UofL Health, Inc., is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation and is governed by an independent board of directors. The agreement solidifies UofL/ULH roles as an integrated academic health system, combining UofL’s medical education and research with UofL Health’s clinical services (hospitals, clinics) to train future providers, advance medicine and offer comprehensive care. It also ensures that UofL’s Health Sciences Center serves as the academic arm, fostering research and education in medicine, dentistry and nursing, while UofL Health provides advanced patient care and expands access statewide through this academic integration.

Clubhouse Apartments Renovation Project

The Finance Committee approved a capital renovation project to the Clubhouse Apartments located on Crittenden Drive near Belknap Campus. The university purchased the property in July 2025 for $9.75 million. Assessment by architecture and engineering firm Luckett & Farley determined a need for significant renovations to the buildings on the property due to poor initial construction and lack of maintenance prior to the university’s purchase of the property.

The total cost of the renovation is estimated not to exceed $75 million. The committee also approved a financing plan for the project, which is scheduled to begin January 2026. Anticipated completion dates are August 2027 for two of the buildings and August 2028 for the third building.

Strategic Plan 2026-2030ÌýUpdate

President Gerry Bradley and Executive Vice President and University Provost Katie Cardarelli submitted the latest draft of the University of Louisville’sÌý to the board for review.

According to Bradley, this is the university’s most comprehensive strategic plan, which includes strategic priorities, goals, specific strategies to reach those goals as well as revisions to the university’s mission, vision and core values.

Initial drafts of the plan have been shared with trustees as well as university faculty, staff, students and other stakeholders since May 2025. Each new draft was developed based on constituency feedback. To further ensure transparency, Bradley, Cardarelli and strategic plan co-chairs gave plan updates to the UofL community at Town Halls and throughout the year.

Pending the board’s approval, the plan will be implemented in January. Then, the university’s academic programs and operating units will have until May 2026 to begin incorporating the plan’s goals and action items into their own strategic initiatives.

Other Board of Trustees Actions

As legally mandated by the 2025 Regular Session Kentucky Senate , the board approved the Combating Antisemitism policy, which prohibits all forms of bias, discrimination and harassment, including Antisemitism. All such complaints will be investigated by the Office of Legal Compliance and Investigations in accordance with the existing university policy on .

The board also approved the December degree and certificate candidates. UofL’s newest alumni will be celebrated at the .

The winners were approved by the Academic and Student Affairs Committee. Award winners in the categories of Music Composition, World Order, PsychologyÌýand Religion were announced in early December 2025.

The next meeting of the UofL Board of Trustees is Jan. 22, 2026. Meeting minutes, dates and other information are available on the .Ìý

President Gerry Bradley will preside at the event.

Non-traditional student Maria Rowland, graduating with her bachelor’s degree in organizational leadership and learning from the College of ³ÉÈËÖ±²¥ and Human Development, will serve as the student speaker.Ìý

Over 980 degrees and certificates were conferred for Summer 2025 and an anticipated 1,526 will be conferred for Fall 2025.ÌýÌý

The ceremony will be broadcast live atÌý.

In addition to commencement at KFC Yum! Center, the UofL Graduate School will host a doctoral hooding and graduation ceremony at 2 p.m. on the same day. Seventy-four graduates are expected at the ceremony, which will be on Belknap Campus in the Swain Student Activities Center Ballroom, second floor.

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More than 2,000 of the approximately 3,199 University of Louisville students who applied for degrees and certificates have indicated they will participate inÌý ceremonies.

Student speaker Austin Browner, graduating from the , will address the morning ceremony, while Griffin Gould, graduating from the, will speak at the afternoon ceremony.

TheÌýÌýalso will host a doctoral hooding and graduation ceremony for more than 90 graduates on Friday, May 9 at 2 p.m. at the

All of these ceremonies will be broadcast live atÌý.

In addition,ÌýÌýwill hold a commissioning ceremony on Friday, May 9, at 3 p.m. in Stickler Hall Room 101. SevenÌýcadets will be commissioned as second lieutenants in the U.S. Air Force. Earlier in the day,Ìý, Cardinal Battalion, will hold its commissioning at 9 a.m. in the SAC Ballroom. About a dozen cadets will be commissioned as second lieutenants in the U.S. Army.

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