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Interim Assistant Vice President for Business Affairs/PPD

Published: Jan 13th, 2012

Curtis A. Reynolds, Vice President for Business Affairs

I am pleased to announce that Jeff Chorlog, associate director for utilities services at UF’s Physical Plant Division (PPD), has agreed to serve as interim assistant vice president for physical plant. He will begin his new duties January 16, 2012.

Jeff has held key operational, fiscal and administrative leadership positions in PPD during his 26 years at the university. A UF graduate with bachelor’s and master’s degrees in civil engineering , he previously served as PPD’s […]

Online Faculty Assignment Report (FAR) Required Starting Summer “A” 2012

Published: Jan 11th, 2012

Joseph Glover, Provost and Senior Vice President

The online Faculty Assignment Report (FAR), an important part of the University’s new Effort Reporting Initiative, is available for use for the Spring 2012 semester.

The use of the online FAR will remain optional for the Spring 2012 semester. Beginning with Summer “A” 2012, all faculty must use the online FAR.

An informational session is available in myUFL: RSH200 Effort Reporting. This session provides descriptions of the new effort activity categories, step-by-step instructions for using the online FAR, […]

Call for Nominations

Published: Jan 6th, 2012

Kevin Knudson, Director, University Honors Program

Call for Nominations

The University Honors Program solicits nominations for the Elizabeth Wood Dunlevie Honors Term Professorships.  Candidates must be among the university’s most esteemed faculty.  The Professorships will be for a period of one academic year (2012-13), and Professors will each be responsible for teaching one course for the Honors Program in the fall 2012 semester on a topic of their choosing.  The course is to be a part of each professor’s regular teaching assignment for the […]

Student Experience in the Research University (SERU) survey results

Published: Jan 6th, 2012

Joe Glover, Provost and Senior Vice President

Results of the Student Experience in the Research University (SERU) survey that UF administered to all undergraduate students this past spring are now available on the Institutional Planning and Research Web site: http://www.ir.ufl.edu/OIRApps/SERU/signon.aspx

The SERU survey was conducted for the first time in 2009 and again in Spring 2011. In addition to the University of Florida, participating public institutions conducting SERU surveys in 2011 included: University of California Berkeley, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, University […]

Call for Nominations for FY 2013 UF Alumni Association Board of Directors

Published: Jan 6th, 2012

Danita D. Nias, Executive Director; Jason Rosenberg, Chair, Nominating Committee

With the guidance of a new strategic plan to Be the Best, the University of Florida Alumni Association is embracing an enhanced role as an indispensible resource for the Gator that lives in all of us. We are currently seeking nominations of driven, successful individuals who can represent their fellow Gators as we strive to provide relevant, high quality services that support, engage, and educate the Gator Nation. To fill the expected vacancies […]

Schedule of Paydays and Critical Dates for FY 2012-2013

Published: Jan 5th, 2012

Michael V. McKee, Assistant Vice President and University Controller

A Schedule of Paydays and Critical Dates for Fiscal Year 2012-2013 can be accessed on the Payroll, Finance and Accounting website at:  http://fa.ufl.edu/payroll/paydays-2012-2013.asp.  The schedule includes Time and Labor deadlines as well as the Human Resource offices’ deadlines to assure that all supporting documents are received in time for approval for the next payday.

You may contact Linda Orfield, lorfield@ufl.edu or Brian Kuhl, bkuhl@ufl.edu in University Payroll and Tax Services, (352) 392-1231, if you have […]

Target Audience Research (www.ufl.edu)

Published: Jan 4th, 2012

Andy Fletcher, Associate Vice President, University Relations

The university is conducting research to identify and prioritize the various audiences we currently serve or desire to serve through communications (list attached). Many of you have conducted your own audience research and we would like to merge your findings with our database. Please forward any appropriate data, or links to research you feel is pertinent, to Florida Bridgewater-Alford at bridgefl@ufl.edu.

Also, please indicate the target audiences you consider to be the most important to your college […]

New Vice President for Business Affairs

Published: Dec 21st, 2011

Win Phillips, Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, J. Bernard Machen, President

Curtis Reynolds, the University of Florida’s assistant vice president for physical plant, has been named the university’s vice president for business affairs. His new position is effective Jan. 6, 2012.

Curtis joined UF in July 2010 as assistant vice president for physical plant. From 2006 to 2010, he was vice provost for facilities management at Miami Dade College, where he was responsible for business affairs on eight campuses located throughout Miami-Dade […]

New Vice President for Research

Published: Dec 21st, 2011

Win Phillips, Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, J. Bernard Machen, President

David P. Norton, the University of Florida’s associate dean for research in the College of Engineering, has been named vice president for research. David will assume his new role Jan. 30, 2012.

David has held his current position since 2009. He joined UF in 2000 as an associate professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering. From 1991 to 1997, he was a research staff member in the Solid State […]

Material & Supply Fees/Equipment Use Fees

Published: Dec 20th, 2011

Sheri P. Austin, Asst. Vice President, University Budgets

Applications to establish or adjust Material and Supply Fees and Equipment Use Fees for the Summer and Fall 2012 Terms are now being accepted. All departmental requests should be submitted no later than February 10, 2012 and Deans approvals by February 17, 2012.

Existing fees should be reviewed to determine if you are charging the appropriate fee to cover the resources needed. Amounts exceeding $50 per course for M&S Fees must be substantiated. A maximum of […]