SOAR UofL Bucket List

Your time at the University of Louisville is limited, so 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.

1. Celebrate a new year at Welcome Week events
2. Attend a SOAR event
3. Tell someone not to step on the Cardinal
4. Take a picture with The Thinker
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 hours 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 UofL’s 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. Explore the University Archives
45. Go to the races at Churchill Downs
46. Participate in a service-learning project—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 McDonald's
56. Take a nap on campus between classes
57. Try every single campus dining option
58. Experience 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, concert, 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 at the Center for Belonging, Access, and Engagement
72. Walk into Insomnia Cookies with the plan of getting one cookie; come out with a box
73. Shake hands with UofL’s 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 a food grown on campus
86. Chow down at Burger Boy late at night
87. Shop at the Free Store
87. Tour one of Louisville’s bourbon distilleries
88. Celebrate a win over UK
89. Find the alumni office on campus
90. Make your first gift to UofL
91. Create your own #UofLBucketList item: ______________________________________
92. Graduate from the University of Louisville!