In Fall 2025, UF Gulf Scholars is excited to offer several funded experiential learning opportunities that fulfill the Experiential Learning + Gulf Impact Project requirement for the Gulf Scholars medallion.
Read more "Apply for our Fall ’25 Gulf Scholars Experiential Learning Opportunities!"
This spring, we’re celebrating five incredible students who are graduating as the first-ever recipients of the UF Gulf Scholars Medallion. Through Gulf-focused coursework, cohort meetings, and experiential learning, they have deepened their understanding of the region.
Read more "Congratulations to our Spring 2025 UF Gulf Scholars Graduates!"
This spring, UF Gulf Scholars supported eleven undergraduate interns who had the opportunity to engage in a diverse range of projects focused on environmental resilience, public health, and community engagement across the Gulf region.
Read more "Find Out How Spring ’25 Gulf Scholars Are Shaping a More Resilient Future"
UF student Alanna Robbert shares her experience volunteering with UF Gulf Scholars and GatorCorps to restore the Calusa Heritage Trail at the Florida Museum of Natural History’s Randell Research Center in Pine Island.
Read more "Learning Through Service: My Journey to Pine Island with UF Gulf Scholars and GatorCorps"
These new courses form a key part of the curriculum for students pursuing the UF Gulf Scholars medallion.
Read more "New Gulf-Focused Courses Explore Public Health, Sustainability, Hip Hop, and More"
Do you have a Gulf-related internship, research opportunity, or other experiential learning activity in mind? Are you working with a faculty mentor or community partner and looking for funding to support your project? The Gulf Scholars Program is offering funding to help you pursue these impactful opportunities focused on the Gulf region.
Read more "Apply for Funding to Support Your Gulf Impact Project!"
How can climate technology help us adapt to the growing risks of a warming planet? Join us on Feb. 27 at 5:30 p.m. in the Pugh Hall Ocora for a conversation with Dr. Galen Treuer from the Miami-Dade County ClimateReady Tech Hub as he explores how public-private partnerships are driving bold solutions for climate challenges.
Read more "Join Us for Our Gulf, Our Future: Unlocking Climate Tech Innovation"
With the official launch of the Gulf Scholars Program in the fall of 2024, the Bob Graham Center for Public Service hosted a panel symposium, Our Gulf, Our Future: Navigating the Tides Together. The diversity of the panelists clearly represented the interdisciplinary nature of the program.
Read more "Gulf Scholars Brings an Interdisciplinary Approach to Defining Resilience"
This spring, UF Gulf Scholars Program is excited to offer several funded experiential learning opportunities that fulfill the Experiential Learning + Gulf Impact Project requirement for the Gulf Scholars medallion.
Read more "Apply Today for New Gulf Scholars Experiential Learning Opportunities"
This program lets you earn your degree while using your unique skillset to tackle complex environmental, social, economic, and health challenges facing the Gulf of Mexico region.
Read more "Enrollment in UF Gulf Scholars Medallion Program Now Open"
This trip, scheduled for November 22-26, 2024, offers you a chance to volunteer, learn, and network at a site of archaeological and environmental importance.
We encourage each of you to step out of your comfort zone, lend a hand, and help our neighbors recover.
Read more "Students: How You Can Help Cedar Key and Other Communities Affected by Hurricane Helene"
These grants are designed to support innovative projects and enhance student engagement with the Gulf of Mexico’s diverse challenges and opportunities.
During the field excursion, which takes place June 11-15, 2024, students will interview residents of Pensacola, Florida who were impacted by several toxic waste sites, including one dubbed “Mount Dioxin.”
Read more "Seven UF Students Selected for UF Gulf Scholars Oral History Field Excursion"
These classes, which range from general education to upper division, will expose students from various majors to complex challenges facing Gulf communities, such as sea level rise, increased urban development, and socioeconomic disparities.
UF Gulf Scholars will bring new Gulf-focused academic courses and public programs, experiential and place-based learning opportunities, and support for faculty-mentored Gulf Impact Projects to UF.
Read more "Graham Center Home to New Interdisciplinary Gulf Scholars Program"
Selected students will work with seasoned oral historians to interview residents of Pensacola, Florida who were impacted by several toxic waste sites.
Recipients will receive $4,000 for new courses and $2,000 for the enhancement of existing courses related to the Gulf of Mexico.
Read more "Applications for UF Gulf Scholars Course Development/Enhancement Grants Now Open"
Want to learn how you can get involved in UF Gulf Scholars? Join us for this lunchtime info session.
Read more "UF Faculty: Join us 4/16 for a Gulf Scholars Info Session"