Memos Category
Published: Apr 8th, 2021
Joseph Glover, Provost and Sr. Vice President for Academic Affairs
Three finalists have been selected for
the role of Dean, Graduate School and Associate Provost.
Each candidate’s schedule includes
an open forum presentation and Q&A.
Faculty,
staff, students and stakeholders are invited to attend. The dates and times are
listed below.
Thursday, April 8
Dr. David Mazyck, Professor, Environmental Engineering and Director, Electronic Delivery of Gator Engineering
(EDGE), University of Florida
Presentation and Q&A with
Campus Community
11:00 a.m. – Noon Via Zoom: https://ufl.zoom.us/j/92346963559?pwd=NTRoU0htNHJPeHFVWmtKOE5ZQ05hUT09
Q&A with Graduate Students
3:30 – 4:15 p.m. Via Zoom: https://ufl.zoom.us/j/94919712862?pwd=OFo5d2RCMGJ5NUFPUStpbEdGWVFDQT09
Friday, April […]
Published: Apr 5th, 2021
David R. Nelson, M.D., Senior Vice President for Health Affairs, UF & President, UF Health
Terra DuBois, UF Chief Compliance, Ethics, and Privacy Officer
We are pleased to announce that Robert (“Bob”) Michalski has
been named Vice President/Chief Compliance and Privacy Officer at UF Health. Bob,
former vice president and chief compliance officer at Baylor Scott & White
Health in Dallas, began his new role on April 5, 2021.
As an integral part of UF’s enterprise-wide compliance
program, Bob’s responsibilities will include ensuring UF Health and its related
entities […]
Published: Mar 31st, 2021
Joseph Glover, Provost and Sr. Vice President for Academic Affairs
Each year the Academy of Distinguished Teaching Scholars (ADTS)
honors University of Florida’s exceptional teaching and scholarship
accomplishments by inducting into its membership faculty members who have
demonstrated sustained innovation and commitment in both areas. Please join me
in welcoming the 2021-2022 inductees:
Nancy
Fichtman Dana, Professor, School of Teaching and Learning, College of Education
Greg Stitt, Associate
Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Herbert Wertheim
College of Engineering
These teacher-scholars were selected based on portfolio
submissions that provided strong evidence of the […]
Published: Mar 31st, 2021
Olga N. Weider, Interim Assistant Vice President and University Controller
The University has calculated the new proposed pooled fringe
rates for fiscal year 2021-2022 and has submitted them to the U.S. Department
of Health and Human Services. Although
we do not expect any objections, the proposed rates are subject to DHHS
approval and should be used with that understanding in your planning for fiscal
year 2021-2022. The rates, when approved,
will be effective July 1, 2021.
The pooled rates include the following employer-paid costs of
taxes and benefits:
FICA OASDI (Social Security)
FICA […]
Published: Mar 31st, 2021
Olga N. Weider, Interim Assistant Vice President and University Controller
A Schedule of Paydays and Critical Dates for Fiscal Year 2021-2022 can be accessed on the Payroll Services, Finance and Accounting website at: http://www.fa.ufl.edu/directives/payroll-schedules
The schedule includes Time and Labor
deadlines as well as the Human Resource office’s deadlines to assure that all
supporting documents are received in time for approval for the next payday.
If you have questions you may contact Payroll
Services at payroll-services@ufl.edu
or (352) 392-1231.
Published: Mar 15th, 2021
Dr. Henry Frierson, Associate Vice President and Dean
The life of the university is greatly
enhanced by the quality of our doctoral students, and they take their direction
from our many outstanding faculty members.
In an effort to continue to promote doctoral studies and to recognize
excellence in doctoral student mentoring by our faculty, awards are given each
year to at least five faculty doctoral advisors selected on a competitive
basis. The Doctoral Dissertation
Advisor/Mentoring Award winners for the 2020-2021 competition are:
Dr.
Linda Hon
Professor
Department
of Public Relations
Dr.
Tina Smith-Bonahue
Associate
Professor
Department
of Special Education, School Psychology […]
Published: Mar 1st, 2021
Joseph Glover, Provost and Senior Vice President
The textbook adoption system for Summer and Fall 2021 is now
available to faculty and departments to submit their textbook adoptions and
materials requirements. Please visit http://www.textadoption.ufl.edu/ to
enter Summer and Fall 2021 adoptions.
For compliance with Florida Statutes, please submit
adoptions no later than the following:
Summer 2021 adoptions: March 26, 2021. Fall 2021 adoptions: July 9, 2021.
In order to facilitate timely ordering of materials by the
UF Bookstore, please submit Fall adoptions, by March 26, 2021.
Knowledge of course textbook […]
Published: Feb 25th, 2021
Leonardo Villalón, Dean, UF International Center
The International Center is pleased to announce that
Fulbright Awareness Week will be celebrated from 1-5 March 2021. In
collaboration with the UF Fulbright Lectures Committee, UF Honors, the Graduate
School, College of Arts, UF IFAS, College of Education, Levin College
of Law, Career Connections Center, and the North Florida Fulbright Alumni
Association, multiple informational sessions for scholars, faculty and staff
will provide opportunities to learn about Fulbright, the application process,
and to hear about the experiences of past Fulbright scholars and students.
Despite the changes […]
Published: Feb 15th, 2021
Kent Fuchs, President
After a successful tenure as the
first Chief Diversity Officer at the University of Florida, Antonio Farias will
leave for a new position as vice chancellor at the University of Colorado
Denver.
Farias said he made the
decision for family reasons and to take advantage of a unique opportunity to serve
as vice chancellor for diversity, equity and inclusion at CU Denver, which is
launching a major new initiative to reimagine its DEI programs. Farias came to
UF in July 2018 from Wesleyan University, where he was vice […]
Published: Feb 5th, 2021
W. Andrew McCollough, Associate Provost for Teaching and Technology
Applications
to request Distance Learning Fees for the Summer and Fall 2021 terms are now
being accepted through MyUFL. All departmental applications should be submitted
no later than Wednesday, February 17, 2021 and Dean’s approval is required by Tuesday,
February 23, 2021.
Reminder: DL Fees applications are required each semester for all applicable courses
Policy,
course eligibility and the process for applying and implementing a distance
learning fee for a course is available here: http://tnt.aa.ufl.edu/policies/
