Archive for “December 2010 ”
Published: Dec 31st, 2010
Michael V. McKee, Assistant Vice President and University Controller
Effective January 1, 2011, the new combined sales tax rate for Alachua County will be 6.25 percent. The Alachua County Wild Spaces/Public Places Surtax is scheduled to retire on December 31, 2010.
The new combined sales tax rate for the county will be 6.25 percent (6.00 percent current state rate + .25 percent Choices surtax, scheduled to retire on December 31, 2011). This rate applies to the sale or use of taxable merchandise or taxable […]
Published: Dec 21st, 2010
Ed Poppell, Vice President for Business Affairs
Friday, December 24, 2010 through Sunday, January 2, 2011, UF will once again be implementing our annual Winter Set-back Program. Physical Plant will be turning down air handlers at unoccupied times to save energy and money. This program allows the temperatures in most of the office and classroom environments to fall to 64 degrees or rise to 82 degrees before the ventilation system will be activated.
The most obvious benefit of setbacks is monetary, with the savings […]
Published: Dec 20th, 2010
Jamie Lewis Keith, Vice President and General Counsel
University of Florida Regulations
1.006 Non-Discrimination/Harassment/Invasion of Privacy Policies
1.201 Leaves
4.040 Student Honor Code and Student Conduct Code: Philosophy and Definitions
4.041 Student Honor Code and Student Conduct Code: Scope and Violations
The regulations listed above were approved by the Board of Trustees on December 10, 2010. The regulation changes in their final form are now effective and have been published on the Regulations’ website at http://regulations.ufl.edu.
Thank you.
Published: Dec 20th, 2010
Joseph Glover, Provost and Senior Vice President
The Alumni Association is beginning the selection process for the 17th Distinguished Alumni Professor. As part of this process I am seeking your assistance in providing nominations from your college.
The selection criteria for the Distinguished Alumni Professor are:
The individual has gained a reputation among students and alumni for being a superior and highly influential teacher;
The individual has gained a reputation for having a very positive impact on students;
The individual’s service to the university, state and nation […]
Published: Dec 14th, 2010
Katie Marquis, Interim Executive Director
We are looking forward to your involvement in the sixth annual UF Alumni Association Outstanding Young Alumni Awards Ceremony. The awards breakfast will be held on Saturday, April 9, 2011 before the Orange and Blue Game. As you will recall, this awards ceremony was established by the UFAA Board of Directors with support of President Machen.
We are asking each college to select up to two young alumni to receive this honor and recognition for 2011. Please coordinate with […]
Published: Dec 14th, 2010
Dr. Kathleen Ann Long, Associate Provost
Registration is now open for the third session of the 2010-2011 Academic Administrators Seminar Series. The series is designed to bring together department chairs, directors, associate deans and deans in discussions about academic administrative management at UF.
This session focuses on University Regulations, legal tips and working with distressed or disruptive students. Please see the agenda below for more details. Registration information is available now at the Faculty Development Website:
http://www.aa.ufl.edu/aa/facdev/career/leadership/
Please direct questions, comments and suggestions for future seminars […]
Published: Dec 9th, 2010
Jamie Lewis Keith, Vice President and General Counsel
UF-1.006 Non-Discrimination/Harassment/Invasion of Privacy Policies
UF-1.201 Leaves
The above Notices of Changes in Proposed Regulation Amendments have been published on the University’s official website at http://regulations.ufl.edu.
Thank you.
Published: Dec 7th, 2010
Joseph Glover, Provost and Senior Vice President
Colleges are invited to submit nominations for the Teacher/Scholar of the Year Award for 2010-2011. Originating in 1960, this is the University of Florida’s most prestigious and oldest faculty award. It offers an honorarium of $5,000 in addition to other appropriate recognition. Current faculty members of the University are eligible for consideration for this significant award.
Each year this award is given to a faculty member who demonstrates distinguished achievement in both teaching and scholarly activity (manifested […]
