The Graduate School hosts orientation sessions for incoming graduate students and for new teaching assistants. Please note that there may also be program and/or department specific orientation sessions that you are required to attend. See below for information for the upcoming events.
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. GradStart materials and the event schedule are both accessible through eLearning, and all graduate students are invited to begin navigating the course prior their first semester. Most 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, Thursday, August 1st, 2024.
Note: GradStart event attendance is strongly encouraged. They are not meant to replace program-level activities, which will be held separately, but are very helpful for acquainting new graduate students with available resources. The F-1 session is required for international students, beginning at 1:00 pm on August 14th.
August 13th, 2024
10:00 am - 12:00 pm (EST): Graduate School welcome and Keynote
August 14th, 2024
1:00 pm - 3:30 pm pm (EST): F1- International Student Orientation and Cross Cultural Adjustment (Mandatory for F-1 International Students)
August 15th, 2024
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm: Virtual OneStop- Graduate Student Edition. Learn about and visit with team members in UF's OneStop and the Human Resources -Benefits and Gator Grad Care.
August 30th, 2024
11:00am- 2:00pm: Fall Welcome and Organization & Resource Fair. This event is in-person located in the Reitz Student Union
All Zoom Session links and recordings can be found in the GradStart Canvas Course. If you do not See the course in your dashboard at https://elearning.ufl.edu/, AFTER August 1st, Please send your Gatorlink to Grad-Success@ufl.edu
In collaboration with the Center for Teaching Excellence, the UF Graduate School will host the Fall 2024 New Teaching Assistant (TA) Orientation. TA Orientation is offered in two parts and mandatory for graduate students who will be teaching assistants for the first time, beginning with the Fall 2024, Spring 2025, and Summer 2025 semesters.
Registration
New TAs can self-register for the TA Orientation 2024 here.
Webinar information:
ID: 972 6385 4480
Passcode: 196150
Questions
If you have any questions about TA Orientation, please email grad-success@ufl.edu