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GLOBAL Gator guides

What's a Global Gator Guide?

Global Gator Guides are members of an award-winning program within the Global Business Society. The main focus of the program is to match a UF student with an incoming exchange student to help the

student transition to life on campus.

We encourage our gator guides to reach

out to their student and connect them to resources, communities, and events within the Heavener School of Business & our local Gainesville community. The goal of the program is to create lasting connections with international business students while they learn and grow here at UF.

The Global Gator Guide program provides students with a global experience without leaving Gainesville.

Ideally, the guides have an interest in foreign cultures or have studied abroad themselves. We hope to pair the guides with an exchange student has similar interests.

MISSION

GBS Gator Guides welcome incoming international students to the University of Florida and connect them to resources, communities, and events within the Heavener School of Business and local Gainesville community. The goal of the program is to create lasting connections with international business students studying at UF.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Assist incoming international students in their arrival to campus and help them get settled in

Offer international students engagement opportunities on campus twice per month for the duration of the semester

Plan and attend fun social and service events showcasing UF and Gainesville culture

Point System

Stay up to date with your points! Below the current exchange student points are attached.

Gator Guide Points

BECOMING A GLOBAL GATOR GUIDE

Apply around February for Fall semester and October for Spring semester.

1. APPLY TO THE PROGRAM

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Attend the time that you selected and make sure to arrive around 10 minutes early. Remember to bring your resume, and business professional attire is required.

3. ATTEND THE INTERVIEW

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Check for an email letting you know if you made it past the first round and then set up an interview time for us to get to know you better.

2. CHECK YOUR EMAIL

If chosen as a guide, you'll be invited to orientation at the end of the semester. At this point you are in our program for the following semester, so this will serve as an introduction to our academic advisor, the executive board, and the other students who will be guides with you.

4. PARTICIPATE IN ORIENTATION

WHY

GUIDE?

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COURTNEY

Develop leadership & communication skills

Explore new parts of Gainesville and campus

Learn about all of our

exchange schools