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.
Sustainability Into Practice: Climate Change, Health & Equity
The second in a three-part series hosted by UF's Office of Sustainability and the Bob Graham Center for Public Service, the Florida Climate Institute and UF Thompson Earth Systems Institute took place on March 4, 2021. A recording to the event is at this link. The past year has clearly illuminated challenges to public health …
Careers in Public Service: Kasey Lewis, Gov’t Relations Specialist
Online FL, United StatesThis is the second in the Spring 2021 series about preparing for your career in public service. The featured speaker was Kasey Lewis, a University of Florida graduate and Government Relations Specialist in Tallahassee. A recording of the talk is at this link. Attendees spoke directly with Kasey via Zoom to learn about and ask …
BGC x OPA: Diversity on the Hill
Online FL, United States"Diversity on the Hill" took place March 9, 2021. A recording of the event is at this link. The panel featured professionals who spoke about their work and experience with furthering diversity, inclusion and representation in Congress. Students asked about initiatives to diversify government and opportunities that may be available to them. Some of our …
Early Voting Now Open at the Reitz
Early voting for the City of Gainesville Commission election will be from Friday, March 5, through Saturday, March 13. Locations are open every day, including Saturday and Sunday. The locations will be open from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Locations J. Wayne Reitz Union (655 Reitz Union Drive, UF Campus, Gainesville) Supervisor of Elections Office …
Gainesville City Commission Election Day
It's Election Day for two seats on the Gainesville City Commission. Polling places, including the Reitz Union and the Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, are open 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. on March 16. Unlike early voting, voters must vote in the polling place to which they are assigned. To find your polling place, …
NYT Science Columnist Carl Zimmer Presentation
UF College of Journalism FL, United StatesOn March 17 at noon, join the UF College of Journalism's Science Journalist in Residence presentation by Carl Zimmer on March , science columnist for The New York Times. Over the past year, he has been one of the Times’ leading reporters on the science of the COVID-19 pandemic. Zimmer reports from the frontiers of …
2021 Women in Leadership Forum
Online FL, United StatesThe 2021 Joan Forrest Women in Leadership Forum took place on March 18, 2021 and was hosted by the Bob Graham Center for Public Service and the Graham Center Student Fellows. This year’s panel featured accomplished women in the legal, health, and nonprofit sectors. This is the link to the event recording. Panel members were: …
Application Deadline: City of Gainesville Fellowships
Applications for the 2021-22 cohort of the City of Gainesville fellowship are now open. We are recruiting from all majors at the University of Florida for positions in graphic design, data visualization, community development, full stack web prototyping, community development, and policy research. Applications close Sunday, March 21, 2021 at 11:59 PM. Learn complete details and …
Sustainability into Practice: Climate Change & Community Resiliency
Online FL, United StatesThe final piece in the three-part “Sustainability Into Practice” series, hosted this spring by UF's Office of Sustainability and the Bob Graham Center for Public Service, in partnership with the Florida Climate Institute and UF Thompson Earth Systems Institute took place on April 1, 2021. A recording of the event can be found here. Throughout …
Children Under Fire: Book Talk with Author John Woodrow Cox
The Bob Graham Center for Public Service and the College of Journalism and Communications hosted a discussion with Pulitzer Prize finalist and UF grad John Woodrow Cox about his book Children Under Fire: An American Crisis on April 8, 2021. A recording of this conversation is available here. The book is an intimate account of the …