A group of UofL students, faculty and staff spent their Spring Break in Cuba.
A group of UofL students, faculty and staff spent their Spring Break in Cuba.

A group of UofL faculty, staff and students spent their Spring Break seeing sights few Americans have seen in the last 50 years. They were in Cuba, with a view of how the communist island nation is in some ways similar to the United States, changing quickly but still very different in its approach to the freedoms Americans enjoy.  

Learn more about their trip in the video below: 

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Mark Hebert
Following a 28-year career as a radio and television reporter, Mark Hebert joined the University of Louisville as the Director of Media Relations in 2009, serving as the main spokesperson. In 2015, Mark was named Director of Programming and Production. He’s now producing and hosting a radio show about “all things UofL”, overseeing the university’s video and TV productions and promoting UofL’s research operation. Mark is best known for his 22 years as the political and investigative reporter for WHAS-TV in Louisville where he won numerous awards for breaking stories, exposing corruption and objectively covering Kentucky politics. In 2014, Mark was inducted into the Kentucky Journalism Hall of Fame.