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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.

  • Askew Scholars Application Deadline

    Online FL, United States

    The 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

  • Dan Berger and Stayed On Freedom

    Smathers Library Rm 100 Gainesville

    Together 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

  • Gators Vote 2023 Organizing Meeting

    O'Neill Reading Rm, 2nd Floor, Pugh Hall

    Interested in building a civically engaged community? The Gators Vote Cabinet is a partnership of organizations committed to promoting a civic culture on campus. Join us this Friday at 2

  • Washington DC Internship Info Session

    O'Neill Reading Room, 2nd floor, Pugh Hall

    The Bob Graham Center for Public Service is excited to partner with the University of Florida Federal Relations Team to offer exciting opportunities for in-person work in the nation’s capital

  • Lunch and Learn with Andrew Shodell

    Pugh Hall, O’Neill Reading Room (Room 201) 296 Buckman Dr, Gainesville, FL, United States

    What steps can you take today to enhance your ability to build a better future? UF fourth-year English and political science student Andrew Shodell is hosting a lunch-and-learn conversation and Q&A on March 7 at noon in Pugh Hall’s O’Neill Reading Room (Room 201). Lunch is provided to those who RSVP before 5 pm on Mar. 6.

  • Ainissa Ramirez: The Alchemy of Us

    Pugh Hall Ocora 296 Buckman Dr, Gainesville, Florida, United States

    Dr. Ainissa Ramirez, best known as a masterful science communicator and author of The Alchemy of Us, delivered an in-person lecture on March 8. The Alchemy of Us: How Humans

  • Bringing African American History To K-12 Classrooms

    Pugh Hall Ocora 296 Buckman Dr, Gainesville, Florida, United States

    Educational specialist Dr. Rebekah Cordova spoke about creating new lesson plans on African American history for K-12 classrooms using the oral histories captured by the Samuel Proctor Oral History Program.

  • 2023 Joan S. Forrest Women in Leadership Forum

    Pugh Hall Ocora 296 Buckman Dr, Gainesville, Florida, United States

    In honor of Women’s History Month, the Bob Graham Center for Public Service hosted the 2023 Joan S. Forrest Women in Leadership Forum. This year’s Forum featured a diverse set