The undergraduate affairs office provides university-wide service and support for undergraduate degrees, academic success and co-curricular programs.

Ideas To Action, the SACS quality enhancement plan, received positive feedback from the visiting team, which also made useful suggestions for its execution. The task group of faculty, students, and staff is meeting regularly, and subcommittees for program development, communication, and personnel searches are already working. In addition to more detailed sets of learning outcomes and critical-thinking pedagogy development, the task group is working on a campus information plan to familiarize students and faculty with the plan and its goals. For more information, see the Ideas to Action website.

University-excused absences: On the recommendation of the Faculty Senate, Provost Willihnganz has approved revised guidelines for student absences excused by reason of participation in university-sanctioned events. These guidelines replace the Faculty Senate statement of July 8, 1998.

Offices and Services
Vice Provost
Dr. Dale Billingsley

The Vice Provost for undergraduate affairs works with the Undergraduate Council, the deans and the academic unit faculties, academic advisors and academic support programs to promote undergraduate student success, engagement and satisfaction at the University of Louisville. The vice provost works with the enrollment management offices of undergraduate admissions and orientation, financial aid, registrar, and tuition residency; with the assistant provost and director of the Delphi Center for Teaching and Learning and the director of academic information technology to provide university-wide services for all students and pedagogical engagement and development support for faculty. The vice provost oversees student advocacy and is the provost's liaison to the Faculty Senate, the university honors program, and the McConnell Center.
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REACH
Ms. Cathy Leist, Executive Director

Resources for Academic Achievement (REACH) is the university's central undergraduate academic support unit.  The Welcome Center includes an information desk and study lounge, offices for the REACH Ambassador Peer Mentoring Program and  offices for the REACH Academic Development Specialists, professional staff who provide intrusive advising for at-risk students. The REACH Learning Resource Center offers success seminars, weekly study sessions for difficult undergraduate courses, and scheduled tutoring for most 100, 200 and some 300 level courses.  The Math Resource Center provides drop-in tutoring for 100 and 200 level A&S and Speed School mathematics courses.  The Virtual Math Center serves as a drop-in computer center offering online resources and "real-time" tutoring for A&S and Speed School mathematics courses.  The Virtual Math Center also offers onsite and online fee-based programs for advancement in math skills.  The Computer Resource Center provides drop-in tutoring for computer literacy, scheduled tutoring for Business and Speed School programming courses, staff support for the Digital Media Studio, and student support for Blackboard. All REACH centers are located in Strickler Hall except the Computer Resource Center which is located in Ekstrom Library on the first floor.  All REACH services and programs are available to UofL students without charge.
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Retention Research
Dr. Cheryl Gilchrist, Director

The Office of Retention Management and Research was created in 2004 as a unit within Undergraduate Affairs. The office works collaboratively with Institutional Research, REACH, academic units and other campus offices to provide centralized, campus-wide coordination of retention-related research, studies, and programs.
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Student Advocate
Dr. Prafula Sheth

The Student Advocate provides a "one-stop" confidential contact for students who need help in navigating through university systems policies and procedures and provides alternative means to resolve student complaints.  The Student Advocate makes sure the student concerns and complaints get to the appropriate academic and student affairs units and follows up to make sure they are addressed in a timely fashion.  The informal service is free and confidential.
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Undergraduate Advising Practice
Ms. Janet Spence, Director

The Office of Undergraduate Advising Practice provides support and leadership to academic advisors and advising center directors in the undergraduate units of the university. The goal of the office is to assist academic units in providing consistent and quality academic advising services that will promote student retention and success.
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Undergraduate Affairs Senior Staff
Undergraduate Affairs Staff Manual