Archive for “March 2009 ”
Published: Mar 31st, 2009
Joe Glover, Provost and Senior Vice President
I am pleased to announce that Dr. Kevin Knudson has been appointed to serve as Director of the Honors Program at the University of Florida, effective June 30, 2009.
Dr. Knudson is a member of Mississippi State University’s mathematics and statistics faculty. He has served as acting director of the Shackouls Honors College at Mississippi State since 2008. Prior to that, he served as associate director of the honors college. He has also directed the Mississippi State […]
Published: Mar 30th, 2009
Douglas Barrett, Senior Vice President
Joseph Glover, Provost and Senior Vice President
This is to announce the initiation of the search for the next Dean of the College of Public Health and Health Professions. A search committee has been formed and will be chaired by Dean and Associate Provost Kathleen Long. The entire list of search committee members and meeting dates may be found at http://www.aa.ufl.edu/search_committees/Dean_PHHP/index.htm. Additional information about the search will be posted at this Web site as it develops. In particular, the […]
Published: Mar 24th, 2009
Chuck Frazier, Interim CIO
Ed Poppell, Vice President for Business Affairs
For over four years now, the campus standard for all new buildings has been to install Voice over IP (VoIP) telephones. This memo is to indicate that the same policy will apply to any major upgrades or replacements of unit telephone systems.
Many UF departments and units have already converted their existing phone systems to VoIP. More than 6,000 VoIP phones have now been installed by Computing & Networking Services on the main campus, […]
Published: Mar 19th, 2009
Win Phillips, Vice President, Research
The SVPHA Search Committee today recommended that five candidates seeking to become the University of Florida’s next senior vice president, health affairs be brought back for on-campus interviews.
The committee forwarded the following names to UF President Bernie Machen:
David Guzick, M.D., Ph.D.
Dean
University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry
John R. Raymond, M.D.
Provost and vice president for academic affairs
Medical University of South Carolina
Robert C. Robbins, M.D.
Professor and chairman, cardiothoracic surgery
Stanford University School of Medicine
Martin P. Sandler, M.D.
Associate vice chancellor for […]
Published: Mar 12th, 2009
Dr. Henry Frierson, Associate Vice President and Dean
The life of the university is greatly enhanced by the quality of our doctoral students, and they take their direction from our many outstanding faculty members. In an effort to continue to promote doctoral studies and to recognize excellence in doctoral student mentoring by our faculty, awards are given each year to five faculty doctoral advisors selected on a competitive basis. The Doctoral Dissertation Advisor/Mentoring Award winners for the 2008-2009 competition were:
Prof. James Algina
Educational Psychology
Prof. […]
Published: Mar 12th, 2009
Sheri Austin, Director, University Budgets
In an effort to create a more streamlined approach to the Material & Supply and Equipment Use Fee Request and Approval Processes, we are happy to announce the implementation of a new system which utilizes electronic workflow. This workflow allows the Department Originator to electronically submit the request to the Dean’s Office for approval, then routes the form to the Budget Office for course fee submission.
To ensure your area has the information they need to successfully manage the […]
Published: Mar 9th, 2009
Leland D. Patouillet, PhD, Associate Vice President for Alumni Affairs and Executive Director, UF Alumni Association
I am pleased to announce the following recipients of the Spring 2009 Outstanding Leadership Awards for Graduating Seniors:
Award Recipients – Female
Vanessa D. Douyon
College: Liberal Arts & Sciences
Major: Sociology
Jessica M. Layne
College: Journalism & Communications
Major: Public Relations
Mary Ratliff
College: Liberal Arts & Sciences
Major: Political Science
Julianne Scherker
College: Education
Major: Elementary Education
Award Recipients – Male
William L. Atkins
College: Health & Human Performance
Major: Recreation, Parks & Tourism
Jeremy Grossman
College: Liberal Arts & Sciences
Major: English/Political Science
Jared Hoffman
College: […]
Published: Mar 6th, 2009
Joe Glover, Provost and Senior Vice President
I am pleased to announce that Dr. Bernard Mair, Associate Dean in the UF College of Liberal Arts & Sciences, has been appointed to serve as Associate Provost for Undergraduate Affairs effective April 1, 2009.
Dr. Mair has served as Associate Chair and Graduate Coordinator in the UF mathematics department and head of the mathematics department at North Carolina State University.
Dr. Mair received his B.Sc. (First Class Hons.) and M.Sc. from University of the West Indies in […]
Published: Mar 4th, 2009
Jamie Lewis Keith, Vice President and General Counsel
6C1-3.013 Traffic & Parking; Violations
6C1-7.003 Academic Personnel Employment Plan: Academic Appointments, Types of Appointments, Appointment Status Modifiers, and Academic-Administrative Classification Titles
6C1-7.041 Methods for Review and Resolution of Faculty Grievances
The Notice of Changes in Proposed Regulation Amendments has been published on the University’s official website at http://regulations.ufl.edu.
Thank you.
Published: Mar 3rd, 2009
Paul Robell, Vice President, Development and Alumni Affairs
The Foundation Board of Directors has revamped the structure of the non-endowed funds in response to campus input. Below are the changes:
Beginning April 1, all new non-endowed gifts and endowment spendable transfers will no longer be invested in the non-endowed Pools A and B. These new monies will remain in the cash account of each Foundation fund. Future spending from non-endowed funds will be taken first from each non-endowed fund’s cash position, then from its […]
