Memos Category
Published: Apr 30th, 2003
Emily J. Hamby C.P.M., Director
In order to facilitate an orderly year-end closing and to encumber remaining funds, it is necessary to establish cut-off dates. These dates do not apply to funds not expiring on June 30, 2003.
Orders above $50,000 that require competitive bidding should be submitted as soon as possible. A sealed bid usually requires 30-45 days to specify, advertise, open, evaluate, award and post, before a purchase order can be issued.
Requisitions requiring IRR approval, E H & S approval or Energy […]
Published: Apr 30th, 2003
Gail F. Baker, Vice President for Public Relations
President Charles E. Young and the UF Faculty Senate will jointly host a faculty forum on shared governance from 10:30 a.m. to 12 noon, Wednesday, May 7 in the J. Wayne Reitz Union Auditorium. All interested parties are invited to attend.
Published: Apr 25th, 2003
David R. Colburn, Provost
I am very pleased to announce that Dr. Jill Varnes has been named Interim Dean of the College of Health and Human Performance. She will succeed Dr. Patrick Bird, who is stepping down on June 30, 2003, after 18 successful years as dean. Dr. Varnes, a professor of health science education in the college, and UF’s director of accreditation and new degree programs, began her career here in 1978. For the past two years, she has led the comprehensive […]
Published: Apr 22nd, 2003
John P. Kruczek, University Controller
On July 1, 2003 Wachovia Bank will become the official bank for the University of Florida. Wachovia will transact all of our local banking activities. This change does not affect the issuance of state payroll and state disbursement warrants.
The decision to change to Wachovia Bank was made after a competitive bidding and negotiation process. In addition to offering significantly lower prices, Wachovia will provide a strong local presence, and offers a wide variety of creative and user-friendly products. […]
Published: Apr 21st, 2003
John P. Kruczek, University Controller
University policy requires that USPS employees with special and overtime compensation to either use this leave time over be paid by fiscal year end. This scheduled “cash out” is processed and authorized via the Online Payroll Certification system. The hours for this “cash out” will be loaded from the Central Leave Master file as of the night of June 3, 2003 for processing with the payroll period ending June 05, 2003 and payday of June 13, 2003. More […]
Published: Apr 17th, 2003
J. Michael Rollo, Interim Vice President for Student Affairs
The University of Florida initiated a process last year to help address growing concerns regarding the community standardization of volunteerism and volunteer liability. The Office of Community Service (OCS) has worked with the UF General Counsel’s Office to establish Memoranda of Understanding (MOU) with every agency to which we refer University of Florida students, whether they are simply volunteering or involved in a specific service-learning class. This MOU is in response to a recent […]
Published: Apr 17th, 2003
J. Michael Rollo, Interim Vice President for Student Affairs
I am pleased to announce that Rick Barth will assume the duties of Interim Associate Vice President for Student Affairs on April 24, 2003. Rick has worked in the Division of Student Affairs at the University of Florida since 1999 serving as Assistant Dean of Students for Student Government and Community Relations, Interim Dean and Director of Student Judicial Affairs, and in the Vice President for Student Affairs Office for the last two years […]
Published: Apr 17th, 2003
Chief Stevens, University Police Department
The University of Florida Police Department (UPD) is issuing a property protection notice to you and your department reference the recent thefts of ceiling mounted and portable LCD Projectors. These projectors range in value from $8,000.00 to $12,000.00. The UPD has identified the thefts of these projectors as a potential problem at the University of Florida. Similar thefts have been noted by campus law enforcement agencies from around the nation indicating that this is a problem at universities […]
Published: Apr 14th, 2003
John P. Kruczek, University Controller
With the end of the fiscal year approaching, departments with equipment enrolled in the Specialty Underwriter’s Equipment Maintenance program should be aware of the following in order to maximize the benefit derived from the program:
Schedule any necessary repairs that may be needed in
a timely fashion so that they may be completed during
the remaining quarter of the fiscal year,
Schedule preventive maintenance on your […]
Published: Apr 10th, 2003
David R. Colburn, Provost
After reviewing the report of this joint Academic Affairs- Faculty Senate Task Force, I write to indicate my acceptance of the following recommendations.
First, the task force recommended that the University must be more efficient and supportive in insuring that out-of-state students process the necessary documents to become in-state after 12 months from their initial enrollment as graduate students. To this end, the University will make it known through its publications, web sites, and correspondence that out-of-state tuition waivers will […]
