Memos Category
Published: Oct 22nd, 2009
Kevin Knudson, Director, University Honors Program
Please distribute the enclosed call for proposals to your faculty. Note that this call is restricted to regular tenure-track faculty; lecturers, adjuncts, and graduate students are not eligible.
Call for Proposals
The University Honors Program solicits proposals for new courses for the 2010-11 academic year. Honors courses are typically capped at 25 students and are usually (though not always) taught in a seminar format. We seek challenging, innovative, provocative classes that will pique the interest of the students and […]
Published: Oct 15th, 2009
David S. Guzick, M.D., Ph.D., Senior Vice President, Health Affairs and President, UF&Shands Health System
Michael Good, M.D. Interim Dean, UF College of Medicine
Timothy Goldfarb CEO, Shands HealthCare
We are pleased to announce the appointment of Paul Okunieff, M.D., as director of the University of Florida Shands Cancer Center and chair of the UF College of Medicine department of radiation oncology, effective Dec. 1.
A graduate of Harvard Medical School, Dr. Okunieff is currently the Philip Rubin professor in radiation oncology and chair of the […]
Published: Oct 14th, 2009
Jamie Lewis Keith, Vice President and General Counsel
The above-referenced regulation was approved by the Board of Trustees on September 11, 2009 and the Board of Governors on July 9, 2009. The regulation change in its final form is now effective and has been published on the Regulations’ website at http://regulations.ufl.edu.
Published: Oct 12th, 2009
Eddie Daniels, Executive Director, J. Wayne Reitz Union
A recent review of rates for rooms, audio visual equipment, and related services was completed by the Reitz Union staff along with the Board of Managers. Adjustments have not been made for several years, even though labor rates have increased significantly over the years as have other costs based on annual inflation. Part of the review included benchmarking other institutions comparable to UF and other venues in the surrounding area.
As a result of this review, […]
Published: Oct 9th, 2009
Joseph Glover, Provost and Senior Vice President
The University of Florida has initiated a search for the next Senior Vice President for Agriculture and Natural Resources.
The search committee had its first meeting on October 5, 2009, at which University President J. Bernard Machen gave his charge to the committee. The success of this important search will depend on the quality of candidates in the pool. The faculty, staff and university community have an opportunity to submit nominations of qualified individuals. To ensure full […]
Published: Oct 9th, 2009
Dr. Kathleen Ann Long, Associate Provost
Registration is now open for the second session of the Provost’s 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.
This session focuses on managing both human and financial capital. Please see the agenda below for more details. Registration information is available now at the Faculty Development Website: http://www.aa.ufl.edu/aa/facdev/career/leadership/. Please direct questions, comments and suggestions for future seminars to Ms. Ellen […]
Published: Oct 8th, 2009
Paula Varnes Fussell, Vice President for Human Resource Services
Kenneth J. Gerhardt, Senior Associate Dean, Graduate School
A new collective bargaining agreement between the University of Florida Board of Trustees and the Graduate Assistants United was recently ratified. We are pleased to announce that the contract provides for an increase in the minimum stipend received by our graduate assistants. Each nine-month employee on a .50 FTE shall receive a minimum stipend of $9,500 for 2009-10 and $10,000 for 2010-11.
The new 2009-10 minimum stipend shall […]
Published: Oct 6th, 2009
Matthew M. Fajack, Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Charles E. Frazier, Interim Chief Information Officer
Paula Varnes Fussell, Vice President for Human Resource Services
Winfred Phillips, Vice President for Research
Ed Poppell, Vice President for Business Affairs
We are pleased to announce that work has begun on the upgrade of the myUFL financial systems—which include grants management, enterprise reporting, and the UF Data Warehouse. Over the next 18 months, several teams of university employees will work to ensure that the financial systems continue to meet UF’s […]
Published: Oct 5th, 2009
Paula Varnes Fussell, Vice President for Human Resource Services
As in past years, the University of Florida has designated the Friday of homecoming week as a holiday. This year the date is October 16 and the campus will be closed the entire day. No classes will be held except for those in the Levin College of Law through 12:00 noon. The decision to designate this day as a holiday was based upon the support of faculty and staff across the campus.
Please note that […]
Published: Oct 5th, 2009
Joseph Glover, Provost & Senior Vice President
Faculty and departments should submit their Spring 2010 textbook adoptions at http://www.textadoption.ufl.edu by November 1, 2009 so that this information is available to students during advance registration. This information is also available online to all bookstores to help them ensure appropriate arrival of texts for Spring term and better prices for student book buybacks.
Students can view Spring course textbook requirements online during advance registration, which begins November 2, 2009. This information helps students balance their course […]
