Student Organizations

Get involved with your fellow grads and undergrads! See the Official UF Student Organizations list or check out the FFGS student organizations below.

• FISHERIES GRAD STUDENT ORGANIZATION (FAS-GSO)

  Mission: To support the graduate students in the Program of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. FAS-GSO accomplishes this goal by promoting interaction among graduate students and facilitating communication between students and faculty.
  
  This organization acts as a voice for the graduate students at both the Department and University levels, and provides and promotes professional development. These goals shall be achieved through monthly meetings, annual symposia, mentoring new students, social activities, and encouragement of participation in professional societies. FAS-GSO website >

• MARINE BIOLOGY CLUB

  Our prime objectives are to provide opportunities for networking and professional development. Another purpose is to promote conservation and proper care of marine systems. We are geared towards marine sciences but are open to all who are passionate about our oceans.
  
  Facebook

• UF WETLANDS CLUB

  Mission: To unite students and staff who share an understanding and appreciation for wetlands through participation in community education, clean-ups, canoeing, camping, talks, and social events.
  
  Facebook

• FORESTRY GRAD STUDENT ORGANIZATION (FGSO)

  Mission: To build community among SFRC grad students and faculty through networking, service, and research-oriented events.
  
  Website | Facebook

• FORESTRY CLUB

  Mission: To increase leadership characteristics in its members, provide members professional opportunities, and work collectively to practice and compete in forestry related recreational activities.
  
  Facebook | Instagram

• GATOR PINES: Professional Interface for Natural Resources, Ecologists and Silviculturists

  Mission: To bond students together from all different backgrounds who share a common interest in our environment and want to perpetuate its success for future generations through sound management practices.
  
  Facebook | Instagram

• INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF ARBORICULTURE

  Mission: The International Society of Arboriculture Student Chapter at UFL promotes student interest and community involvement in Arboriculture and Urban Forestry through research, professional connections, teamwork, education, and physical application of theories.
  
  We are students of the swamp who will work together to set an example for future generations with the University of Florida and the International Society of Arboriculture. We intend to stress worker safety, tree health, tree climbing techniques, ethical business practices, effective tree pruning, urban woody plant pathology, and international awareness on the importance of trees.
  
  Facebook

• SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FORESTERS: UF STUDENT CHAPTER

  Facebook

• STUDENT ASSOCIATION FOR FIRE ECOLOGY (SAFE)

  Mission: SAFE is the Student Section of the Association for Fire Ecology. SAFE aims to provide students with diverse backgrounds with an open forum on fire ecology through which research can be shared, networks formed, and funding and information resources can be accessed.
  
  Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | Email

• XI SIGMA PI, FORESTRY HONOR SOCIETY

  Contact Dr. Taylor Stein for details.

• GEOMATICS STUDENT ASSOCIATION

  Dedicated to the purpose of maintaining and promoting the status of Geomatics / Surveying and Mapping as an ideal profession, the Geomatics Student Association (GSA) was organized to recognize the characteristics of an individual deemed to be fundamental to the successful pursuit of a career in Geomatics, and to aid in the development of those characteristics in the Geomatics student. Visit our website >
  
  Instagram

Design Templates and Resources

• FFGS BRANDING

  Guidelines:

  • FFGS Style Guide

  Templates to get you started:

  • Presentation template (.ppt)
  • Event flyer templates (.ppt): FAS | FRC
  • Name tags template (.doc)
  • Lecture recording template (.ppt)

  Ready to use materials:

  • FFGS Photos @ flickr
  • 2020 School Prospectus
  • FFGS Letterhead - access the Unit shared folder via VPN (file path: \\ad.ufl.edu\ifas\sfrc\groups\unit)

  Order FFGS Logo Apparel

   

  If you need help with a design or communications project, visit our Sharepoint site to fill out the form and get on our to do list.

   

  Logos:

  (right-click to "save image as")

  

  

  

• FACULTY WEBSITES

  Resources and options for website creation:

  1. Consult with FFGS Communications
  2. Work with the IFAS Communications Web Team

  Request changes to your Faculty profile page here: Update Profile Form

• UF/IFAS BRANDING

  Guidelines:

  UF/IFAS Branding Guidelines via ICS >

  Resources:

  • UF/IFAS logos
  • UF/IFAS Photo database