Welcome to your new home away from home!

Have everything you need for move-in? Just like Mr. Kringle, you might want to make a list and check it twice. Below are some important reminders and considerations for the big move.

Move in dates can be found here.

BEFORE YOU ARRIVE

Let us know before you show! – Make sure you check your email to schedule a move in appointment. As you finalize your move-in plans, consider reaching out to your roommate to coordinate arrival information and identify who will be helping you on this big day. Consider keeping your move-in team to a minimum to create a welcoming experience for all Gators!

Print your Unloading Pass

To do so, login here.

Review your Packing List

Traditional Room Packing List or Apartment Style Packing List

Arriving on Campus

Find directions to your Hall here.

Check-In and Unloading

Make sure you have your Photo ID when you arrive on campus. You’ll need your ID to collect your keys at check-in at your area office. UF encourages your support team to start unloading your things while you check in and provide directions on how to get to your room.  Carts will be available to check out or you are welcome to bring your own to help speed up the process.

Campus Parking

You must purchase a parking decal from transportation and parking services to park on campus weekdays between 7:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Purchase your parking pass for cars, scooters, and motorcycles here.

GHQ is now playing in the Chick-fil-A in The Hub, Graham Chomp-It and Gator Corner! As if you needed another reason to visit, right?

GHQ will be coming soon to other Gator Dining facilities too so watch this space and keep listening to GHQ on the radio, or on the GHQ app.

GHQ welcomes you back to campus! Many more students are back on campus now and while there is more face-to-face activity expected, the safety precautions are more important that ever. Remember to wear your mask on campus, even outdoors if you are going to be within 6 feet of others.

If your campus organization is having an event, virtual or otherwise, that the general public can be a part of, just let us know by filling out the form below. We are here to help Gators navigate campus life.

Thanks and Go Gators!

GHQ host Allison Barkdull recently sat down for a Zoom interview with Tallahassee-based band Elevator Operator. She asked them about life in the band, that unusual name and their new music.

“This is the way”, again.

The Mandalorian is back on Disney+ as Mando continues to protect and accompany the Child (Baby Yoda) back to his people. Along the way he runs into some not so friendly characters from the Star Wars universe.

The Mandalorian has been a hit for Disney as well as with many Star Wars longtime fans, including those who did not like the recent movie sequels. Check out the trailer for season two:

Plenty of Hollywood celebrities honored the memory of actor Sean Connery who passed away Saturday at the age of 90. Connery is best known as the original, and many maintain the best, James Bond. The veteran actor passed away after a long illness in the Bahamas.

Let’s have another look at “Bond…James Bond” the way no other actor could seem to do it.

Dance Marathon at UF presents Moralloween tonight from 4:45 to 8PM. This is a fun Halloween event where you can also support the kids at UF Health Shands Children’s Hospital. You can also view on Zoom. Tickets are free and you can get them here.

It’s the most wonderful time of the year! That’s right, it’s that beautiful part of the semester again when getting a spot at Library West becomes a game of survival of the fittest and the wails of Physics 1 students can be heard clear across campus. Isn’t it wonderful? Don’t you love being fearful of your grade? It’s so invigorating. Okay, but really, we all know that midterms suck. It’s an unfortunate part of university life, especially if you’ve spent a good portion of said university life at Midtown rather than Turlington lecture. Even for the best student, though, midterm season can be stressful and overwhelming. Finding tricks to reduce that stress is critical. Below is a list of four things I use to keep my head on my shoulders during this trying time. Hopefully, they’ll help you too.

Find Your Study Space

Y’all, it’s time to get out of the dorm. Theoretically, studying at home is a good idea. You can control the space and it’s where you’re most comfortable. However, spending one more night hunched over your faux-wood desk in a plastic seat trying to study by the dim light of the desk lamp you bought from Ikea isn’t going to help much. Finding your ideal study space is a way to be more productive and feel better at the same time. This can take many forms, the most obvious of which is a library. Heads up: we have more than Library West and Marston on campus. Love Harry Potter? Smathers has your back. Maybe you want to make your work feel more official? Go to the law library. If a library doesn’t work for you, that’s okay. I have a friend that takes up residence in an empty Turlington classroom every midterm and finals season. She swears by it. Personally, I enjoy working outside, particularly if it’s a nice day outside. Murphree Area has a fantastic courtyard to work in, and places like Depot Park provide a change of environment without getting too far off campus.

Time Out

I’m serious about getting out of the dorm or apartment. It can be a good place to be, but it can also be isolating. It’s beneficial to relocate — and not just for studying. Taking time for yourself is a great way to manage stress. You don’t have to go and get lost in the wilderness an hour away and become one with nature; in fact, you don’t even have to leave campus. UF provides plenty of opportunities to give your mind a break. For example, the Reitz offers leisure courses. These classes give students an opportunity to learn a new skill, like learning how to make pasta from scratch, without having to worry about a grade. If you do want to get off campus, Gainesville has numerous opportunities to get away from the pressure of academic life. Free yoga is offered in Bo Diddley Plaza every Tuesday and Thursday, from six to seven in the evening. There’s also multiple nature trails throughout town, if you actually do want to get lost in the woods. Whatever you choose, just rest assured that you are helping yourself in the long run.

Keep Everything in Context

Do you remember that science test you had in high school, the one you were super nervous for and were scared to death of failing? Yeah, me neither. Turns out, we’ve had a lot of exams up to this point in life. At the time, each test seemed like a crucial moment in our life — our destiny was dependent upon that. Looking back, though, we don’t really remember every single test. Believe it or not, college is like that too. It’s important to us now, and will not significantly impact the rest of our lives. Midterms are simply an obstacle on the road to graduation. It’s important to get through, but not life altering. If you do great, that’s fantastic! If you don’t, it’s not the end of the world. There is always a chance at redemption. Years down the road, you’ll barely remember the two hours spent in Carleton Auditorium. It is in your life, but it is not your whole life.

Play Tetris

This is a metaphor. I don’t actually mean play the video game, just hear me out. Life is a game of Tetris. School work is an L block, sleep is an I block, socializing is a square…so on and so forth. If you don’t line things up correctly, it builds up. Eventually, they reach the top of the screen and you get overwhelmed. However, if all the pieces are assembled correctly, the line goes down, and so does your stress level. I try to make the pieces fit together by writing everything I need or want to do down. I prefer my planner, but that is an extremely recent development. Like, last semester recent. It doesn’t even have to be organized by date or time. Just writing it down with a pen and piece of printer paper can help keep you on track. Plus, crossing stuff off is ridiculously satisfying. I’ll be honest–sometimes I’ll finish a task just so I can cross it off. If the digital environment is more your speed, programs like Google Calendar can help. Obviously, this is easier said than done, but give it a try. Maybe writing down your assignment will keep you from another night of eating Ben and Jerry’s straight out of the pint.

Take a deep breath. It’s all going to work out. Good luck, and I’ll see you on the other side.

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All throughout campus here at the University of Florida, we have many choices for our food needs and you could definitely say we have something here for everyone.

But…do we actually? And if not, what are we missing?

A recent e-mail sent out to students, faculty, and staff of the University asked everyone to keep an eye out for a survey that will be sent out to everyone to gather information on the campus dining experience. It stated that it is to better meet the needs of the campus population, and the future population.

I think this idea is AWESOME, and when you get the survey you should definitely take the time to fill it out. The University of Florida is looking for your input, so why not fill them in on what you think when you have the chance?

However, we thought we would take a jumpstart on this and do our own informal survey. So we’ll ask you to fill in this blank…

THE RESTAURANT THAT I WISH WE HAD ON CAMPUS IS ________________.

We already have plenty of Starbucks, and you can go to Wendy’s, Chik-Fil-A, Au Bon Pain, and many other food options. But we know that there is one missing, so what is it?

Check out the choices below. You can either choose one of them, or write in your own option in the “OTHER” line below. Plus you can choose up to three options, because we know we are all foodies and love to have options.

So, how would YOU fill in the blank?