Retired U.S. senator Bob Graham to visit UF and discuss new Graham Center for Public Service

Published: July 18 2005

Category:Announcements, InsideUF

WHAT: Retired U.S. Sen. Bob Graham will hold an open forum with faculty, staff, students and media to discuss the new Bob Graham Center for Public Service at UF.

WHEN: Thursday, July 21, 2 p.m.

WHERE: Keene Faculty Center, 103 Dauer Hall on UF’s campus.

BACKGROUND: UF alumnus Bob Graham is working with UF’s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences to establish the Bob Graham Center for Public Service on campus. A public policy center also will be created at the University of Miami, and the two centers will encompass public policy research and teaching and global cooperation. Modeled along the lines of programs at Harvard University and others, the Graham Center will distinguish itself by providing future leaders with the skills and knowledge to effectively address the challenges of hemispheric interdependence, national security, immigration, the environment, education and health care. The center will serve as a magnet to attract and host distinguished scholars, parliamentarians, and policy makers from around the world to create a dynamic pool of expertise for reviewing and defining issues on global policy making.

One of the goals will be to train college students in languages, culture and other skills vital to a career in public service. A bachelor and master’s program in public policy will be developed, and the center plans to sponsor a Statesman-in-Residence Program by inviting prominent U.S. and international political leaders to UF to conduct research and give seminars. Interdisciplinary forums and a Washington, D.C., internship program also are planned, and Graham will teach courses and serve as a Senior Scholar in Residence at UF.

Graham is a native of Miami and earned a bachelor’s degree in history from UF in 1959. He retired from the U.S. Senate in January after serving for 18 years and also served as Florida’s governor for two terms from 1979 to 1987.

CONTACT: For more information, please call Allyson Beutke or Buffy Lockette in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences’ News and Publications Office at (352) 846-2032 or e-mail editor@clas.ufl.edu.

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