Your time at the University of Louisville is limited; you should make the most of it! UofL's Student Organization for Alumni Relations (SOAR) compiled a list of activities that we suggest you experience before commencement. As you mark items off, share them using #UofLBucketList.


Here are our recommendations:
  1. Celebrate a new year at Welcome Week events
  2. Attend a SOAR event
  3. Tell someone not to step on the Cardinal
  4. Kick back for a movie at the Floyd Theater
  5. Eat a frozen treat at Dairy Kastle
  6. Go to at least five events in the Red Barn
  7. Vote in Student Government Association (SGA) elections
  8. Learn how to pronounce “Belknap”
  9. Cross the Ohio River using the Big Four Bridge
  10. Get soaked to the knees from a rain puddle
  11. Participate in research as a researcher or research subject
  12. Sit in the student section at a home football or basketball game
  13. Enjoy a Louisville music festival
  14. Repeat the "walk sign" voice at a cross walk
  15. Celebrate acing a big exam
  16. Spot the white squirrel
  17. Join an organization after attending a recognized student organization (RSO) fair
  18. Dance for 18 hours for the kids during raiseRED Dance Marathon
  19. Cheer on the Louisville Bats, Louisville City FC, or Racing Louisville at a game
  20. Go to a REACH tutoring or academic coaching session
  21. Check out Jalsa
  22. Eat a hot brown
  23. Stay the night in the library
  24. Listen to a concert at the School of Music
  25. “Ooh and aah” at Thunder Over Louisville’s fireworks
  26. Take a class at the SRC
  27. Start a Cards cheer
  28. Find a new local restaurant to make your favorite place to dine
  29. Gaze at the pendulum swinging in Grawemeyer Hall
  30. Travel to cheer for one of our teams on the road
  31. Roam around a local park
  32. Witness a semi-truck get stuck under the 3rd Street viaduct, also known as the Can Opener
  33. Check out an event at the KFC Yum! Center
  34. Show your spirit at a UofL Homecoming event
  35. Ask your academic advisor or a career coach for help
  36. Eat a tasty snack at the Kentucky State Fair
  37. Cross your fingers to receive a RAVE alert for cancelled classes
  38. Attend the International Fashion Show
  39. Grub at the Crawfish Boil
  40. Stroll through Old Louisville during the St. James Court Art Show
  41. Participate in sustainable, urban agriculture at a Garden Commons weekly gathering or monthly workshop
  42. Register for a class just because it seems interesting
  43. Order extra yum yum sauce at Mt. Fuji
  44. Experience SAB and SOAR's Homecoming Lip Sync Battle
  45. Go to the races at Churchill Downs
  46. Participate in a service-learning program—locally or internationally
  47. Get out of breath walking to the top of the Floyd Street Garage
  48. Attend PINK
  49. Be quoted or mentioned in The Louisville Cardinal
  50. Cheer for the Cardinals at a sporting event other than football or basketball
  51. Accidentally cross the bridge into Indiana
  52. Watch a production at the Playhouse
  53. Complete a random act of kindness
  54. Debate which side is actually the front of Ekstrom Library
  55. Successfully get ice cream from the McDonald's
  56. Take a nap on campus between classes
  57. Try every single campus dining option
  58. Go to the NPHC Step Show
  59. Say “thank you” to a UofL employee
  60. Ride a bike, scooter, or skateboard around campus
  61. Learn how to properly raise your L (right hand is right!)
  62. Go to an event or play around at Waterfront Park
  63. Find a mentor
  64. Be a mentor
  65. Have a conversation interrupted by an airplane or train
  66. Eat at a food truck on the Health Sciences Campus
  67. Play an intramural or club sport
  68. Schedule a meeting with a professor
  69. Adventure in Downtown Louisville
  70. Learn the words to “All Hail, “Fight UofL”, and the alma mater
  71. Attend an event in the Cultural & Equity Center
  72. Walk into Insomnia Cookies with the plan of getting one cookie; come out with a box
  73. Shake hands with the UofL President
  74. Ride the TARC bus (for free as a UofL student)
  75. Enjoy Family Weekend with your family
  76. Listen to the fraternities and sororities at Fryberger Greek Sing
  77. Visit the Speed Art Museum
  78. Explore a Louisville Neighborhood you have never visited
  79. High five Louie
  80. Partake in MLK Day of Service
  81. Attend a White Coat Ceremony or a transitions ceremony
  82. Follow someone to get their parking spot
  83. Relax beside the fountain next to Schneider Hall
  84. Run up or down the SAC ramp because you are late for a class or lunch date
  85. Eat something grown on campus
  86. Get hyped up for basketball season at Louisville Live
  87. Chow down at Burger Boy late at night
  88. Explore the University Archives
  89. Tour one of Louisville's bourbon distilleries 
  90. Celebrate a win over UK
  91. Take a picture with The Thinker
  92. Find the alumni office on campus
  93. Make your first gift to UofL
  94. Create your own #UofLBucketList item: ______________________________________
  95. Graduate from the University of Louisville!



Created by the University of Louisville’s Student Organization for Alumni Relations.
Learn more about SOAR at uoflalumni.org/soar.
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