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.
Latest Past Events
Pathways to Foreign Service
Dauer Hall, Keene Faculty CenterJoin us for an enlightening discussion with the Honorable Dennis K. Hays ’76, former U.S. ambassador to Suriname.
UF Gulf Scholars Cohort Meeting: Rebuilding a Future on Apalachicola Bay
Pugh Hall, O’Neill Reading Room (Room 201) 296 Buckman Dr, GainesvilleOnce the heart of Florida’s oyster industry, Apalachicola Bay provided 90% of the state’s oysters—until it all collapsed. Water quality issues, rising temperatures, hurricanes, and invasive species pushed the fishery to the brink. By 2020, it was so depleted that the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission shut down wild oyster harvesting for five years,
2025 Joan S. Forrest Women in Leadership Forum
Pugh Hall Ocora 296 Buckman Dr, GainesvilleIn honor of Women’s History Month, the Bob Graham Center Student Fellows joined with the Bob Graham Center for Public Service to host the 2025 Joan S. Forrest Women in Leadership Forum on March 12, 2025 at 5:30 pm in the Pugh Hall Ocora. Panelists were Gwen Graham, Teresa Cornacchione, Pegeen Hanrahan and Max Tuchman.