Cultural Center

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The Cultural Center mission is to provide:

  • advocacy for our students
  • celebrate the diverse cultures of the campus community
  • engage students in social justice issues, and
  • support the scholarship and retention of UofL students.

One of the five critical areas of the University of Louisville’s 2020 Plan is Diversity, Opportunity, and Social Justice. UofL is committed to creating a challenging intellectual climate enhanced by our many human differences, and this serves as the foundational objective of the programs and services provided by the Cultural Center. More specifically, the Cultural Center creates educational opportunities for members of the university community to critically think about their beliefs, values and assumptions as it relates to culture. To fulfill our mission, we support and offer co–curricular and extra–curricular programs that acknowledge and reflect the experiences of under–represented populations. We also provide educational opportunities for all members of the campus community to examine their individual and group experiences within a culturally diverse society.

Visit the Cultural Center website.

Cultural Center Highlights

Hosts signature events and programs:

  • Heritage and Identity Celebrations
  • Diversity Dialogue Series
  • Fall Festival Multicultural Expo
  • Martin Luther King Jr. Week
  • Multicultural Student Organization (MSO) Summit
  • Graduation Celebration

 

Student Success Initiatives:

  • African American Male Initiative
  • Hispanic and Latino Initiative
  • Woodford R. Porter Scholarship Fund
  • Early Arrival Program
  • Casa Abierta-Latino Student Welcome

 

Student Organizations:

  • Black Student Union (BSU)
  • Black Diamond Choir (BDC)
  • Brother United (BU)
  • National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
  • Latin American and Hispanic Student Population (LAHSO)
  • The Society of Porter Scholars

 Learn more: Download the Cultural Center Viewbook [PDF]

Contact:

Brandyn Bailey Brandyn Bailey
Assistant Director, Cultural Center
Leondra Gully Leondra Gully
Director, Black & Multiracial Initiatives
Monica Negron Mónica Negrón
Director, Hispanic, Latinx, and Indigenous Initiatives