Archive for “February 2015 ”
Published: Feb 26th, 2015
Joseph Glover, Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs
The textbook adoption system for Fall 2015 is now available to faculty and departments to submit their Fall 2015 textbook adoptions and materials requirements. The Summer 2015
adoption system was made available on February 5, 2015. Please visit http://www.textadoption.ufl.edu/ to enter in both Summer and Fall 2015 adoptions. The deadline for summer and fall adoptions is March 23, 2015. This date coincides with the beginning of advance registration and when students can […]
Published: Feb 24th, 2015
Joseph Glover, Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs
Each year the Academy of Distinguished Teaching Scholars (ADTS) honors University of Florida’s exceptional teaching and scholarship accomplishments by inducting into its membership faculty members who have demonstrated sustained innovation and commitment in both areas. Please join me in welcoming the 2015 inductees:
Haniph A. Latchman, Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, College of Engineering
Wayne T. McCormack, Associate Professor, Department of Pathology, Immunology, and Laboratory Medicine, College of Medicine
Lynn E. Sollenberger, Professor, Department […]
Published: Feb 23rd, 2015
Elias Eldayrie, Vice President and Chief Information Officer
Paula Fussell, Vice President, Human Resource Services
Mike McKee, Interim Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
The myUFL system (my.ufl.edu) is slated to undergo a technical upgrade starting 5 p.m. on Friday, March 13, with human resources, payroll, finance, and related self-service menu items (including electronic W2s) being unavailable over that weekend as a result.
Beginning Monday, March 16, employees who use the myUFL system to complete HR, payroll, and/or financial transactions will see some […]
Published: Feb 11th, 2015
Curtis A. Reynolds, Vice President for Business Affairs
The Office of the Vice President for Business Affairs is pleased to announce the second year of the establishment of the Supplier Diversity Awards Program. This annual award seeks to recognize outstanding contributions made by UF employees in the advancement of utilizing businesses owned and operated by minorities, women and service-disabled veterans, as well as small, locally owned companies.
We are proud of the strong efforts across our campus to help ensure opportunities for […]
Published: Feb 10th, 2015
Joe Glover, Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs
I am pleased to announce the appointment of Ms. Cheryl Gater as the new Assistant Provost and Director of the University of Florida Office of Postdoctoral Affairs.
As Assistant Provost and Director of the Office of Postdoctoral Affairs Ms. Gater is responsible to the Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and provides support services, programming and a variety of administrative duties, including support of the university postdoctoral community. Ms. Gater serves […]
Published: Feb 5th, 2015
Joe Glover, Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs
The textbook adoption system for Summer 2015 is now available to faculty and departments to submit their Summer 2015 textbook adoptions and course materials requirements.
Please visit http://www.textadoption.ufl.edu/ to enter in Summer 2015 adoption information. The deadline for summer and fall adoption information is March 23, 2015, when this information is available to students during advance registration. This information is also available online to all bookstores to help them ensure appropriate arrival of […]
Published: Feb 3rd, 2015
Donna Stricker, Director, Presidential Events and Commencement
Ceremonies: This spring, commencement will be very different than it has been in the past. Since the O’Connell Center will be undergoing extensive renovation during 2015, UF will no longer have this venue as the location for commencement ceremonies. Instead, some of the spring 2015 ceremonies will be held in Ben Hill Griffin Stadium (rain or shine) and others will be held in the University Auditorium or the Phillips Center for the […]
Published: Feb 2nd, 2015
David Norton, Vice President for Research
In March, UF will launch the first phase of UFIRST—the University of Florida Integrated Research Support Tool—with the implementation of a new proposal routing system. Beginning March 20, all proposals for sponsored funding will be required to be routed through UFIRST.
Designed to significantly improve the way the Office of Research administers research, from proposals through awards, UFIRST will streamline workflow processes and improve transparency, tracking and reporting. Subsequent phases of UFIRST’s implementation will occur in the fall […]
