Office of Graduate Professional Development
GradStart is the Graduate School's home for orientation resources for all incoming graduate students. GradStart is a Canvas-based orientation program. It provides asynchronous modules which contain an introduction to academic expectations at UF, and also includes live information sessions prior to the beginning of the semester.
GradStart materials and the event schedule are both accessible through eLearning, and all graduate students are invited to participate prior to each Fall and Spring semester. All live sessions will be recorded and posted in the GradStart Canvas course.
Master's and Doctoral students who have been admitted will be added to GradStart. The course will open December 12, 2022.
Note: GradStart events are recommended. They are not meant to replace program-level activities, which, if available, will be held separately. The only required live session is for F-1 international students, on January 5, 2023.
9 am - 10 am: F1- International student orientation
10 am - 11 am (tentative): Cross cultural adjustment at UF
1 pm - 2 pm: Graduate School welcome and Keynote
2 pm - 3 pm: Division of Graduate Student Affairs resources
ALL ZOOM SESSION LINKS AND RECORDINGS ARE FOUND IN THE GRADSTART CANVAS COURSE. IF YOU DO NOT SEE THE COURSE IN YOUR DASHBOARD AT https://elearning.ufl.edu/, PLEASE SEND YOUR GATORLINK ID TO gradstart@aa.ufl.edu.