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Associate Provost for Undergraduate Affairs

Published: Mar 6th, 2009

Joe Glover, Provost and Senior Vice President

I am pleased to announce that Dr. Bernard Mair, Associate Dean in the UF College of Liberal Arts & Sciences, has been appointed to serve as Associate Provost for Undergraduate Affairs effective April 1, 2009.

Dr. Mair has served as Associate Chair and Graduate Coordinator in the UF mathematics department and head of the mathematics department at North Carolina State University.

Dr. Mair received his B.Sc. (First Class Hons.) and M.Sc. from University of the West Indies in […]

Notice of Changes in Proposed Regulation Amendments

Published: Mar 4th, 2009

Jamie Lewis Keith, Vice President and General Counsel

6C1-3.013 Traffic & Parking; Violations
6C1-7.003 Academic Personnel Employment Plan: Academic Appointments, Types of Appointments, Appointment Status Modifiers, and Academic-Administrative Classification Titles
6C1-7.041 Methods for Review and Resolution of Faculty Grievances

The Notice of Changes in Proposed Regulation Amendments has been published on the University’s official website at http://regulations.ufl.edu.

Thank you.

UFF Foundation Non-Endowed Funds

Published: Mar 3rd, 2009

Paul Robell, Vice President, Development and Alumni Affairs

The Foundation Board of Directors has revamped the structure of the non-endowed funds in response to campus input. Below are the changes:

Beginning April 1, all new non-endowed gifts and endowment spendable transfers will no longer be invested in the non-endowed Pools A and B. These new monies will remain in the cash account of each Foundation fund. Future spending from non-endowed funds will be taken first from each non-endowed fund’s cash position, then from its […]

myUF Market Overview Sessions

Published: Mar 2nd, 2009

Matt Fajack, Chief Financial Officer
Ed Poppell, Vice President for Business Affairs

Purchasing Services, in conjunction with Training and Organizational Development, will offer overview sessions on the new myUF Market requisitioning system beginning later this month and running through the end of April. Staff responsible for designing department purchasing processes are urged to attend. To register in the myUFL system navigate to My Self Service > Training and Development > Request Training Enrollment and search for PST072 myUF Market Overview.

Scheduled to “go live” later […]

Summer/Fall 2009 Semester Textbook Adoptions

Published: Mar 2nd, 2009

Joseph Glover, Provost

Faculty and departments should submit their Summer 2009 and Fall 2009 textbook adoptions at http://www.textadoption.ufl.edu by March 22, 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 Summer and Fall terms and better prices for student book buybacks.

Students can view Summer and Fall course textbook requirements on ISIS during advance registration, which begins March 23rd. This information helps students […]

Street Worthy Vehicles on Campus

Published: Feb 25th, 2009

Ed Poppell, Vice President for Business Affairs

To ensure that all motorized vehicles traveling on campus roadways are safe and well maintained, the University has implemented regulations 6C1-3.008 (14) and (15). Paragraph 3.008 (14) has been in effect for several years and requires all University licensed motor vehicles to be annually inspected and obtain a safety inspection decal. Paragraph 3.008 (15) is recently implemented and requires all University motorized vehicles not eligible to be titled or licensed by the State of Florida and […]

Sloan Career Flexibility Awards

Published: Feb 25th, 2009

Angel Kwolek-Folland, Acting Associate Provost for Faculty Development

The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation has agreed to an extension of our Faculty Career Flexibility Award through June 30, 2009. This enables the Provost’s Office to support departments that need assistance with replacement costs for faculty who are on family leave.

If you have a faculty member on family leave this semester and need funding to assist with replacement costs, please send an email request including the faculty member’s name and the amount needed. We will […]

Budget Reduction Planning Update

Published: Feb 19th, 2009

President Machen

As many of you know, President Barack Obama signed an economic stimulus package this week that is expected to infuse as much as $12 billion into the state of Florida over the next three years.

It is unclear at this point how the stimulus funds will change the budget situation for higher education throughout the state, and more specifically, the University of Florida. We are still evaluating the stimulus plan and it may be several weeks before we have an idea of […]

Part III Academic Administrators’ Seminar Series: Rights, Regulations and Compliance

Published: Feb 18th, 2009

Angel Kwolek-Folland, Associate Provost, Academic Affairs and Acting Associate Provost, Faculty Development

Please do not forget to register for and attend the final session for 2008-09 in 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 University regulations and policies as well as administrator’s rights and responsibilities to manage. Please see the agenda below for more details. Registration is available now […]

Notices of Proposed Regulation Amendments Notices of Technical Changes

Published: Feb 17th, 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
6C1-1.0061 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
6C1-3.007 Traffic & Parking; Parking Registration
6C1-3.009 Traffic & Parking; Bus System
6C1-3.013 Traffic & Parking; Violations
6C1-3.014 Traffic & Parking; Fne Schedule
6C1-3.015 Traffic & Parking; Jurisdiction: Appeals
6C1-3.037 Registration and Student Fees
6C1-3.0372 Registration […]