Monday Memo October 19, 2020
Announcements
Daily Cardinal Self-Check Reminder
Did you complete your daily, anonymous Cardinal Self-Check today? Remember, this helps keep our campus healthy and safe during the pandemic. All university members are expected to complete their Cardinal Self-Check assessment every day, especially if you are coming to campus.
Final Week for Mandatory Testing
To ensure we are protecting against the spread of the virus on campus following Fall Break, all faculty, staff, and students who come to campus must be tested again by Friday, Oct. 23.
Testing will be available Monday through Friday at the following sites:
Belknap Campus
University Club Ballroom
8 AM to Noon; 1 PM to 5 PM
(Open 6 PM to 9 PM Tuesday and Thursday)
Cardinal Stadium Purple “A” Lot
8 AM to noon; 1 PM to 5 PM
Student Recreation Center
8 AM to Noon; 1 PM to 5 PM
Health Sciences Center
Abell Administration Building
7 AM to 11 AM; Noon to 4 PM
(Open 6 PM to 9 PM Tuesday and Thursday)
Individuals who are experiencing COVID symptoms should not visit these locations. Instead, they should call Campus Health Services at 502-852-6479 to set up an appointment.
#RaiseSomeL begins tomorrow!
Beginning at 6:02 p.m. on October 20, for 1,798 minutes, Cardinals everywhere will come together to celebrate who we are and Raise Some L. This is a Cardinal call to action to all students, alumni, faculty, staff, and fans to do two simple things:
- Make a gift
- Spread the word - #RaiseSomeL
It’s that simple.
This year, the College is highlighting some of our social justice-focused programs:
- African American Theatre Program
- Anne Braden Institute for Social Justice Research
- CONECT Peer Mentoring Program
- Department of Pan African Studies
- Malcolm X Debate Program
- Martin Luther King Scholars Fund
- Social Change Minor Degree Program
Additionally, we know that an excellent education in the liberal arts and sciences is the best preparation for life and work in a world of increasing diversity and ever-accelerating change, so we encourage gifts to any and all of our amazing departments and programs via the A&S giving link. Please share widely via social media and email and remember to tag any posts with #RaiseSomeL.
Remote work recommended 11/25 - 12/18
The Dean’s Office recommended that staff work 100% remotely during the period of November 25 through December 18 to all supervisors. If your supervisor has determined that you can work remotely during this time or your current schedule allows you to work remotely, please remember that non-exempt staff must complete the Excel or PDF track hours template and send to your supervisor and CC the A&S HR Service Account. If you are working on campus, you do not need to complete the track hours template.
Winter Session website is live
Registration is open for Winter Session courses. All Winter Session courses are offered 100% online in three intensive weeks. Enrollment is open to current, new, transfer, or visiting UofL students.
Register now for October Learning Cafés
Registration is open for October Learning Cafés, presented by Human Resources. This month's cafés cover:
- Executive Presence
- Cultivating Friendships Across Identities
- Student Supervision: Goal Setting & Coaching
- Identification Fraud
- And many more
School of Music Pop-Up Concerts
All performances at noon.
10/21 Music Therapy Ensemble SAC
10/23 Saxophone duo BAB
Brazilian Ensemble SAC
10/28 Jazz Sextet SAC
String Bass Ensemble BAB
10/30 Euphonium/ Tuba Ensemble SAC
Saxophone duo BAB
Kudos
Physics alum receives out-of-this-world honor
Physics alum Dr. Blakesley Burkhart was named a 2020 science and engineering fellow by The David and Lucile Packard Foundation. This distinction is shared by all three US women who won the Nobel Prize this year -- two for science and one for literature.
Burkhart and her team are using statistical methods and machine-learning algorithms to study and analyze properties of the interstellar medium to gain a better understanding of how gas and dust are converted into stars and planets.
AATP alum new managing director for Play On Shakespeare
African American Theatre Program alum Kamilah Long is the new managing director of Play On Shakespeare!, a standalone nonprofit that was originally part of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. Read more about Kamilah's journey here. Anti-Racism Agenda
All Eyes on Louisville: WGST Fall Speaker Series
Registration required
From the Classroom to the Streets: Activism & Education’s Relationship To/With One Another
October 29, 7-8:30 PM
This panel discussion will focus on how education informs activism and vice versa.
Imagining Our Way to Freedom: Art, Activism, and Worldmaking
November 5, 7-8:30 PM
This panel discussion will focus on Black artists and Black Arts activism and how both have always been integral to social justice movements.
All of Us of None of Us: Connecting the Dots Between BLM in Louisville and the Americas
November 12, 7-8:30 PM
How do our struggles for social justice and freedom in Louisville intersect with and relate to social justice struggle throughout the hemisphere? This panel offers transnational approaches to activism and the movements for Black lives.
No Justice, No Peace: Exploring Breonna’s Law, Transformative Justice, and Defunding the Police
November 19th, 7-8:30 PM
Brief Description: What does it mean to defund police? What did Breonna's Law do? What is transformative justice and how can it help us understand what defunding the police looks like?
In the News
Opinion: Pollution in Black neighborhoods part of Louisville's systemic racism (Courier Journal, 6/20/20) Op-ed co-authored by Prof. John Gilderbloom (Urban & Public Affairs)
Fight the Power: Resistance Radio at the Virtual GRC Summit (Black Star News, 10/7/20) Prof. Christine Ehrick (History) mentioned.
How Mad King Trump has unmasked American ignorance, denial, and viciousness (Courier Journal 10/15/20) Op-ed by Prof. RIcky Jones (Pan African Studies)
U of L’s 27th “Reel” Latin American Film Festival Goes Virtual (WFPL, 10/16/20) Manuel Medina (Classical and Modern Languages) interviewed.
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