Archive for “January 2007 ”
Published: Jan 16th, 2007
Carol Ritzen Kem, Chair, Senate Nominating Committee
Each year the University of Florida offers employees the opportunity to participate in its governance through various university committees, boards, and councils. Faculty, Administrators and Staff are all encouraged to serve as a member of one or more of these entities. All nominations will receive due consideration.
The Senate Nominating Committee invites recommendations for nominations to fill these vacancies. We encourage self- nominations. If you choose to nominate a colleague, please be sure to verify their willingness […]
Published: Jan 9th, 2007
Marc Hoit, Interim CIO
The University has just signed a site license agreement with Oracle for their database software. We have site licensed three major products: Enterprise Database, Clustering Software and Tuning/Management Utilities. This includes support/ maintenance for the products. In addition, we have locked in an excellent discount (45%) for any additional products that may need to be purchased.
The license was a cooperative effort with all the SUS schools and resulted in better pricing for all. Because of the site license, any […]
Published: Jan 9th, 2007
Debra Walker King, Associate Provost for Faculty Development
Please remind your faculty of our Faculty Development “Conversation about Shared Governance: Part II” scheduled for January 11, 2007 at Emerson Alumni Hall. This workshop and discussion features Dr. Bernice Durand, Vice Provost for Diversity and Climate, Professor of Physics, University of Wisconsin-Madison and Dr. Frank Cerra, Senior VP, Health Science Center, University of MN.
The event begins at 8:30 a.m. with a panel discussion (including Task Force on Shared Governance Implementation co-chairs Anthony Brennan and […]
Published: Jan 8th, 2007
Ed Poppell, Vice President for Finance and Administration
In our decentralized work environment, it is necessary for each University employee to contribute to our system of internal controls. The control environment sets the tone of an organization, by influencing the behavior and ethical actions of its employees.
The staff of Human Resource Services, Finance and Accounting, and the Office of Audit and Compliance Review will soon make available an internal control training program, along with a useful internal control checklist that can be used […]
Published: Jan 8th, 2007
David S. O’Brien, Asst. Vice President, Physical Plant Division
The University of Florida is pleased to announce a partnership with Flexcar to bring car-sharing to campus. Flexcar is a car-sharing company that offers members convenient access to their fleet of modern, low-emission vehicles by the hour. This service will offer a low-cost alternative to maintaining a car and a parking space on campus.
Students, faculty, and staff can use Flexcar for official business or personal trips after becoming a member. Flexcar members just pay […]
Published: Jan 8th, 2007
Janie M. Fouke, Provost
I am pleased to announce that Dr. John Ingram, Deputy Director of University Libraries and Director for Collections, has agreed to serve as Interim Director of University Libraries, effective February 1, 2007. As you may know, Ms. Dale Canelas, Director of University Libraries will be retiring effective January 31, 2007.
Dr. Ingram came to the University of Florida in 1994 as the Chair of the Department of Special and Area Studies Collections. In 2000, he was named Director for Collections […]
