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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.

Latest Past Events

From Ideas to Practice: Leading Change in Health Care

Dr. Baligh Yehia, senior medical director at Johns Hopkins Medicine and former deputy under secretary for health at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), discussed how to transform ideas into practice and shared lessons learned on creating change in complex health systems at 6 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 16, in the Pugh Hall Ocora.

American Civil Liberties: Jon Mills & Howard Simon

Howard Simon, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Florida joined Jon Mills, dean emeritus, professor of law, and director of Center for Governmental Responsibility at UF’s Levin College of Law, for a discussuion focusing on the big challenges facing Florida in the Pugh Hall Ocora on Oct. 9 at 6 p.m. Topics

Beyond Charity: Supporting Society’s Most Vulnerable

2017 Citizen of the Year, Dr. Pedro Jose Greer, spoke at the Bob Graham Center on October 3 at 6 p.m. in the Pugh Hall Ocora. Greer, the associate dean for community engagement at Florida International University’s Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine, has spent decades delivering medical care to Florida’s homeless and developing the next generation of