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Reception for Assistant Provost Victor Yellen

Published: Nov 18th, 2005

Janie M. Fouke, Provost

We cordially invite you and all interested staff to a reception honoring Assistant Provost Victor Yellen after 37 years of dedicated service to the University of Florida.

Please join us Tuesday, December 6, 2005 from 3:00 – 5:00 p.m. in the Friends of Music Room in the University Memorial Auditorium to show our appreciation to Victor for a job well done.

Please share this invitation with any members of your staff who may have associated with Victor over the years.

We look […]

International Education Week Seminars

Published: Nov 8th, 2005

Janie Fouke, Provost

The University of Florida International Center presents International Education Week Faculty and Staff Seminars

Tuesday, November 15, 2005
Reitz, Room 284
9:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
Developing a Study Abroad Program – Susanne Hill Hiring Foreign Nationals – Yvette McKinney; Debbie Anderson; Donna Ingersoll-Rowland
11:00a.m. – 12 noon Permanent Residency Petitions – Yvette McKinney; Lynn Frazier

Thursday, November 17, 2005
Reitz, Room 346
1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Developing a Study Abroad Program – Susanne Hill Hiring Foreign Nationals – Yvette McKinney, Debbie Anderson
2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. […]

Reducing Energy Consumption

Published: Nov 8th, 2005

Ed Poppell, Vice President for Finance and Administration

Clearly we are all facing challenges brought on by soaring energy costs. The University must curtail energy consumption in every facet of its operation.

We are asking that you take the following steps:

1. Turn off office lights when leaving at the end of the day, or when an office is unoccupied during the day. Turn off lights in rooms or areas that have only sporadic use such as meeting rooms.

2. Do not use space heaters. If […]

2005-2006 Call for Regulation Development

Published: Nov 8th, 2005

Pamela J. Bernard, Vice President and General Counsel

This is the 2005-2006 call for regulation development. If you or those in your units wish to make changes to University of Florida Regulations as found on the University of Florida Regulations website at http://regulations.ufl.edu, please submit to this office the proposed revisions with specific additions or deletions noted by January 9, 2006. The appropriate Vice President must have approved the changes before they are sent to us. We will review the changes for legal […]

UF IT Security Incident Response Procedures, Standards and Guidelines

Published: Nov 7th, 2005

Marc Hoit, Interim Associate Provost for IT
Kathy Bergsma, UF Information Security Manager

New state privacy legislation and increased publicity regarding privacy breaches have prompted the University of Florida to update the UF IT Security Incident Response Procedures, Standards and Guidelines [1]. New systems have been implemented to facilitate tracking and reporting of security incidents on campus. New features include requiring units to provide specific details about the severity of the incident. These details drive notification and response procedures so that the university is […]

Policy for Assigning PeopleSoft Budget Control Levels on Awards

Published: Nov 7th, 2005

Winfred M. Phillips, Vice President for Research

Effective, February 1, 2006, for awards (federal or non- federal) where terms of the agreement do not impose re- budgeting restrictions, the “Budget Checking” control will be set at level 3. This level will be assigned at the time of award by the Division of Sponsored Research and established and recorded by the respective Contracts and Grants Accounting Offices. Budget control level 3 allows spending at a direct cost level with no requirement to re-budget funds […]

SEVIS Infrastructure Fee

Published: Nov 3rd, 2005

Janie Fouke, Provost
Dennis Jett, Dean, International Center

The university has recently been charging international students a fee for the Student and Exchange Visitor Information System (SEVIS) infrastructure. Effective immediately, the $50 fee that the University of Florida charges each semester to international students is suspended until further notice.

Password Maintenance and the UF Acceptable Use Policy

Published: Nov 1st, 2005

Marc Hoit, Interim Associate Provost for IT

The University of Florida places significant trust and responsibility in all who have access to university information and systems. On Tuesday, November 8, 2005, the University will implement an improvement to the password maintenance procedures for all users of the systems including students, faculty and staff to ensure good business policies are acknowledged. At each password reset, you will be asked to review and accept the terms of the University Acceptable Use Policy. Please see http://www.it.ufl.edu/policies/aupolicy.html […]

Notices of Proposed Regulation

Published: Oct 28th, 2005

Pamela J. Bernard, Vice President and General Counsel

Notices of Proposed Regulation

6C1-4.017
The Student Honor Code

6C1-4.0172
Student Affairs; Student Honor Code

6C1-4.0212
The Levin College of Law Honor System

Attached are copies of Notices of Proposed Regulation that have been published on the University’s official website at http://regulations.ufl.edu.

Thank you.

Attachments:

The Student Honor Code (PDF, 26 KB)Student Affairs; Student Honor Code (PDF, 15 KB)The Levin College of Law Honor System (PDF, 70 KB)

Jessica Lunsford Act

Published: Oct 24th, 2005

Kyle Cavanaugh, Vice President, Office of Human Resource Services

Effective September 1, 2005, the State of Florida passed House Bill 1877, which is known as the Jessica Lunsford Act. This new law may impact university faculty, staff, and students who provide services under an established contract with a school board. The Act requires criminal background checks to be conducted upon individuals who:

* have access to school grounds when students are present;
* have direct contact with students; or
* have access to or control of […]