College Events

Annual Events

February

Research Showcase

Celebrate the talents and achievements of our professional, graduate and undergraduate students as well as postdoctoral trainees at the Research Showcase.

Students make poster presentations at the Research Showcase event.

Spring

Nicholas Bodor Distinguished Lectureship Series

The Nicholas Bodor Distinguished Lectureship Series honors the former faculty member for his decades of service and contributions to the UF College of Pharmacy. 

Nicholas Bodor

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White Coat Ceremony

The white coat presentation is a time-honored college tradition that recognizes students’ progression through their first year of the rigorous academic and professional pharmacy program.

White coat ceremony 2025

May

Pharm.D. Commencement

Ceremonies often include a procession of some of the academic staff and candidates and a valediction. The academic staff will usually wear an academic dress at the ceremony

Pharm.D. Commencement Class of 2022

June (biennially)

Global Gators Symposium

Global Gators was established to maintain friendships and colleague interaction developed at the UF College of Pharmacy’s Department of Pharmaceutics. This biennial meeting showcases the international Gator spirit in clinical pharmacy and pharmacology.

Global Gators 2022

August (Biennially)

Pharmacy Ownership Forum

The forum brings together current and future pharmacists considering independent pharmacy ownership. Expert speakers will highlight the landscape of practice ownership, detail independent pharmacy operations and communicate how the concept of ownership fits into today’s pharmacists’ values.

Pharmacy Ownership Forum

Fall

Annual Alumni BBQ

Alumni and friends of the UF College of Pharmacy gather every fall before a UF football game to reconnect with classmates and celebrate their connections to the college.

Alumni and family celebrate at the Alumni BBQ

Seminar Series Schedule 2026

Date Speaker LOCATION
February 9, 2026 Research Showcase Reitz Union
February 26, 2026 Jun Yang C1-015
March 31, 2026 Dr. Kevin Rice C1-015 Lecture Hall
April 28, 2026 BODOR LECTURE (TBA) TBA
May 26, 2026 Dr. Tina Chambers HPNP Auditorium