Memos Category
Published: Aug 3rd, 2010
Kathleen Long, Associate Provost
Due to the large amount of information we have to communicate to our new faculty members, we will offer a second day of presentations for the 2010 New Faculty Orientation. This is a continuation of the Orientation scheduled for August 19, not a repeat of that day’s agenda. Please alert your new faculty members to “Save the Date” on September 28. Registration information and topics for both days are listed below.
Day One: August 19, 2010, Emerson Hall, President’s Room:
Registration […]
Published: Jul 30th, 2010
Joseph Glover, Provost and Senior Vice President
It is my pleasure to announce the appointment of Ronald Anderson as the University Ombuds, effective September 17, 2010.
Mr. Anderson has served as Associate Director of UF’s Student Financial Affairs since 2001. Prior to that, he held the position of Assistant Director in Student Financial Affairs, as well as Coordinator and Financial Aid Officer in Student Financial Affairs.
In his role as Ombuds, Mr. Anderson will serve as liaison between students and departments, colleges, program areas or […]
Published: Jul 29th, 2010
Jim Jones, UF & Eric Chassignet, FSU
Announcing the Florida Climate Institute (FCI)
www.FloridaClimateInstitute.org
We are pleased to announce the Florida Climate Institute (FCI), a newly approved joint venture between the University of Florida and the Florida State University. We are fortunate to have a relatively large number of faculty conducting research on climate variability, climate change, and sea level rise topics at our universities, and we have more than 10 years of successful experience working together on climate-related research and extension projects. The establishment […]
Published: Jul 23rd, 2010
Dr. Marco Pahor
At the heart of the Institute on Aging is the mission to improve the health and independence of older adults. Join us at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday, August 11, to celebrate the opening of the Health Promotion Center, a new resource that features more than 7,000 square feet of unique space for research trials, where participants can walk on a 200-foot cushioned indoor track, balance on ballet-style bars set in a mirror-paneled wall, receive health education or whip up easy […]
Published: Jul 22nd, 2010
Katie Marquis, University of Florida Alumni Association
Greetings,
Attached is the FY2010 Annual Report for the UF Alumni Association. If you would like hard copies, please contact Angie Toelle at atoelle@ufalumni.ufl.edu.
Thank you.
Published: Jul 12th, 2010
Andy Fletcher, Associate Vice President, University Relations
We are gathering information for the 2010-2011 (Printed) Campus Telephone Directory. Please assist us by carefully reviewing your department or college listings in last year’s Directory and sending any changes to our office. This directory remains a valuable resource for many on campus.
In the Directory’s gray-bordered section (pages l through 82), check all possible listings for your department and make corrections, additions, or deletions. It is important that you check all possible cross listings. For example, the Center […]
Published: Jul 12th, 2010
Joseph Glover, Provost and Patricia Telles-Irvin, Vice President for Student Affairs
The State of Florida recently discontinued its travel directives on Haiti that prohibited state personnel travel to Haiti without registering and obtaining prior approval from the state emergency official or federal authorities. In light of this change, the university is issuing this revised Haiti travel policy for UF Travel. This policy supersedes the UF DDDs dated January 15, 2010 and February 5, 2010 and applies until further notice. A high level overview […]
Published: Jun 29th, 2010
Elias Eldayrie, Vice President and Chief Information Officer
It is my pleasure to announce the appointment of David Gruber as the Senior Director of the newly formed Enterprise University Systems organization effective immediately. This Director Position is critical to serving our university technology needs and to the implementation of the Information Technology Action Plan (ITAP).
Dave, a Gator alumnus, first worked with the University of Florida in the early 1990s helping to push multimedia into the classroom. Then, after an eight year stint of […]
Published: Jun 24th, 2010
Greg Dubois, Sr. Associate Controller, Finance and Accounting Jodi Gentry, Director, UF Training and Organizational Development Dave Gruber, Interim Director, UF Bridges Brad Staats, Assistant Vice President for Contracts and Grants
We are pleased to announce that registration is now open for Campus Preview Sessions, designed to introduce some of the changes to the myUFL system that will occur in conjunction with the myUFL Financial Systems Upgrade slated for spring 2011.
As an initial step toward preparing campus, these preview sessions are designed to […]
Published: Jun 22nd, 2010
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 are effective July 1, 2010 and will be 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 […]
