schofield said, she appreciated the bonding with other graphic design students that results from the cohort approach of taking all the same classes and working together.

“Another huge plus of the graphic design program is all of the alums are really empathetic toward people going through the program,” Schofield said. “I really hope I can pay that forward.”

Four Dezine founders have kept the Louisville area as home: Emi Johnson Jones ’18 with GE Appliances’ Giddy online startup program, Cait Bender ’18 with INgrid Design, Amber Kleitz Cox ’18 with Humana and Kylar Ware ’18, a freelance illustrator and designer whose “Our Home” and “Raise Your L” murals adorn UofL’s Swain Student Activities Center.

Ann Wood ’17 is a brand designer for Pharma at Johnson & Johnson in New York, while Rachel Suding ’18 is a graphic designer for the Miami Marlins.

Through the graphic design program the sports-minded Suding was able to find a school internship with the Louisville Bats baseball team and accept a full-time job there after graduation.

“That paved the way for me to major league baseball,” Suding said. “Now I’m in my dream career. I think our design program gave me a really strong foundation.”

Even though the seven designers have pursued somewhat different career paths, they still share ideas and realize they are fortunate to sustain their UofL-born connection though scattered geographically.

“We were looking to give back to the program that gave us so much,” Suding said.

earned her education master’s degree in college student personnel at UofL before pursuing her doctorate at Kent State, where she has served in many roles including Student Multicultural Center director on her way to becoming the Ohio school’s top student advocate.

She talked about her Louisville educational experience and her reign as 2008 Kentucky Derby Festival queen in a discussion with Louisville Alumni about UofL’s impact on her life.

How has your UofL experience shaped your career or community involvement?

My experiences at the University of Louisville and the city of Louisville, Kentucky, changed my life. I began my career at UofL pursuing my master’s in a field that I loved. I also had the opportunity to meet Dean Mardis and talk to him about his journey to deanship as it was something I was interested in. I appreciated how he showed up as the dean, and that has stuck with me throughout my career. I also had a chance to connect with fantastic faculty, colleagues, classmates and students who I stay in touch with to this day.

I also had the once-in-a-lifetime experience to be the queen of the Kentucky Derby Festival. It was an honor to sit in that seat as the second Black woman to hold that title. I was able to build relationships with the princesses and the Fillies (group that presents the Derby Ball) during that time. Those experiences stick with me to this day.

What program or initiative at UofL would you like to encourage support of?

In the work that I do, and the experiences that I see students go through, I would be remiss not to encourage support of the Louis and Louise W. Weisser Bornwasser Student Emergency Fund. These are very difficult times that our students are experiencing and support to this fund can make a significant impact in the lives of those who are facing challenges.

To read the entire Q&A with Louisville Alumni, check .

For Demetria Miles-McDonald ’11, her mission has never been more important than it is now.

With the tragic deaths of Breonna Taylor and George Floyd shining light on the racial injustice and inequality plaguing the nation, Miles-McDonald knows there is nothing stopping it from being her, her husband, or even her newborn son.

“This work has always been important to me, but I have taken it more personally than ever before this past year,” she said. “It is my purpose to make the world better for my son and for all generations behind us. We have an obligation to do that.”

As the founder and CEO of��, Miles-McDonald is striving to make things better now as well as for future generations. Currently in its sixth year, Decide Diversity is a training and consulting firm working with organizations that are serious about improving diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives.

Miles-McDonald, who graduated with a degree in psychology from the��, helps her clients learn the skills necessary for true and lasting transformation within their organization. Through a variety of products and services, she focuses on not only ensuring women and minorities achieve top leadership positions but thrive once in those roles.

“No one is going to get it right 100% of the time, and this is not going to look the same for every organization,” she said. “But we all have to get better, even if that means taking baby steps. It’s about progress, not perfection.”

While many organizations focus on increasing representation of individuals from protected classes, they often fail to recognize how very few people identify with just one underrepresented group. Decide Diversity fills in the gaps of traditional diversity programs by focusing on intersectionality, which occurs when an individual identifies with two or more minority groups.

Miles-McDonald was first introduced to the concept of intersectionality from an advisor while pursuing her doctorate degree. In attempt to find a way to help others comprehend the complex concept, Miles-McDonald created the����to discuss intersectionality in the same way as the periodic table of the elements.

“All of these organizations that are talking about diversity, equity and inclusion are not going about it from an intersectional standpoint. I knew that I could bring that to market, and it took off when I created it,” said Miles-McDonald, adding how the Table of Diversity has been the highlight of her career.

When asked what their mother did for work, this was the go-to response for Georgia Connally’s children. Unnerved by their answer, she knew she needed a change.
Upon graduating from the��, Connolly (’15, ’18) landed her dream job at a large corporate law firm – or so she thought. As time went on, she found herself taking on more legal aid cases than billable work, finding joy in being able to connect with her pro bono clients on a deeper level.

“I could relate to these people. I wanted to hear their story to understand where they were coming from because their story is so much my story,” said Connally, who also earned her bachelor’s in philosophy from the��. “They find comfort in me being able to advocate for them not only as a lawyer but from a position of empathy.”

Growing up in eastern Kentucky, Connally understands what it’s like to endure hardship. After personally dealing with experiences that showed her what it meant to not have anyone listen, she made it her mission to be the voice for the voiceless.

Now, as the owner of��, she is committed to defending people who can’t otherwise protect themselves.

With too many people being silenced by the justice system, she provides underrepresented communities with a powerful legal voice to show they are more than a case number. Guided by her pillars of being honest, fair and modern, Connally is a firm believer that legal counsel should represent you and your values.

“I’m here not only to tell you what the law is but to listen to you and to understand where you’re coming from,” said Connally. “What people need right now, and what 2020 has really showed us, is that we have to rely on each other and depend on our humanity together.”

Recently named to Louisville Business First’s����list, Connally’s goal is to make the law more accessible. She strives to not only educate her clients about the legal system but empower them so they can fight together as a unified team.

“When you’re personally connected, or feel connected, to your clients and your cases, it helps you understand what you have to lose and what you have to gain,” she said. “It makes every day worth the fight.”

A few years ago, Connally would have been willing to move out of Kentucky to open her practice elsewhere. Motivated by the sense of unity in Louisville, she now never sees herself leaving the city – something she has UofL to thank for.

“My connection to UofL is strong, and it made me who I am as an adult, as a professional, and as a lawyer,” she said. “I give UofL credit for allowing me to create a resource in this community, because it wouldn’t be here if not for my time there.”

And for many people in the community, Connally Law Offices has proved to be a valuable resource in Louisville. As she continues to help people, the most rewarding part of her career is showing her three young daughters they have an obligation to look after the community that takes care of them.

So, what do her children say about her now?

Mommy helps people for a living.

And Connally wouldn’t have it any other way.

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Lucky for her – and for adidas – she achieved that goal with three years to spare.

Hughey, who earned her master’s degree in communication from the��, knew she wanted to work in the sport industry. With an emphasis in digital media in sport, she was actively involved with����during her time at UofL.

“We had just joined the��, it was right after the Year of the Cardinal, and social media was still so new,” Hughey said. “It was an amazing opportunity to work for the university and get experience with a program that was thriving.”

Upon graduating, a professor connected her with an internship at Team USA in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Two months later, the Kentucky native was hired full-time as the audience engagement editor in preparation for the 2016 Olympic Games.

Hughey’s primary responsibility was curating social strategy to maintain a consistent voice across all Team USA messaging. Through this experience, she developed a passion for brand building after helping the organization and its athletes construct their own.

In the midst of the Olympics, she received a phone call from��, an industry-leading executive who was the director of brand marketing for adidas at the time. Hughey, who had been able to network with Darlow as a UofL student, was offered a job on his team as a brand communications manager for U.S. sports.
Soon after the Rio Games concluded, Hughey packed up her Fiat and moved to Portland, Oregon, to fulfill her dream of working at adidas.

Capitalizing on her love of brand building, Hughey was able to create the adidas volleyball brand and signed a deal with USA Volleyball to further promote the sport. Now, she works with all female athletes within U.S. sports and develops strategy for significant brand moments.

“As a bigger brand, we have the support and the resources,” she said. “I spend a lot of time researching and reading to understand who our consumer is to make sure they get the products they ultimately want.”

The job that usually has her on the road the majority of the year has given Hughey even more time to learn because of COVID-19. With major sporting events being canceled or existing purely in bubbles, Hughey has been able to speak with female adidas athletes to ensure they are being treated the way they should be.

“Sport is the platform of how we can create change and make sure we are celebrating females and doing it in an authentic way,” Hughey said. “In the current climate, representation is so important, and a lot of female athletes want to do more.”��Knowing this, she designs campaigns branding adidas content to women of all ages. After pitching her idea at the adidas headquarters in Germany, Hughey and her team implemented an����using Billie Jean King for the 45th anniversary of the pivotal����match.��

“Bringing light to that and making Billie a relevant catalyst for change for women who want to look up to somebody is empowering,” said Hughey, adding how the most rewarding part of her job is young children seeing powerful female athletes use their platform to tell their story.

Female athletes are still fighting the same battles Billie Jean King was five decades ago, and Hughey plays a vital role in giving them a chance to use their voices for a greater cause. As she continues to show women they too belong in sport, she appreciates UofL giving her the foundation to do so.

“UofL gave me real-world experience,” she said. “Working alongside people who helped set me up for success allowed me to achieve my goal of being at adidas and creating change.”

The daughter of a woman who worked two jobs to support her children, Martin joined the Kentucky Army National Guard as a young college student in Bowling Green. However, the timing wasn’t right and she admittedly wasn’t ready for the challenge, leaving after a month of basic training and receiving a discharge.

After that she worked in restaurants and a factory but found new inspiration when a church acquaintance hired her as an assistant in a dental office. With the Black female dentist as her professional role model, she set out on her career path.

“You fix people’s teeth and they hug you and cry because they are so thankful,” Martin said. “You can see the difference it makes in people and their confidence and their overall quality of life. Making that difference is so rewarding. I didn’t find the dental field; it found me.”

That plan meant Martin would need financial help to complete her schooling, so she pleaded for a waiver from the Guard to rejoin and this time completed her basic training with honors. After earning her undergraduate degree and working as an enlisted soldier for a decade, she was commissioned as an officer upon acceptance into UofL’s School of Dentistry, using her National Guard benefits to help pay for her advanced degree.

Today Martin co-owns a Louisville dentistry practice with Kristin Harris, a friend since her dental school days. “She is so determined with everything she sets her mind to,” Harris said. “I admire her ability to give 100% to every project she starts, and the dedication she has to both her career and her family equally. That balance can be difficult, but she seems to carry it with ease.”

Martin is in her 24^th year with the National Guard, working in Poland as a dentist with the 1163^rd Area Support Medical Company during her second deployment, after serving in Afghanistan in 2015.

“Growing up, I never would have dreamed in a million years that I would be a dentist,” Martin said in an interview with National Guard News. “I want others to know they can do it too. Whatever your dream is – no matter how big it is — you can do it. You just have to be willing to dig in and fight for it. To never give up.”

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According to “The University of Louisville” book by Dwayne D. Cox and William J. Morison, Threlkeld Hall was UofL’s first co-ed dorm. During its early years in the 1960s, a wall separated the 126 women in the north end of the building from the 136 men on the south end.

“As far as I’m concerned, it’s the Berlin Wall,” the director of the dorm said at the time, according to the book.

The dorm is named after Hilda Threlkeld, former dean of women.

In recent years, Threlkeld Hall has served as a living-learning community for honors and many scholarship students and, since 2004, it has hosted the Etscorn Honors Center. The co-ed residence hall now houses approximately 250 first-year and upper-class residents. Throughout its 58-year history, Threlkeld has housed approximately 14,500 residents.

Morgan Blair, Campus Housing assistant director of marketing and communications, lived in Threlkeld during her freshman year in 2010.

“I came from a small town in Eastern Kentucky and Threlkeld offered me a close-knit community on campus. At that time, it was the honors hall, so a lot of students were part of that honors community,” she said. “In Threlkeld, if you’re someone who doesn’t fit in elsewhere, you have a community. There is always something going on. It’s a place where everyone can have a social group.”

Indeed, the lobby of Threlkeld has served as a social hub for residents throughout the years, with movie nights, karaoke, video game tournaments, billiards and more. There is seemingly always something going on. Further, a “birdhouse” exists in the lobby, where residents write down their names and majors in the beginning of the year – an effort to foster that community.��

Campus Housing asked a few former Threlkeld residents to share their favorite memories from the hall, which included:

• “The people. I met some lifelong friends by living in that dorm”
• “The strong sense of community and everyone hanging out in the lobby having a good time.”
• “Threlkeld was in a prime location, super close to the SAC.”
• “The people I met. I have many friends I still talk to and see on a regular basis who I met while living at Threlkeld. That one year gave my some of my best friends and fondest memories of college.”
• “I chose Threk because it was in the middle of campus and close to everything. My favorite part was the community setting that allows you to meet new people and hang out with friends.”

UofL Alumni will host a homecoming farewell to Threlkeld Hall . The event will take a last look inside Threlkeld and will feature comments from former residents. Michael Mardis, dean of students and vice provost for Student Affairs, will also share updated on the new residence halls. Campus Housing will dedicate a commemorative page on its website to Threlkeld once the dorm is officially demolished after the fall semester.��

Renderings of the new dorm are featured in the virtual tour below: