Memos Category
Published: Jun 14th, 2019
W. Kent Fuchs, President
Yesterday, Dr. Jack Payne
announced his plans to retire from his position as Senior Vice President for Agriculture and Natural
Resources. I am writing to thank Jack for his leadership of IFAS and also share early information on the
search for his replacement.
This summer, Dr. Payne
completes nine years of IFAS leadership. I am fortunate to have worked with Jack for half of that time and
have observed firsthand his commitment, passion, and love for IFAS, our university and state of
Florida. I […]
Published: Jun 14th, 2019
Alan M. West, Assistant Vice President and University Controller
As
UF employees, we are all responsible for safeguarding the University’s
financial resources. Every member of the University community has the
responsibility to report any actions or activities of concern.
Part of being a responsible steward is to be aware of the possibility of fraud in our organization. Very often fraud symptoms are mistaken for administrative errors because we cannot conceive of the existence of fraud, especially in an organization like ours where we may have […]
Published: Jun 14th, 2019
Amy M. Hass, Vice President and General Counsel
University of
Florida Regulations
1.0065 Prohibited Consensual Relationships
1.016 Admissions
3.0051 Lost or Abandoned Property
The above-referenced regulations were approved by the University Board of Trustees at the June 6, 2019 Board meeting. The final versions of the regulations are now effective and have been published on the University’s Regulations website at http://regulations.ufl.edu.
Published: Jun 7th, 2019
Curtis A. Reynolds, Vice President for Business Affairs
I am pleased to announce Cydney
McGlothlin as the University Architect. McGlothlin
has been a Project Manager at UF since 2003 and has managed some of the most
notable projects at UF, including the J. Wayne Reitz Union Renovation &
Addition, the Harn Museum’s Asian Art Wing and the Herbert Wertheim Laboratory
for Engineering Excellence.
As a registered architect in
Florida and Colorado, her talent and skill make her a strong advocate for
quality design at UF and she will represent the […]
Published: May 28th, 2019
Steph McBride, Director of Commencements
Ceremonies: This summer, the university-wide commencement
ceremonies will be held in the Stephen C. O’Connell Center.
There
will be two university-wide commencement ceremonies — a Doctoral
Degree Ceremony (Friday, August 9th at 4:00pm) and a Master’s/Specialist’s/Bachelor’s
Degrees Ceremony (Saturday, August 10th at 10:00am).
Ordering Regalia: Regalia orders will be accepted through June 28, 2019. Information on ordering regalia is available from the UF Bookstore (392-0194). Please see the order form at the link for your convenience: https://commencement.ufl.edu/pdf/Faculty%20Order%20Summer%202019.pdf.Beginning in mid-June […]
Published: May 17th, 2019
David P. Norton, Vice President for Research
After serving for six years as Director, Dr. Pat Concannon will be stepping down as Director of the UF Genetics Institute. Under Dr. Concannon’s leadership, the Genetics Institute has seen remarkable growth within its interdisciplinary research and educational missions.
Pat joined UF in 2013 from the University of Virginia where he served as a faculty member for 7 years. Dr. Concannon will continue here at UF within his tenured faculty position in the Department of Pathology, […]
Published: May 9th, 2019
Dr. David Norton, Vice President for Research
I am pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Robert
Ferl as the Assistant Vice President for Research – Strategic Projects within the
Office of Research.
Since 2006, Dr. Ferl has served as the Director of ICBR,
a role that he will relinquish in assuming the position of assistant vice
president. Dr. Ferl received his PhD in Biology and Genetics from Indiana
University in 1980. Dr. Ferl is a
Distinguished Professor within the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. He has served […]
Published: May 9th, 2019
Dr. David P. Norton, Vice President for Research
I am pleased to announce that Dr.
Anna-Lisa Paul, Research Professor in the UF/IFAS Department of Horticulture
Sciences, has been appointed as Interim Director of ICBR. She assumes this role due to the recent
promotion of Dr. Robert Ferl to another position. Dr. Paul received her Ph.D.
in Molecular Genetics /Epigenetics from the University of Florida in 1989. Her research interests focus on the regulation
of plant gene expression in response to abiotic stress and extreme
environments, with a particular interest […]
Published: May 8th, 2019
Amy Hass, Vice President and General Counsel
Notice
of Proposed Regulation
1.0065 Prohibited Consensual Relationships
Notices of Proposed Regulation
Amendments
1.016 Admissions
3.0051 Lost or Abandoned Property
The
above Notice of Proposed Regulation and Notices of Proposed Regulation Amendments
have been published on the University’s official website at http://regulations.ufl.edu.
Published: Apr 30th, 2019
W. Kent Fuchs, President
After an extensive national search, I am very pleased to announce
today that I have appointed David R. Nelson, M.D., senior vice president for
health affairs at UF and president of UF Health. For nearly a year now, Dr.
Nelson, also a professor of medicine and assistant
vice president for research at UF, has done an admirable job as the
interim in this important role for our academic health center, and has
impressed faculty, staff and students alike with his ability to ensure our
research, teaching […]
