Memos Category
Published: Aug 2nd, 2021
David R. Nelson, M.D., Senior Vice President for Health Affairs, UF & President, UF Health
Dear Colleagues:
This has been an extremely difficult and challenging time. The sudden passing of Dr. Leon L. Haley Jr. has deeply impacted all of us. But in knowing Dr. Haley, and his commitment to the future of UF Health, we are taking steps to ensure his vision of excellence continues in the work we do moving forward.
As part of that commitment, I am pleased to announce that Linda […]
Published: Jul 27th, 2021
Dr. David Norton, Vice President for Research
It is my pleasure to announce that Ms. Cassandra Farley has been appointed as Director of Research Integrity, Security, and Compliance (RISC) within UF Research. This position reports directly to the Vice President for Research with a secondary reporting structure to the UF Chief Compliance Officer.
As Director of RISC, Ms. Farley is charged with supporting and promoting ethical research practices at the University of Florida that fully comply with applicable US and foreign rules and regulations. […]
Published: Jul 22nd, 2021
David R. Nelson, M.D.Senior Vice President for Health Affairs, UFPresident, UF Health
In a move designed to marry the clinical and educational expertise of the state’s flagship university with one of the world’s premier biomedical research enterprises, the University of Florida and Scripps Research today announced they are in talks to integrate the Florida-based branch of Scripps Research with the research arm of UF’s academic health center.
Discussions have proceeded swiftly because UF is ideally positioned to expand on Scripps Florida’s successful research […]
Published: Jul 22nd, 2021
J. Scott Angle, Vice President for Agriculture and Natural Resources
The Search Committee for the Dean for Extension and Director, Florida Cooperative Extension Service has selected two finalists who will be visiting the campus in August:
James Henderson, Ph.D., currently Professor and Head, Coastal Research and Extension Center at Mississippi State University, will visit campus August 3-4, 2021
Andra Johnson, Ph.D., currently Associate Director of Extension and Associate Professor at The Pennsylvania State University, will visit campus August 9-10, 2021
Their schedules will include a Seminar […]
Published: Jul 2nd, 2021
Olga Weider, Assistant Vice President and University Controller
The University of Florida is committed to fostering an organizational culture where risk management structures are established to prevent and detect fraud. Fraud is defined as an intentional misrepresentation or concealment of a material fact for the purpose of obtaining a benefit that would not otherwise be received, or inducement of another to act upon the intentional misrepresentation or concealment to his or her detriment (Board of Governors Regulation 3.003)
As UF employees, we are all […]
Published: Jun 8th, 2021
David R. Nelson, MDSenior Vice President for Health Affairs, UF &President, UF Health
J. Scott Angle, PhDVice President, Agriculture and Natural ResourcesUF Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences
We are pleased to announce that Dana Zimmel, D.V.M., has been named dean of the University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine, effective immediately.
Dr. Zimmel has fulfilled this role on an interim basis since December 2019, following a national search. Only months after her appointment, she was faced with leading the college through the most […]
Published: Jun 2nd, 2021
Joseph Glover, Provost and
Senior Vice President
I am pleased to announce that
Tammy Aagard, Associate Vice President for Enrollment Management in the
Division of Enrollment Management, has been appointed as interim vice president
effective June 5, 2021.
Tammy oversees the offices of
admissions, student financial aid and scholarships and UF Online enrollment
services. She served as the functional lead for a multi-million-dollar
implementation of a UF student information system (Oracle Campus Solutions) in
addition to leading the implementation of numerous supporting technologies
(customer relationship management (CRM), UX technologies, data
warehousing/reporting and more).
UF’s […]
Published: May 20th, 2021
Kent Fuchs, President
Christopher Janelle, professor and associate dean for academic and student affairs in the College of Health and Human Performance, has been appointed as the UF NCAA Faculty Athletics Representative (FAR), effective July 1.
Christopher Janelle,
professor and associate dean for academic and student affairs in the College of
Health and Human Performance, has been appointed as the UF NCAA Faculty
Athletics Representative (FAR), effective July 1.
Professor Janelle will
replace Michael Sagas, professor and interim chair of the Department of Sport
Management in the College […]
Published: May 20th, 2021
Joseph Glover, Provost and Senior Vice President
I am pleased to announce the appointment of Mary G. Parker,
Ed.D. as Vice President for Enrollment Management and Associate Provost effective
August 2, 2021. Dr. Parker is a proven leader with 29 years of experience in
strategic enrollment management. She has served as the Vice President of
Enrollment Management at Kent State University since 2019, and previously as
the Associate Vice President of Enrollment Management at the University of Utah
since 2011. Dr. Parker’s Impressive track record of developing and implementing
enrollment […]
Published: May 12th, 2021
Chris Cowen, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Olga
Weider has been selected to serve the Finance and Accounting division as the
first female Assistant Vice President and University Controller at the
University of Florida.
Olga
joined the University Finance and Accounting division in 2017 as an Assistant
Controller with auxiliary accounting. Under her leadership, the auxiliary team
expanded its services, acting in an advisory capacity to auxiliaries and
service centers across campus on procedural and compliance matters and
collaborating with units to ensure good stewardship of the University’s
resources. She was […]
