Since its inception as a liberal arts college in 1950, Bellarmine University has served as a beacon of intellectual curiosity and rigorous academic inquiry in Louisville and throughout the Commonwealth of Kentucky. As part of its Catholic identity and through its close relationship with the teachings of Thomas Merton, Bellarmine has also maintained a commitment to serve student, faculty, staff and community populations who represent a vast array of demographic characteristics and worldviews. Thus, in both an academic and a missionary sense, Bellarmine University has a long-standing dedication to promoting diversity.
Student Diversity
Diversity—a core element of Bellarmine's Mission—informs various student initiatives on-campus, including recruitment, advising and career discernment, the design of general education requirements and the development of academic program curricula.
The Office of Identity and Inclusion (OII), part of the division of Student Affairs, coordinates efforts to help students and other constituents consider diversity in all its forms around Bellarmine's campus. OII's Diversity website is a multi-disciplinary effort that highlights opportunities for students, staff and faculty to expand and deepen their awareness of diversity.
Demographic Data
To improve knowledge and wisdom about diversity trends on-campus, the Office of Institutional Research & Effectiveness maintains an Interactive Data Book with information (much of which may be disaggregated by demographic variables) on institutional enrollment and student success outcomes.