Memos Category
Published: Oct 21st, 2006
Dennis C. Jett, Dean of the International Center
The third week of November has been designated International Education Week (IEW) to provide an opportunity to celebrate the benefits of international education and exchange worldwide. The dates for IEW 2007 are November 12 – 16. The dates for IEW 2008 are November 17-21.
This joint initiative of the U.S. Department of State and the U.S. Department of Education promotes programs that prepare Americans for a global environment and attract future leaders from abroad to study […]
Published: Oct 17th, 2006
Kyle Cavanaugh, Vice President for Human Resource Services
TEAMS employees are eligible to cash out up to 16 hours of vacation leave—regardless of FTE—during the pay period of November 17 to November 30. In order to be eligible employees must have 40 hours of vacation leave on balance after the end of that pay period. Eligible employees who participate will receive the cash-out payment in their December 8 paychecks.
To participate, employees report the number of hours they wish to cash out by entering […]
Published: Oct 16th, 2006
Jimmy Cheek, Senior Vice President for Agriculture and Natural Resources Ed Poppell, Vice President for Finance and Administration
To provide UF fiscal managers with improved accessibility and usability of the Monthly Financial Departmental Reconciliation Reports, we are pleased to introduce several new enhancements. These enhancements were added as a result of feedback and suggestions from members of the university community based on their usage of the Monthly Financial Departmental Reconciliation Reports that have been available since December 2005.
The enhancements include:
Ability to “bundle” any […]
Published: Oct 12th, 2006
Marc I. Hoit, Interim CIO
The eighth UF Information Technology Security Awareness Day (ITSA Day) will be held Wednesday, November 8, in the Reitz Union Auditorium. The all-day event is sponsored by the CIO, Office of Information Technology and will be hosted by the UF IT Security Team.
Security experts from the Sunbelt Software, Cisco Systems Inc., Cenzic Inc., Secure Ideas and Forensics Strategy Services, LLC will present popular security issues such as web application security, malware prevention and forensics. ITSA Day is targeted […]
Published: Oct 9th, 2006
Kyle Cavanaugh, Vice President, Human Resource Services
As previously communicated, GatorJobs, UF’s new employee applicant tracking system, is scheduled to go live on Monday, October 16, 2006. To date, over 300 staff members have attended training on the new system and an additional 160 employees are scheduled for this week. Please be sure that all staff within your departments who have posting responsibilities have attended training. As with other HR-related systems, training is required before access to the system will be granted.
The week […]
Published: Oct 9th, 2006
Janie M. Fouke, Provost
Please forward this information to your faculty.
Ceremonies: An advanced degrees ceremony (all colleges, all masters and doctoral candidates) will be held on Friday, December 15th at 2pm in the Stephen C. O’Connell Center. Two undergraduate degrees ceremonies will take place on Saturday, December 16th at 10am and 2pm also in the O’Connell Center. In addition, the College of Pharmacy will host a separate college ceremony on Saturday, December 16. The College of Law will host a separate ceremony on […]
Published: Oct 9th, 2006
Kyle J. Cavanaugh, Vice President, Human Resource Services
As communicated last year, the State of Florida will now increase the State minimum wage effective January 1 of each year. Effective January 1, 2007, the State of Florida’s minimum wage will increase to $6.67 per hour. Florida’s minimum wage is $1.52 more than the current $5.15 federal minimum wage.
Florida’s minimum wage increase was created in a constitutional amendment approved by voters on November 2, 2004, and covers all employees in the state covered by […]
Published: Sep 29th, 2006
Linda J. Stump, Director UF Police
In an effort to improve student and community safety awareness, utilize current technology (thereby conserving resources), and in compliance with the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act, the University of Florida Police Department has published its annual, 2006 “UF Together for a Safe Campus” safety brochure.
The report includes statistics for the previous three years (2003, 2004, 2005) concerning reported crimes that occurred on campus, in certain off-campus buildings or property owned […]
Published: Sep 29th, 2006
J. Bernard Machen, President
The annual UF Community Campaign runs Sept. 25 – Oct. 6, and this is a time when faculty and staff from across campus join hands in reaching out to improve the lives of our neighbors.
As the university’s official charitable giving drive, the campaign allows UF employees to give to the organization of their choice through payroll deduction, check, cash or direct bill. Last year, the campaign topped $1 million in donations for the first time since its inception in […]
Published: Sep 28th, 2006
Janie M. Fouke, Provost
Faculty and departments are asked to submit their Spring term textbook adoptions at http://www.textadoption.ufl.edu beginning October 2, 2006 through October 27, 2006. 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 […]
