Memos Category
Published: Apr 21st, 2009
Brian C. Beach, Interim Vice President for Administration
Paula Varnes Fussell, Interim Vice President for Human Resource Services
It gives us great pleasure to recognize the 2009 Prudential Davis Productivity Award winners from the University of Florida. The Prudential Davis Productivity Awards is an annual program honoring state government employees throughout Florida.
In addition to honoring “innovation, creativity, and smart work,” the awards program recognizes individuals and work units that have adapted or implemented previous years’ award- winning achievements to create added value.
The teams and […]
Published: Apr 21st, 2009
Patricia Telles-Irvin, Vice President for Student Affairs
The University Minority Mentor Program (UMMP) is currently seeking faculty and staff to serve as mentors for the 2009-2010 academic year. UMMP is designed to support first year students from underrepresented backgrounds in their transition to the University of Florida and to offer guidance as students begin to define their goals and strive for academic success.
If you are interested in learning more about the program, or want to apply to be a mentor, please go to […]
Published: Apr 20th, 2009
Chuck Frazier, Interim Chief Information Officer
Tim Fitzpatrick, Director Computing and Networking Services
Effective May 5, 2009, students will be able to forward their GatorLink email address to any valid email address, on or off campus. This policy change is in response to student preferences, improved spam handling capabilities, and a recommendation from the Information Technology Advisory Council – Data Infrastructure Group.
Official correspondence from the University is sent to the students via the GatorLink email address. A free GatorLink mailbox continues to be provided […]
Published: Apr 20th, 2009
Donna K. Stricker, Office of the President
PLEASE FORWARD THIS INFORMATION TO YOUR FACULTY
Ceremonies:
The Advanced Degrees Ceremony (all colleges, all masters and doctoral candidates) will be held on Saturday, May 2, 2009, at 10:00am in the Stephen C. O’Connell Center. Please see the Commencement Website at http://www.registrar.ufl.edu/commencement/ for additional information.
Ordering Regalia:
If you have not already ordered regalia, please do so immediately. Information on ordering regalia is available from the UF Bookstore (392-0194). An order form may be found at http://www.registrar.ufl.edu/commencement/ under the heading […]
Published: Apr 17th, 2009
Chuck Frazier, Interim Chief Information Officer
Tim Fitzpatrick, Director, Computing and Networking Services
CNS Telecommunications recently completed an annual review of Telecom Rates. The good news is that rates will not change this year. This is possible because the migration of many departments to Voice Over IP (VoIP) and negotiated better deals with external vendors have resulted in some cost savings. And while the increase in the UF auxiliary overhead tax more than offsets these combined savings, current rates remain the same next year.
Telecom […]
Published: Apr 16th, 2009
Donna K. Stricker, Office of the President
PLEASE FORWARD THIS INFORMATION TO YOUR FACULTY
Ceremonies:
The Advanced Degrees Ceremony (all colleges, all masters and doctoral candidates) will be held on Saturday, May 2, 2009, at 10:00am in the Stephen C. O’Connell Center. Please see the Commencement Website at http://www.registrar.ufl.edu/commencement/ for additional information.
Ordering Regalia:
If you have not already ordered regalia, please do so immediately. Information on ordering regalia is available from the UF Bookstore (392-0194). An order form may be found at http://www.registrar.ufl.edu/commencement/ under the heading […]
Published: Apr 15th, 2009
Joseph Glover, Provost and Senior Vice President
This is to announce an internal search to fill the position of Dean of the International Center.
Nominations from the university community are encouraged and should be addressed to Chair of the Search Committee, Dean Steve Dorman, at sdorman@hhp.ufl.edu by May 1, 2009.
Applications should be submitted in electronic form (preferably a Word document) to Robin Bielling at rbielling@aa.ufl.edu by May 8, 2009. Applications should include: a cover letter explaining the candidate’s interest, experience, and suitability for the […]
Published: Apr 7th, 2009
Matthew Fajack, Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Paula Varnes Fussell, Interim Vice President for Human Resource Services
As you may be aware, the University is implementing a new process for charging employee fringe benefits costs to departments. Currently the university charges departments the actual cost of employee benefits. The Federal Office of Management and Budget also allows universities to use an allocation method that applies fixed rates by employee groups. This is known as a pooled fringe rate and is the method the […]
Published: Apr 3rd, 2009
Paula Varnes Fussell, Interim Vice President for Human Resource Services
As you may already know, the federal government has issued guidelines for changes in the reporting of race and ethnicity status of individuals. Unlike in previous years, respondents will be able to select more than one race descriptor. The goal is to capture a more accurate picture of diversity of the U.S. population. The 2000 U.S. Census was the first experiment with the new coding structure. Beginning in 2010, federal and state data […]
Published: Apr 3rd, 2009
Jamie Lewis Keith, Vice President and General Counsel
The regulations listed below were approved by the Board of Trustees on March 17, 2009.
6C1-1.0061 Affirmative Action Plan for Equal Employment Opportunity, and Administrative Organization for the Affirmative Action Program
6C1-1.0063 Complaints and Appeal Procedures for AP, TEAMS and USPS
6C1-3.006 Traffic & Parking; Definitions
6C1-3.013 Traffic & Parking; Violations
6C1-3.015 Traffic & Parking; Jurisdiction: Appeals
6C1-3.040 Employee Recognition Awards
6C1-3.0421 Employee Debt Collection
6C1-3.046 Discipline, Suspension and Dismissal for Cause of Technical, Administrative and Managerial Support
6C1-3.054 Appointment; Technical, Executive, Administrative and […]
