From new dining options to an expanded focus on career planning, first-time and returning students have a lot to look forward to in the upcoming semesters. Here’s a quick rundown of some changes and events you might want to know about. Great Gator Welcome introduces new students to campus The…
Blair Wortsmith receives national award for work in student engagement
Blair Wortsmith only made the move to Gainesville last March, but she’s already made a big impact on the University of Florida community. Wortsmith is the program coordinator of campus events, a position under the campus events and traditions team within the department of Student Activities & Involvement in the…
New student organization seeks to shed light on academic pathways for Indigenous students
Infused with deep cultural knowledge, the perspectives of Indigenous peoples both predate and drive scientific discoveries. In a workshop at the national conference of the American Indian Science and Engineering Society, abbreviated AISES, a physicist recounted how a team of scientists introduced a new predator into an environment in the…
First UF Recharge Day gave students opportunities to safely connect face-to-face
On a spring day with temperatures topping 80 degrees, Lauredan Official, vice president of Student Government at the University of Florida, lugged boxes of more than 500 T-shirts from the student union to the Plaza of the Americas on UF’s campus. At the end of his mile-long slog, Official was…