workshop for international graduate students 2023

Welcome to the University of Florida!

As current and former international graduate students ourselves, we know how challenging navigating studying and teaching abroad can be. This is why we decided to conduct this workshop for incoming new graduate students. This is the second time we host this workshop. We hope you find it useful!

Who we are

Claudia Garnica Diaz

Biology Ph.D. Student

claudia.garnicad@ufl.edu

Zuania Colon-Pineiro

Biology Ph.D. Candidate

colonpineiro.z@ufl.edu

Yuanming Lu

Biology Ph.D. Student

yuanming.lu@ufl.edu

Mariela Pajuelo

Assistant Scientist, Florida Museum of Natural History

mpajuelo@ufl.edu

workshop meeting

This workshop will take place on Thursday, August 3rd at 4:00 PM Eastern Time (Florida time) via Zoom (Meeting ID: 926 9844 1376, Passcode: UF).

goal & Objectives

This workshop will allow you to familiarize with the most important things you need to know about living in Gainesville and about being a Graduate Student at UF.

After this workshop you will be able to:

Navigate resources for finding housing, childcare, and using transportation around Gainesville.
Complete the requirements to be officially enrolled at UF.
Arrange for the test and course requirements for non English speakers (if needed).
Recognize expectations of and strategies for being a Teaching Assistant.

questions

If you have any question regarding this workshop or accessing resources provided, post them in this Discussion Board. You are also welcome to ask anything you were not able to ask or feel we should have discussed more about.