Memos Category
Published: Feb 18th, 2010
Donna K. Stricker, Office of the President
PLEASE FORWARD THIS INFORMATION TO YOUR FACULTY.
Ceremonies: The Advanced Degrees Ceremony (all colleges; Ph.D., Ed.D., Au.D., D.P.M., Masters and Specialists) will be held on Saturday, May 1, 2010 at 9:00am in the Stephen C. O’Connell Center. Please see the Commencement Website at http://www.registrar.ufl.edu/commencement/ for additional information.
Ordering Regalia: The deadline for ordering academic regalia is Friday, March 5, 2010. Information on ordering regalia is available from the UF Bookstore (392-0194, x 139). An order form can be found at http://www.registrar.ufl.edu/commencement/ under […]
Published: Feb 17th, 2010
Paige D. Crandall, Ed.D. Associate Dean of Students
The University Women’s Club awards scholarships each spring to undergraduate Juniors and Seniors. These awards are named in honor of the wives of past University of Florida Presidents and distinguished administrators. The requirements for consideration include full time enrollment at the University of Florida, current Junior or Senior status, a minimum of a 3.6 GPA, and participation in campus and/or community activities. In addition, there are two awards specifically designated for undergraduate or graduate students with a disability […]
Published: Feb 15th, 2010
W. Andew McCollough, Associate Provost
VisitGainesville, the official tourism marketing organization for Alachua County, is offering their 2010 Spring Conference Grant Program to qualified meeting planners who conduct their meetings or conferences in Gainesville/Alachua County. Individual grants cap at $10,000 and are available to corporate, association, or non-profit, public or privately-funded planners. Up to $75,000 in grant funding is available during the Spring cycle.
To assist meeting and conference planners interested in applying, VisitGainesville is conducting a Spring Conference Grant Workshop Thursday, March 4 at […]
Published: Feb 12th, 2010
Jamie Lewis Keith, Vice President and General Counsel
The Notices listed below have been published on the University’s official website at http://regulations.ufl.edu.
Notice of Proposed Regulation
UF-7.049 Textbook Adoptions
Notices of Proposed Regulation Amendments
UF-1.006 Non-Discrimination Policy
UF-10061 Affirmative Action Plan for Equal Employment Opportunity, and Administrative Organization for the Affirmative Action Program
UF-1.015 University of Florida Community Campaign
UF-1.019 Limited Access Records
UF-1.201 Leaves
UF-2.001 Possession and Use of Firearms
UF-3.009 Traffic & Parking; Bus System
UF-3.014 Traffic & Parking; Fine Schedule
UF-3.0372 Student Health, Athletic, and Activity and Service Fees
UF-3.058 University Complaint Procedure […]
Published: Feb 10th, 2010
Michael V. McKee, Assistant Vice President and University Controller
This regulation applies to the Department of Health and Human Services health profession students loans and long-term and short-term institutional loans where the repayment due date is equal to or greater than 90 days from the disbursement date.
The Federal Reserve published a final rule amending Regulation Z (12 C.F.R. Part 226), which implements the Truth in Lending Act (TILA). The regulation is amended by adding disclosure and timing requirements that apply to creditors making […]
Published: Feb 5th, 2010
Joe Glover, Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs
As part of a broader, university-wide awakening to environmental and sustainability concerns, the University of Florida Fellows in Sustainability Prairie Project focuses on curricular change to support faculty intellectual development to address these urgent societal issues. The Prairie Project will draw together approximately 30 UF faculty members from diverse fields across the university to learn about environmental issues and sustainability.
A $1000 grant will be offered to each individual who is selected as a […]
Published: Feb 5th, 2010
Joe Glover, Provost & Patricia Telles-Irvin, Vice President for Student Affairs
Based on an assessment of risk and on advice from the federal and state governments, we are adopting the following policy until further notice:
There are to be no UF-sanctioned, -sponsored, or -approved trips for students to Haiti.
Faculty and staff who wish to travel to Haiti to render assistance, to pursue research, or to otherwise act in their professional capacities as employees or representatives of UF must receive prior approval for the trip […]
Published: Feb 4th, 2010
Catherine Emihovich, Dean
The College of Education at the University of Florida is pleased to announce the 8th annual “Engaged Scholarship” award competition for faculty, graduate students, and community members. These awards are based on Ernst Boyer’s vision that research-oriented universities need to broaden their concept of scholarship to reflect the issues and concerns of society at large. As he noted:
Scholarship means engaging in original research. But the work of the scholar also means stepping back from one’s investigation, looking for connections, building […]
Published: Jan 27th, 2010
Ed Poppell, Vice President for Business Affairs
UF is kicking off its new energy efficiency campaign: Chomp Down on Energy. This campaign is designed to encourage faculty, staff and students throughout campus to ensure that lights and shared office equipment are turned off when they are not in use. In these budget constrained times, we must address the university’s energy bills. Last year alone, the university and Shands used over $40 million in electricity. With rates set to go up again this year, […]
Published: Jan 27th, 2010
Dr. Kathleen Ann Long, Associate Provost
Registration is now open for the fourth session of the 2009-2010 Academic Administrators Seminar Series which takes place on February 10, 2010, from 8:30am-11:00am in Emerson Alumni Hall, Presidents Room B. The series is designed to bring together department chairs, directors, associate deans and deans in discussions about academic administrative management at UF.
This session focuses on managing the faculty search process, search waiver requests and sexual harassment issues. Please see the agenda below for more details.
Registration information […]
