Memos Category
Published: Dec 21st, 2007
Michael V. McKee, Assistant Vice President & University Controller
This memorandum is provided to inform faculty and staff of student tuition and fees effective Spring semester 2008. In addition to assessing tuition and fees based on student residency, course level, and program, tuition rates are now also based on the first enrolled term of the current degree. Detailed fee information may be accessed at: http://fa.ufl.edu/ufs/cashiers/feecalc.asp Definitions of the first enrolled term of the current degree are as follows:
Pre-Fall 2005 Student Fee Criteria:
A degree-seeking […]
Published: Dec 18th, 2007
Janie Fouke, Provost & Senior Vice President
I am very pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. John W. Wright II as dean of the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications. His appointment, resulting from a nationwide search, is effective January 1, 2008.
Dr. Wright has been interim dean of the college since July 2006, succeeding Terry Hynes. Prior to serving as interim dean, Dr. Wright was the college’s executive associate dean and also served as associate dean for graduate. Dr. Wright […]
Published: Dec 18th, 2007
Jamie Lewis Keith, Vice President and General Counsel
It is time to prepare proposed changes to University of Florida regulations for 2007-2008. If you or those in your units would like to propose changes to any University of Florida regulation (refer to the University of Florida Regulations website at http://regulations.ufl.edu ), please submit the proposed changes to the General Counsel’s Office by January 31, 2008 so they may become effective in 2008.
Please include the following in the submission for each proposed changed regulation:
1. […]
Published: Dec 17th, 2007
Michael V. McKee, Assistant Vice President & University Controller
The University of Florida Purchasing department is pleased to announce the award for the purchase or operating lease, and maintenance of Specialty and Multifunctional Copiers to Canon U.S.A., Konica-Minolta Business Solutions and Ricoh Americas Corporation under UF Invitation to Negotiate ITN07DD-162YC.
Through this negotiation the University was able to achieve an estimated savings of 25% over the previous contract, with the majority of projected cost savings being realized by improved recurring maintenance and operating lease […]
Published: Dec 10th, 2007
Debra Walker King, Associate Provost, Faculty Development
This message is a reminder of the Spring 2008 New Faculty Orientation. The orientation will take place on January 31, 2008. We rely on you to ensure that all new faculty appointees are included in orientation. For each new faculty appointee, please provide the information requested on the form (New Appointee Information Form) by Monday, December 19, 2007.
New appointees, for the purpose of the New Faculty Orientation, are those persons new to the University this year […]
Published: Dec 7th, 2007
Kyle Cavanaugh, Senior Vice President for Administration
To assist with planning for the coming year, I am pleased to provide you with the dates of the scheduled 2008 University of Florida holidays.
2008 Holidays
– New Year’s Day, Tuesday, January 1
– Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Birthday, Monday, January 21
– Memorial Day, Monday, May 26
– Independence Day, Friday, July 4
– Labor Day, Monday, September 1
– UF Homecoming, Friday, October 24
– Veterans Day, Tuesday, November 11
– Thanksgiving Holiday, Thursday and Friday, November 27 and 28
– Christmas Day, […]
Published: Dec 5th, 2007
Carol Ritzen Kem, Chair, Senate Nominating Committee
Each year the University of Florida offers employees the opportunity to participate in its governance through various university committees, boards, and councils (see the Senate Website at www.senate.ufl.edu for a list of committees). Faculty, administrators and staff are all encouraged to serve as a member of one or more of these entities. All nominations will receive due consideration.
The Senate Nominating Committee invites recommendations for nominations to fill these vacancies. We encourage self- nominations. If you choose […]
Published: Dec 3rd, 2007
Sheri P. Austin, Director, University Budgets
We are now accepting applications to establish or adjust material and supply fees for the Summer and Fall 2008 terms. Please submit your requests no later than January 25th, 2008.
Your requests should include the following information:
1. The name and number of the course for which the fee should be collected
2. The term that you would like the change to become effective
3. The amount of the fee requested (There is no fee limitation; however, fees greater than $50.00 […]
Published: Nov 29th, 2007
Bernie Machen, President
As you may know, we formed a Cost Reduction and Efficiency Task Force at the beginning of the fall term to help identify ways to trim costs, create new revenues and operate more efficiently.
I am pleased to announce that the Task Force has completed the first phase of its work and has forwarded to me a series of recommendations that should contribute in getting us through some uncertain economic times ahead.
The work of this Task Force is critically important. State […]
Published: Nov 28th, 2007
Marc Hoit, Interim CIO
Since 2003 the University of Florida has been engaged in a concerted effort to rationalize and optimize the High Performance Computing (HPC) infrastructure on campus.
High Performance Computing plays an ever increasing role in all aspects of science and engineering and has entered areas of science and scholarship that traditionally have not been considered for HPC use. Now social sciences, research in language, music, and graphic arts are increasingly using HPC resources and methods.
The UF HPC Center offers significant computing […]
