Memos Category
Published: Jan 12th, 2009
Matt Fajack, Chief Financial Officer
Ed Poppell, Vice President for Business Affairs
This spring, UF Purchasing will introduce myUF Market, a new purchasing/procurement system for the University. This new system brings a user-friendly online marketplace designed to streamline the way your department purchases its goods and services. The adoption of myUF Market represents UF’s ongoing commitment to initiatives that strategically reduce costs without sacrificing service.
Using familiar, intuitive tools like search boxes, price comparisons, favorites, and shopping carts, your employees’ purchasing experience will be more […]
Published: Jan 12th, 2009
David Denslow, Honorary Degree Committee Chair
One of the traditional components of our commencement ceremonies is honoring individuals who have been selected to receive a university designated award (these include the honorary degree, the distinguished alumnus award, the distinguished achievement award, and the distinguished service award). We count on you and your colleagues to identify and nominate individuals who, through their accomplishments and service, are deserving of the university’s highest honors.
Nominations submitted by the February 2nd deadline will be considered at the March, […]
Published: Jan 6th, 2009
Bernie Machen, University of Florida President
I am pleased to announce the establishment of the President’s Council on Diversity, which has been charged with the mission of gathering and analyzing diversity data at the college and departmental levels. The Council on Diversity has been formed to further the University’s commitment to equal opportunity. It is my belief that a great university is a diverse university with world-balance.
The Council on Diversity is also charged with identifying ways to increase the diversity of the faculty, […]
Published: Jan 6th, 2009
Chuck Frazier, Interim CIO and
Ed Poppell, Vice President for Business Affairs
Approximately three years ago in 2005, Dr. Mike Conlon was assigned additional duties focused on PeopleSoft implementation. With the implementation of PeopleSoft complete, we write to announce the following changes. Dr. Conlon will return to his duties centered on data infrastructure and IT architecture and will report through the CIO. We thank Dr. Conlon for his excellent work in support of the PeopleSoft implementation.
Also appointed in 2005 as Director of Bridges was […]
Published: Jan 5th, 2009
Joseph Glover, Provost and Senior Vice President
This is to announce an internal search to fill the position of Associate Provost for Undergraduate Affairs.
Nominations from the university community are encouraged and should be addressed to Chair of the Search Committee Dr. Kathleen Long at longka@ufl.edu preferably by January 19, 2009.
Applications should be submitted in electronic form (preferably a Word document) to Robin Bielling at rbielling@aa.ufl.edu by January 26, 2009, when the search committee will begin reviewing applications. Applications should include: a cover letter […]
Published: Jan 5th, 2009
J. Bernard Machen, President
I am pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Larry Arrington as interim senior vice president for agriculture and natural resources.
Larry, currently dean for IFAS Extension, succeeds Dr. Jimmy Cheek, who in October was named chancellor of the University of Tennessee. Larry will assume his new position on January 12. A start date for the national search for the senior vice president position has not been set.
Larry received his bachelor’s degree in agricultural education from UF; a master’s degree […]
Published: Dec 22nd, 2008
Paula Varnes Fussell, Interim Vice President for Human Resource Services
Late last Friday, Governor Crist announced that he is closing all state executive offices on Friday, December 26, 2008, and Friday, January 2, 2009, to reward state employees and save utilities and management expenses. A copy of Governor Crist’s letter may be viewed online at www.hr.ufl.edu/leave/governor-dec26.pdf. Similar to Governor Crist’s announcement for the State of Florida, President Machen and the UF senior administration are pleased to announce that UF will provide an additional […]
Published: Dec 18th, 2008
Joseph Glover, Provost and Senior Vice President
The Alumni Association is beginning the selection process for the 16th Distinguished Alumni Professor. As part of this process I am seeking your assistance in providing nominations from your college.
The selection criteria for the Distinguished Alumni Professor are:
1. The individual has gained a reputation among students and alumni for being a superior and highly influential teacher;
2. The individual has gained a reputation for having a very positive impact on students;
3. The individual’s service to the University, […]
Published: Dec 16th, 2008
Joseph Glover, Provost and Senior Vice President
It is with regret that I announce Associate Provost Daniel Wubah’s decision to resign his position at the University of Florida to assume a position as Vice President and Dean for Undergraduate Education at Virginia Tech in February 2009. Dr. Wubah has served as UF Associate Provost since 2007. Virginia Tech’s announcement of his position can be found at the following link: http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/story.php?relyear=2008&itemno=816.
Please join me in wishing Dr. Wubah all success as he makes the transition […]
Published: Dec 15th, 2008
Michael V. McKee, Assistant Vice President and University Controller
Effective January 1, 2009, the University is required to begin collecting the additional Alachua County one half percent discretionary sales surtax (Alachua County Wild Spaces/Public Places Surtax). This surtax applies to the sale or use of taxable merchandise or taxable services delivered into Alachua County and is applied in addition to the State’s six percent sales tax and in addition to the current Alachua County one quarter percent surtax (Choices Surtax). The new combined […]
