Memos Category
Published: Mar 14th, 2005
Joseph Glover, Interim Provost
Under UF Policy, students may not be penalized for observance of a religious holiday. Faculty should be aware that Monday April 25th is a full Jewish holiday during the Passover celebration that coincides with a final exam day. Faculty members are encouraged to familiarize themselves with the University’s policy concerning religious holidays and to provide students informing them of such a religious observance with the opportunity to take the final exam at another time.
According to the University of Florida […]
Published: Mar 11th, 2005
Kathy Bergsma, UF Information Security Manager
The UF IT Security Team is hosting an identity theft presentation.
Learn how to protect your good name, how to spot a scam and how the internet plays a role in identity theft. Visit: http://infosec.ufl.edu/idtheft/ for more information.
Event: Fight Identity Theft Session
Speakers: Brenda Williams and Jordan Wiens
Location: Reitz Union Auditorium, 2nd Floor
Date: Friday, March 11, 2005
Time: 1:00 pm
Link: http://infosec.ufl.edu/idtheft/
Objective: To educate people on the risks of identity theft and how to prevent it.
Kathy Bergsma
UF Information Security Manager
352-392-2061
Published: Mar 7th, 2005
Joseph Glover, Interim Provost
Faculty and departments are asked to submit their Summer/Fall term textbook adoptions at http://www.textadoption.ufl.edu by March 27, 2005.
The posting of textbook requirements by this deadline helps students, as well as the local bookstores. Students can view course textbook requirements during registration on ISIS. This information helps students balance their course loads based on reading requirements and plan for their financial needs for purchasing books. Bookstores can begin the ordering process to ensure timely arrival of texts for these terms. […]
Published: Mar 2nd, 2005
Patricia Telles-Irvin, Vice President for Student Affairs
The Division of Student Affairs is making the following organizational changes to provide enhanced and coordinated services to our students for their governance structures, our commitment to service learning support and to student disability services. Some of the offices will move their physical operations over the next few months while others will remain in their current location and only change their reporting lines. Announcements will be made by the affected offices as they relocate.
* Greek Life, […]
Published: Mar 2nd, 2005
J. Bernard Machen, President
I am pleased to announce that I have appointed Kyle Cavanaugh, associate vice president for human resources at the University of Texas at Austin, as the University of Florida’s first vice president for human resources. Kyle will assume his duties here on May 1.
As vice president for human resources, Kyle will be responsible for overseeing faculty and staff training, employee and labor relations, compensation and benefits, recruitment, employment, classification, wage and benefits, retirement, employment and disciplinary action, complaints, transfers, […]
Published: Mar 2nd, 2005
Patricia Telles-Irvin, Vice President for Student Affairs
It is with great pleasure that I announce the promotion of Mr. Dave Kratzer to Associate Vice President for Student Affairs. In his new role, he will be responsible for assisting the division reach its strategic goals and oversee its resource management. He will be relocating to 155 Tigert Hall.
Mr. Kratzer has been with the University of Florida since 1986 when he became the Director of the J. Wayne Reitz Union. During his tenure, he has […]
Published: Mar 1st, 2005
Larry Ellis, Director, Division of Human Resources
Departments are encouraged to begin planning now for the 2005 fiscal year-end compensatory leave cash out for eligible USPS and TEAMS employees. The cash out of all accrued special and overtime compensatory leave on balance is tentatively scheduled for the pay period ending May 19, 2005.
To assist with planning for this scheduled cash out, a report is available that indicates which employees currently have accrued compensatory leave. This report is available in Enterprise Reporting via the […]
Published: Feb 25th, 2005
Pamela J. Bernard, Vice President and General Counsel
Attached are copies of the Notices of Proposed Rule Development for rules which are proposed for adoption or revision by the University. Please distribute and post this memorandum and the notices upon receipt. Note that a rule development workshop will be held at 10:00 a.m. on March 16, 2005 in Room 284 of the J. Wayne Reitz Union, if requested in writing by 5:00 p.m., on March 11, 2005. The rule(s) for which a rule […]
Published: Feb 21st, 2005
Pamela J. Bernard, Vice President and General Counsel
Attached are copies of the Notices of Proposed Rulemaking for rules which are proposed for adoption or revision by the University. Please distribute and post this memorandum and the notices upon receipt. Note that the Rule Hearing on a rule listed in the Notices will be held at 10:00 a.m. on March 14, 2005, in Room 284 of the J. Wayne Reitz Union, if requested in writing by 5:00 p.m., on March 11, 2005. The […]
Published: Feb 21st, 2005
Joseph Glover, Interim Provost
It is my pleasure to announce the six inaugural members of the University of Florida’s new Academy of Distinguished Teaching Scholars:
Laurence Alexander
Department of Journalism
College of Journalism & Communications
Robert Cox
Rinker School of Building Construction
College of Design, Construction & Planning
Gail Kauwell
Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition
College of Agriculture & Life Sciences
Doug Levey
Department of Zoology
College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
Michael Olexa
Department of Food & Resource Economics
College of Agriculture & Life Sciences
Robert Ray
Department of English
College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
These outstanding educators […]
