Grad Gator Communities
Get involved! Find common ground and forge friendships with fellow UF graduate students.
Good news, Grad Gators! There is life outside of the classroom and the research lab. You can find it through any number of University of Florida organizations and events that aim to help you grow in body, mind, and spirit while bringing you together with others. Check out these opportunities for engagement, involvement, leadership, service, and belonging.
Coordinated by the UF Counseling and Wellness Center, UFGIFT — UF Gator International Focus Team — brings global Grad Gators and campus service providers together for consultations, workshops, and social events that will help make you feel at home:
Explore opportunities to grow professionally, collaborate, and network with others through OGAP (Organization for Graduate Student Advancement and Professional Development) — hosts of UF’s Graduate Student Research Day, alongside other events and activities.
Looking for faith and fellowship? The UF Campus Multi-Faith Cooperative is a network of local faith communities serving Grad Gators across a variety of spiritual traditions. Members include:
- Chabad UF (Jewish)
- Chapel of the Incarnation and Episcopal Student Center (Episcopal/Anglican)
- Diane and Howard Schilit Hillel at University of Florida (Jewish)
- Gator Wesley Campus Foundation (Methodist)
- Saint Augustine Catholic Church and Student Center (Roman Catholic)
- University Lutheran Church and Campus Ministry (Lutheran)
These offerings from UF RecSports can help you meet other Grad Gators who want to keep fit, burn off energy, build team spirit, engage in healthy competition, and enjoy the great outdoors:
UF Student Engagement is the University of Florida’s umbrella for more than 1,000 student-centered and student-run initiatives and organizations across campus, through which you can find an active sense of community with other Grad Gators who share your interests.
You can engage in student representation and advocacy for the greater good of Grad Gators through these bodies:
Have that volunteer spirit? Want to make an impact for the common good? Join your helpful hands with like-minded Gators through these options active at UF:
