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Student Stress & Anxiety

Published: Dec 2nd, 2002

Eugene L. Zdziarski, II, Dean of Students

As the end of the semester quickly approaches, we want to remind you that we are approaching one of the most stressful periods of time for students. A number of factors contribute to student stress and anxiety: examinations, grades, fear of failure, concerns about admission to graduate and professional schools, parental pressures, financial concerns, etc. The potential of future terrorist attacks and the looming possibility of war with Iraq only help to magnify the impact of […]

Payroll Calendar Year-End Processing for 2002

Published: Dec 2nd, 2002

John P. Kruczek, University Controller

The Bureau of State Payrolls (BOSP) has advised agencies of key dates for the 2002 calendar year-end. An early review of your Pay Lists on December 23, 2001 for the December 28, 2001 pay date is critical due to holiday processing deadlines and calendar year-end. The following is additional information your payroll staff should be aware of:

Employee Earnings Adjustments
All adjustments made to 2002 earnings or taxes between January 6, 2003 and January 8, 2003 will have the message […]

Platform Parties for the Fall Commencement

Published: Nov 25th, 2002

David R. Colburn, Provost and Senior Vice President

Everyone seemed quite pleased with the additional college commencement ceremonies this past spring. From what you have told me and what we observed, the changes helped to make the ceremonies even more meaningful for our graduates, their families, and friends.

This memorandum is intended to clarify the composition of the platform parties for the Fall 2002 Commencement Convocations in the Stephen C. O’Connell Center. It will not be necessary for deans or their representatives to attend […]

Proposals For Internationalizing The Curriculum

Published: Nov 20th, 2002

Dennis C. Jett, Director
Sue Legg, Director

Monetary awards will be granted for proposals developed by faculty members from any discipline who propose, either individually or collectively, to add international components to an existing course (course modification). The goal of these awards is to enhance and increase the international curricular offerings at the University of Florida.

All internationally related proposals will be considered (lower and upper division or graduate level), but especially courses that meet the criteria for the University of Florida Internationalization and Diversity […]

Holiday Season Advanced Annual Leave

Published: Nov 14th, 2002

Larry T. Ellis, Director

In preparation for the holiday season and leave requests, we are happy to provide you with this year’s policy on advanced annual leave.

Annual leave may be advanced to and used by faculty, A&P, and USPS employees who do not have sufficient amounts of leave to cover normal working hours for the period of December 16, 2002, to January 3, 2003.

To keep accurate records of all advanced annual leave credits, central leave administrators should enter leave slips in a timely […]

UF Scholarship Web site

Published: Nov 6th, 2002

Paul Robell, Vice President for Development and Alumni Affairs

We are pleased to advise you that the new scholarship Web site is now available. It contains a summary of each donor-created undergraduate scholarship at the University of Florida, with a history of the donors or the individual being honored. It also lists the official purpose, in accordance with our written documentation with the donor, of each scholarship and should be considered an official source of donor restrictions.

Please visit the Web site at www.uff.ufl.edu. […]

Nominations for the Innovative Excellence in Teaching, Learning and Technology Award

Published: Nov 6th, 2002

Charles E. Frazier, Vice Provost for Information Technology

Deadline: 5:00 PM, November 20th, 2002

We have an opportunity to nominate one of our faculty members for an important award sponsored by the International Conference on Teaching and Learning. Unfortunately, our notice came late and there is not much time to respond. Short timeframe notwithstanding, I still hope you will all give this very serious consideration and that you will nominate one excellent candidate from your college or academic unit.

Please submit your one nomination for […]

University of Florida Rule 6C1-4.038 Student Affairs; Student, Spouse, Domestic Partner, and Dependent Services Benefits

Published: Nov 6th, 2002

Pamela J. Bernard, Vice President and General Counsel

The above-referenced rule in its final form is published on the Academic Affairs website at http://www.aa.ufl.edu/aa/Rules/index.htm. Revisions to this rule were published in The Gainesville Sun on March 11, 2002. The effective date for this amended rule was October 10, 2002.

ATTACHMENT:
Rule 6C1-4.038

Rule6C1-4038 (PDF, 3 KB)

Nominations for the 2002 Teacher/Scholar of the Year

Published: Nov 5th, 2002

Sheila K. Dickison, Associate Provost

Colleges are invited to submit nominations for the Teacher/Scholar of the Year Award for 2002. Current faculty members of the University are eligible for consideration for this significant award. A list of previous recipients of the award is included below.

In selecting the awardee, the Committee will be designating a faculty member who demonstrates excellence in both teaching and scholarly activity (manifested by scholarly research, creative writing, original works of art, etc.) and visibility within and beyond the university. […]

New Gator 1 Cards

Published: Nov 4th, 2002

James B. Morgan, Director

On January 21, 2003, most UF systems, processes, and transactions that use Social Security Numbers as identifiers will be converted to use an 8-digit UFID number. To request information or access services related to most university records, transactions, and functions, you will need to know your UFID number.

The Gator-1-Card has been redesigned to include the new UFID number. The UFID number is clearly printed on the face of the new card and encoded on the magnetic stripe to maintain […]