Manage Events

Events.louisville.edu is a comprehensive, university-wide event marketing calendar. Powered by Localist, the new calendar offers a look at all of the arts, activities, sports and more offered at UofL.

As part of our effort to improve our digital experience, we researched Localist’s current implementation and capabilities. We also conducted a research session with event content managers and stakeholders from across our non-academic and academic departments. Based on the findings, the decision was made to implement Localist sitewide in Drupal. This allows us to integrate new technology and give our community the best calendar possible.

No. You will add events to Localist like you always have and those events will be pulled into the Drupal Events Hub. By utilizing the powerful Drupal API, you can easily integrate events into your website and build out filtering and sorting options for your users. The Events Hub also allows us to share events across units to better serve our audiences. 

Yes. Once the university has transitioned our content to Drupal, content leads will be trained and authorized to approve events for their designated area of the site. Our goal is to eliminate the bottleneck at the approval stage and give individual schools, colleges and units more control over their area’s events. We will be building more robust training documentation for event admins, authors and editors, as well as building out workflows around event creation, publishing and editing. 

Good news! If you're a university employee or student, you already have an account. Just sign in with your university ID and password. Once logged in, you can build your own profile, link to your Facebook profile and add events to the calendar.

You can view events on the calendar without signing in. But once signed in, the calendar offers an array of features to help you stay involved with campus and keeps you in the know about all the best events. For instance: 

• Keep tabs on all of the events you want to attend by clicking "Watch this" or "I'm going." 
• Get email reminders about events you're going to so you don't forget about them. 
• Tell your friends about upcoming events by sharing them on your Facebook wall. 
• Share feedback and photos about events you've attended. 

Sure. Check your privacy settings and select the level you're most comfortable with. 

Log in to UofL Events Calendar. Once you’re logged in, you’ll need to fill out the information in the form about your event. Here are a few tips: 

• Events need descriptions so that people know what it's all about. Include a sentence telling people about what's happening at your events. Submissions that don't have a complete description will not be accepted. 
• UofL Event Calendar uses a lot of filters so people can sort through all of UofL's events and pick the activities they're interested in. Make sure to select all of the filters that apply to your event. 
• Don't forget to mark the department or group that sponsors your event. 

Currently, UofL's Office of Communications and Marketing will edit and approve your event. This will typically happen within a few days of your event being submitted (except weekends and holidays). Right now, we do not allow events to skip the pending queue. We recommend submitting your events two weeks prior to the event date. If you need events (or cancellations) to show up faster, contact us and we will try to accommodate. 

Log in to UofL Events Calendar. Once you’re logged in, you’ll need to fill out the information in the form about your event. Here are a few tips: 

• Events need descriptions so that people know what it's all about. Include a sentence telling people about what's happening at your events. Submissions that don't have a complete description will not be accepted.
• UofL Event Calendar uses a lot of filters so people can sort through all of UofL's events and pick the activities they're interested in. Make sure to select all of the filters that apply to your event.
• Don't forget to mark the department or group that sponsors your event. 

In Drupal, Localist events are automatically pulled into the Events Hub, allowing you to easily integrate events on your page. Explore the training and documentation for adding an events grid modular component to your site.  

Fill out our contact form and we'll get the building added as soon as possible. 

We do offer bulk uploading. Users can request a spreadsheet to complete. Once finished, email it to maria.tinnell@louisville.edu. OCM will edit the spreadsheet and post. If you fill out a spreadsheet, you'll need to contact us directly to let us know if any individual event details change. 

We typically have five events listed under featured events. Spots are designated for the following types of events – academic, arts & culture, athletics, students and university priority. Events will be selected based on the quality of the submission, including a full description and photo. 

We understand the need to post past events with links to recordings or other useful resources for their audiences, and we are currently looking into ways to support this functionality.  

We're looking into ways to support this functionality.

Of course. Go to our contact form and request an individual or small-group tutorial.