Memos Category
Published: Aug 25th, 2011
Dr. David Sammons, Dean of the International Center
International Educator of the Year Awards:
Beginning in 2004, an award to recognize outstanding international endeavors by UF faculty members and to encourage UF faculty to pursue international activities was created. Subsequently, a new award was created for faculty in junior ranks and in 2010 a new award was added to recognize the many contributions of staff to our campus internationalization priorities. I write today to invite nominations from all colleges across campus for each of […]
Published: Aug 25th, 2011
Dr. Kathleen Ann Long, Associate Provost
Registration is now open for the first session of the 2011-2012 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.
The first session focuses on “Overview of Basic Management Issues”. Please see the agenda below for more details. Registration information is available now at the Faculty Development Website:
http://www.aa.ufl.edu/academic-administrators-seminar-series
Please direct questions, comments and suggestions for future seminars to Ms. Ellen Sattler at […]
Published: Aug 15th, 2011
Dave Kratzer, Interim Vice President for Student Affairs
UF Campus Community:
Fall Residence Hall Check-in begins Wednesday August 17 and continues through Sunday August 21 in all residence halls.
The UF Community will be welcoming between 7,500 – 7,600 campus residents and their families during Fall Check-in.
For UF faculty and staff working the break between summer and fall, please plan for impacts on all campus roads and near all Red Parking lots as well as in these staff parking lots near residence halls as residents […]
Published: Aug 10th, 2011
Office of Information Technology – Telecommunications
Please forward this memo to your appropriate staff to ensure timely completion by August 26, 2011. It is time to update departmental listings in the AT&T Directory for Gainesville, FL. Review the University of Florida department listings in the 2011 AT&T Gainesville directory. Listings begin on page 84 of the Gainesville Business white pages. Each listing is charged $2.10 per month.
Use this link to confirm, update or add your department’s listing:
https://appdev.cns.ufl.edu/ATTDirectory.html
If we do not receive a response, […]
Published: Aug 8th, 2011
Jamie Lewis Keith, Vice President and General Counsel
The above Notice of Proposed Regulation Amendment has been published on the University’s official website at http://regulations.ufl.edu.
Thank you.
Published: Aug 3rd, 2011
Joseph Glover, Provost
Better Reporting, Less Effort: Online Faculty Assignment Report (FAR) now available as part of UF’s new Effort Reporting initiative
The online Faculty Assignment Report, an important part of the University’s new Effort Reporting Initiative (as mentioned in the May 15, 2011 DDD communication, “Effort Reporting on Research Awards”) is now available for use.
Although use of the online FAR is currently optional, we strongly encourage departments to try using the new system while participation is voluntary. This phased approach will allow the […]
Published: Aug 1st, 2011
Joseph Glover, Provost and Senior Vice President
I am pleased to announce that Dr. Glenn Good, Associate Dean for Administration, Research, and Performance Excellence in the College of Education at the University of Missouri, has accepted the position of Dean of the College of Education, effective September 29, 2011.
Dr. Good earned his bachelor’s degree from the University of California, Davis, his master’s degree from the University of Oregon and his doctorate from The Ohio State University, specializing in counseling psychology. In 1990, he […]
Published: Jul 22nd, 2011
Michael V. McKee, Assistant Vice President and University Controller
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has approved our proposed pooled fringe rates as submitted. The rates were effective July 1, 2011 and have been updated in the MyUFL system centrally.
A reminder of the benefits included in the pooled rates:
FICA OASDI (Social Security)
FICA Medicare
Health Insurance (including graduate assistant and postdoctoral associates health insurance)
Retirement (employer contributions)
Life Insurance
Clinical disability insurance
Worker’s Compensation
Unemployment Compensation
Vacation and Sick Leave Cash Outs
Sick leave pool payments
The employee categories and corresponding […]
Published: Jul 13th, 2011
David Looney, Associate Director, Business Services Division
In line with the University of Florida’s sustainability initiative to reduce paper, the Gator 1 ID Card office will be implementing a new online system to replace Faculty & Staff Authorization forms. All departments need to set up an account for their employees to obtain new or replacement Gator 1 cards.
To assure a smooth transition before the start of the new academic year, we are asking all department fiscal offices to set up their accounts by […]
Published: Jul 13th, 2011
Dr. Angel Kwolek-Folland, Associate Provost for Academic Affairs
Workshops have been scheduled to discuss the preparation of tenure and promotion packets and the University evaluation process for 2011-2012.
We encourage faculty who will be submitting packets this fall, members of this year’s college/unit review boards, new hires, and other interested faculty who may be going through the process in the near future to attend one of these sessions:
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
1pm-3pm
C1-11, Health Science Center
http://www.library.health.ufl.edu/about/VirtualTour/locator/locateCom1st.html
1pm-3pm (Videoconf)
Jax Alumni Auditorium
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
9am-11am
282 Lecture Hall, Reitz Union
A […]
