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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

Former U.S. Sen. Alan Simpson Talks National Debt

Former U.S. Senator Alan Simpson (R-WY) spoke Wednesday, Oct. 7 at 6 p.m. in the Pugh Hall Ocora. President Obama appointed Sen. Simpson in 2010 as co-chair of the bipartisan National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform along with former President Clinton’s Chief of Staff Erskine Bowles. The commission released a report that was praised for

Refugee Crisis in Europe: Facts and Contexts

The United Nations says more than 300,000 migrants have attempted to cross the Mediterranean Sea this year. The majority of these refugees are Syrians, but also in the mix are migrants fleeing from Afghanistan, Eritrea, Nigeria and Kosovo. On Wednesday, Sept. 30 at 6 p.m. in the Pugh Hall Ocora a panel of faculty members

X: A Novel with Ilyasah Shabazz

Ilyasah Shabazz, the daughter of the late activist Malcolm X, spoke to a standing-room only crowd on Monday, Sept. 28 at 3 p.m. in the Pugh Hall Ocora. The African American Studies Program and the Bob Graham Center for Public Service co-sponsored her visit. Ms. Shabazz discussed her new book, X: A Novel, which is a fictional account