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President Machen Names New Senior Vice President for Health Affairs

Published: May 28th, 2009

Bernie Machen, President

I am pleased to announce the selection of Dr. David S. Guzick as the University of Florida’s Senior Vice President for Health Affairs and President of the UF&Shands Health System.

Dr. Guzick (pronounced Guh-zik), 57, Dean of the University of Rochester’s School of Medicine and Dentistry, will begin July 1. He also will serve as Chairman of Board for the Shands at UF Teaching Hospital and Clinics Inc.

An advocate of integrating patient care and academics, Dr. Guzick will lead the development […]

Notice of Change in Proposed Regulation Amendment

Published: May 28th, 2009

Jamie Lewis Keith, Vice President and General Counsel

Notice of Change in Proposed Regulation Amendment
6C1-1.017 Separations from Employment and Layoff

The Notice of Change in Proposed Regulation Amendment has been published on the Universitys’ official website at http://regulations.ufl.edu. Any clarification of the definition of layoff unit has been deferred for further discussion.

Thank you.

2009 Summer Outstanding Leadership Award for Male and Female Graduating Seniors

Published: May 19th, 2009

Leland D. Patouillet, PhD, Associate Vice President for Alumni Affairs and Executive Director, UF Alumni Association

Nominations are now being accepted for the Summer 2009 Outstanding Leadership Award for Male and Female Graduating Seniors, sponsored by the University of Florida Alumni Association. The students selected for these awards will be acknowledged at the graduation ceremonies on August 8. Please encourage qualified students to apply for this important honor.

Applications may be downloaded from the Dean of Students website at www.dso.ufl.edu/scholarships/ola.php or picked up […]

Associate Provost for IT, E-Learning and Distance Education

Published: May 15th, 2009

Joe Glover, Provost and Senior Vice President

I am pleased to announce that Dr. W. Andrew McCollough, Senior Associate Dean in the UF Warrington College of Business Administration, has been appointed to serve as Associate Provost for IT, E-Learning and Distance Education, effective July 1, 2009.

Dr. McCollough is a professor of finance and has served as an associate dean of the college for the past 18 years. Prior to that, he served as Chair of the Department of Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate. […]

Notices of Proposed Regulation Amendments Notice of Proposed Regulation and Repeal

Published: May 13th, 2009

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.

Notices of Proposed Regulation Amendments
6C1-1.012 Tuition-Free Courses
6C1-1.017 Separation from Employment and Layoff
6C1-1.200 Benefits, Retirement Programs, Employment Services and Holidays
6C1-3.056 Resignation and Non-Reappointment of Technical, Executive, Administrative, and Managerial Support Staff
6C1-4.003 Student Leader Eligibility
6C1-7.003 Academic Personnel Employment Plan: Academic Appointments, Types of Appointments, Appointment Status Modifier, and Academic-Administrative Classification Titles

Notice of Proposed Regulation and Repeal
The subject matter of Regulation 6C1-4.0161 is now covered […]

Student Web-based Resources on Sexual Harassment

Published: May 12th, 2009

Dr. Patricia Telles-Irvin, Vice President for Student Affairs

I am pleased to announce that a new web page on sexual harassment has been developed especially for students as part of the Division of Student Affairs web site. It can be accessed at http://www.ufsa.ufl.edu/students/sh/sexualharassment.shtml.

The purpose is to gain a better understanding of sexual harassment, to prevent it from occurring on campus, and to facilitate reporting an incident which has unfortunately already happened. The webpage includes sections on sexual harassment FAQs, Myths and Facts, Resources […]

Policy To Manage Mass E-mails To Students

Published: May 6th, 2009

Patricia Telles-Irvin, Vice President for Student Affairs

The University of Florida has developed the following policy to manage the number of mass e-mails sent to all enrolled students. This protocol establishes an approval process for mass e-mails and is designed to encourage the use of other ways to communicate with students electronically.

The Office of the Vice President for University Relations has been charged with ensuring that mass e-mails sent to all students are approved under the guidelines indicated below.

Use the following steps to […]

NUMBERED MEMORANDUM – 2009-08 2008-2009 Fiscal Year End Closing

Published: May 5th, 2009

Michael V. McKee, Assistant Vice President & University Controller

It is that time of year again to prepare for the annual closing of the fiscal year. The 2008-2009 fiscal year ends on June 30, 2009. The scheduled date for closing the General Ledger for the 2009 fiscal year is Friday, July 17, 2009.

Year-end closing requires the coordinated efforts of Finance and Accounting and campus departments to ensure that all financial activity is accurately recorded. It is important that all departments review and reconcile […]

Inter-Departmental Transactions

Published: May 1st, 2009

Matt Fajack, Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

With the implementation of MyUFL in 2004, Inter-Departmental transactions (expense to revenue (E2R) transactions between two UF departments) were required to have a purchase order (PO) setup by the buying department for the selling department to bill against. In July 2005, departments were allowed to process these transactions unencumbered but many chose to continue the use of POs. This results in unnecessary cost and overhead for the University.

During 2008, campus-wide work groups were formed to […]

University of Florida Identity Management Policy

Published: Apr 24th, 2009

Chuck Frazier, Interim Chief Information Officer

Faculty, staff and student contact information has been maintained in a consolidated and integrated university directory since 2003. The accuracy of this information is very important as it is used throughout university computing systems and is associated with sign-on and authorization processes, providing assurance for our on-line work.

At the recommendation of the Information Technology Advisory Council – Data Infrastructure Group, UF’s identity management policy is formally adopted. The policy reaffirms current procedures and clarifies the responsibility of […]