Memos Category
Published: Sep 28th, 2007
Kyle Cavanaugh, Senior Vice President for Administration
Effective July 1, 2007, the Florida Legislature passed significant changes to the laws relating to Veterans’ Preference.
CHANGES TO RECRUITMENT AND SELECTION PROCEDURES:
Preference eligibility no longer expires upon appointment of the eligible person to a position with the state or any political subdivision in the state.
Current or previous employment with the state (or any covered entity) should no longer be considered when determining preference eligibility.
In summary, this law establishes “perpetual” entitlement for veteran preference for eligible persons, […]
Published: Sep 28th, 2007
Kyle Cavanaugh, Senior Vice President for Administration
Effective November 1, 2007, each eligible faculty (including Postdoctoral Associates), TEAMS, and USPS employee who was hired on or before July 1, 2007, and has been continuously employed by the university through and including November 1, 2007, shall receive a non-recurring, one-time lump sum payment of $1,000. The actual payment will be in the November 9, 2007 paycheck. These payments are subject to applicable taxes. Each eligible part-time employee shall receive a lump sum payment prorated […]
Published: Sep 27th, 2007
Dennis C. Jett, Dean of the UF International Center
The International Educator of the Year Award was created in 2004 to recognize outstanding international endeavors by UF faculty members. This year, colleges are asked to choose at least one untenured or newly tenured faculty and one senior faculty member to receive the award for their college. The winner of each award will receive $1000. An overall, campus-wide winner in both categories will receive $2000.
Each college is free to develop its own review process, […]
Published: Sep 27th, 2007
Michael V. McKee, Assistant Vice President and University Controller
The University of Florida Purchasing department in conjunction with Housing and Residence Education, Physical Plant Division and IFAS Facilities Planning and Operations is pleased to announce the award of contracts for the procurement of Maintenance, Repair & Operations (MRO) Supplies that include such items as air filters, electrical items, janitorial products, industrial supplies and much more. The awarded vendors are: American Air Filter (AAF), Colonial Paper Company, Grainger, Graybar, Heritage Paper and Unisource.
These contracts […]
Published: Sep 26th, 2007
Janie M. Fouke, Provost
Faculty and departments are asked to submit their Spring term textbook adoptions at http://www.textadoption.ufl.edu through October 26, 2007. Once submitted, this information is available on-line to all bookstores, providing both students and bookstores timely and correct information about textbook requirements. With your textbook adoption information, bookstores can begin the ordering process to ensure timely arrival of texts for Spring term. By knowing what texts are required, bookstores can provide students with better prices on book buybacks.
Students can view Spring […]
Published: Sep 26th, 2007
Janie Fouke, Provost
Please forward this information to your faculty.
Ceremonies: An Advanced Degree Ceremony (all colleges; all masters and doctoral candidates) will be held at 4:00pm on Friday, December 14, 2007 in the O’Connell Center. On Saturday, December 15, 2007, two undergraduate degree ceremonies, at 10:00am and 2:00pm, will also be held in the O’Connell Center. Please refer to the fall commencement schedule at http://www.registrar.ufl.edu/commencement/ for the college assignments. Please note that separate ceremonies will be hosted by the College of Pharmacy on […]
Published: Sep 20th, 2007
Janie Fouke, Provost and Senior Vice President and Debra Walker King, Associate Provost for Faculty Development
This is a series of half day leadership seminars designed to bring together department chairs, directors, associate deans and deans in discussions about academic administrative management at UF. The series focuses on University regulations and policies as well as administrator’s rights and responsibilities to manage. Part I of the series, the new chairs’ orientation, was completed in August, 2007. Below you will find the schedule for the […]
Published: Sep 17th, 2007
Kyle J. Cavanaugh, Senior Vice President for Administration
I am pleased to announce a call for nominations for the University of Florida’s Superior Accomplishment Awards program. The purpose of the program, now in its 18th year, is to recognize Academic Personnel; Technical Executive Administrative Managerial and Support (TEAMS) employees; and University Support Personnel System (USPS) employees who have contributed outstanding service in their fields during the academic year of August 1, 2006, to July 31, 2007.
Please don’t miss this chance to recognize those […]
Published: Sep 10th, 2007
Eugene L. Zdziarski, II, Ph.D., Assistant Vice President and Dean of Students
Nominations now are being accepted for the Fall 2007 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 December 14 and 15. Please encourage qualified students to apply for this important honor.
Applications may be downloaded from the Dean of Students website at http://www.dso.ufl.edu/scholarships/ola.php or picked up from the following […]
Published: Sep 7th, 2007
Kyle J. Cavanaugh, Senior Vice President for Administration
This year’s benefits Open Enrollment period for UF employees will kick off October 1 and end October 26. Open Enrollment is the only period during which changes to pre-tax employee benefits can be made unless you have a qualifying event (e.g., change in marital status, birth, adoption). Any changes made to elections during Open Enrollment will be effective January 1, 2008.
A Benefits Fair will be held on October 1, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., […]
