The Bob Graham Center for Public Service provides a wide variety of programs for students and the larger public on topics related to public service, public leadership and civic engagement.
Past Events
Task Force Report: African & Native American History
Smathers Library Rm 100 GainesvilleIn the walk of Black Lives Matter movement in 2020, UF President Kent Fuchs created a task force of students, staff and alumni to investigate UF's relationship with African and Native Americans from 1853 to the present. The public was invited to hear the report from the presidential task force on Tuesday, Jan. 17. Audience …
Public Humanities As Environmental Humanities
Smathers Library Rm 100 GainesvilleNicholas Allen, director of the Willson Center for Humanities and Arts at the University of Georgia, will speak about contemporary roles for the environmental humanities, which aim to help bridge traditional divides between the sciences and the humanities. This event is part of the Center for Humanities and the Public Sphere’s “Rethinking the Public Sphere: …
A Conversation with Mark Oppenheimer
Pugh Hall Ocora 296 Buckman Dr, Gainesville, Florida, United StatesWhoa, where did this come from? The Antisemitism of 2022 and Its Origins Watch the recorded event Mark Oppenheimer has been covering American religion for 25 years. He holds a Ph.D. in religious studies from Yale, and has taught at Stanford, Wesleyan, Wellesley, NYU, Boston College, and Yale, where he recently retired after 15 years …
Big Bot on Campus
Pugh Hall Ocora 296 Buckman Dr, Gainesville, Florida, United StatesSince the recent release of ChatGPT, chatbots have taken over the headlines. These AI chatbots can produce eerily human writing and speech, suggesting they are sentient beings. How do they work and how can we — or should we — work with them? What other problems will arise? Join CLAS faculty members for an engaging discussion of how chatbots are already making their presence felt on campus and how higher education may evolve alongside our robot friends.
The Washington Center Info Session
Pugh Hall Rm 201Are you interested in interning in Washington, DC this summer? The Graham Center and the Washington Center invite you to a hybrid info session about TWC internships on Feb 9 at 3 pm. TWC is a fee-based internship opportunity that includes housing and great assistance helping you match with one of their many internship partners. …
2023 Future of Florida Summit
Emerson Alumni Hall 1938 W University Ave, Gainesville, FL, United StatesSixty students from colleges around Florida will gather on the University of Florida campus for the 2023 Future of Florida Summit. The summit is the largest student-led policy conference in the state, giving future leaders the chance to address pressing issues facing the state. By the Summit's end, the students have increased their understanding of …
Stand Up & Holler: Gator Nation Giving Day
Online FL, United StatesStand Up & Holler: Gator Nation Giving Day is an all-day fundraising event, calling on the University of Florida alumni, students, faculty, staff, parents and families and friends to come together to support UF and all of its areas of positive impact in our state, nation and world. Make a gift to any one of …
Presidents’ Day Trivia Night
Pugh Hall Ocora 296 Buckman Dr, Gainesville, Florida, United StatesBack by popular demand, it was Trivia Night at the Graham Center! This time we're celebrated Presidents' Day. Participants tested their knowledge of U.S. presidents past and present, and enjoyed pizza, an ice cream bar and prizes, plus the area's most awesome DJ Tom Collette.
Askew Scholars Application Deadline
Online FL, United StatesThe Reubin Askew Scholars application period is now open. The application will close on Sunday, February 19 at 11:59 pm. Askew Scholars receive $2,000 over the course of an academic year to support a significant research or public service project. Applicants from any undergraduate major and college at the University of Florida may apply. The GPA …
Dan Berger and Stayed On Freedom
Smathers Library Rm 100 GainesvilleTogether with the Samuel Proctor Oral History Program, the Graham Center presented an in-person book reading of Stayed on Freedom: The Long History of Black Power Through One Family’s Journey by author Dan Berger. A free book signing will follow. The book is the story of the Black Power movement through the experiences of UF …