Memos Category
Published: Oct 17th, 2000
Charles E. Frazier, Vice Provost
Faculty and staff are encouraged to submit course adoption information in a timely manner to assure books are available to students before classes begin in January 2001. The on- line textbook and course material adoption system can be found on the web at: www.textadoption.ufl.edu. The original target date of October 16, 2000, for completion of Spring Semester adoptions has been extended to October 23, 2000, to accommodate late submissions.
Information on material related to required courses is provided to […]
Published: Oct 17th, 2000
Jim Morgan, Director
Please be advised that transfer student orientation (Preview) will be held on November 16th, December 5th and January 4th. The Newell Garage will be used for visitor parking. Gates and restrictions will be lifted on these dates. Parking enforcement will be lifted for all Orange parking areas in the vicinity of the Reitz Union. Preview attendees will also be allowed to park in the McCarty parking lots and the Engineering lot across Museum Road from the Reitz Union.
Regular users of […]
Published: Oct 16th, 2000
Winfred M. Phillips, Vice President for Research
The inaugural University of Florida Entrepreneurs Forum will be held this Saturday, October 21, from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon at the University of Florida Hotel and Conference Center. The theme of the Forum is “Venture Capital: Current Trends and Opportunities” and we will feature several UF alumni and others who have achieved success in the venture capital world. This will be a great opportunity for our faculty and students, as well as local entrepreneurs, to […]
Published: Oct 16th, 2000
Jim Morgan, Director
The upper two levels of the O’Connell Center parking garage have been reserved from Tuesday, November 7, 2000 through Thursday, November 9, 2000 for the High School District Swim Meets. Alternate parking for people displaced from the event is available in the North End Zone grass lot on November 8 and 9 only. The North End Zone grass lot is reserved on November 7, 2000 for a University Athletic Association event
Regular users of the impacted parking facilities are advised to […]
Published: Oct 16th, 2000
David R. Colburn, Provost
The Faculty Senate recently recommended to me, and the Deans endorsed a proposal that this office allocate one-half of the 9 percent salary increase to all eligible and meritorious faculty in the first year of the Salary Adjustment program and the second one-half in year two. The President and I agree with this recommendation. As a consequence, those faculty with over seven years of service who are approved for this salary adjustment will receive a 9 percent pay increase […]
Published: Oct 16th, 2000
Jim Knight, Dean
You have received a DDD List invitation to a presentation of the University’s relationship with the Biltmore Hotel in Coral Gables at 2 p.m. on Friday, October 20. Due to the limited seating in the President’s Board Room, it is necessary to maintain a reservation list so that we don’t over fill the room. If you or someone from your faculty is planning to attend this meeting, please call Jim Knight (392-2137 x 210) or Kathy Bates (392-2137 x 226) […]
Published: Oct 13th, 2000
Jim Knight, Dean
You are invited to a special presentation at 2 p.m. on Friday, October 20, 2000, in the President’s Board Room, Second Floor, Tigert Hall with Rob Reed, the Executive Director of the Conference Center of the America’s (CCA) in Coral Gables. The recently refurbished CCA is part of the historic Biltmore Hotel complex and is arguably one of the finest and best-equipped conference centers in the country.
Mr. Reed will discuss the unique relationship between UF and the Biltmore/CCA and will […]
Published: Oct 10th, 2000
Winfred M. Phillips, Vice President for Research
Research and Graduate Programs Information Services is pleased to announce that the Division of Sponsored Research proposals and awards database is once again on the World Wide Web. You can find the site at the following URL: http://rgp.ufl.edu/research/search. If you have any questions or problems with using the database, please contact the RGP Webmaster at: webmaster@rgp.ufl.edu, or call RGP Information Services at 392-6938.
Please note that currently the database only includes the past five years of data. […]
Published: Oct 10th, 2000
Ed Poppell, Interim Vice President for Administrative Affairs
I am pleased to announce that the Office of Campus Planning and Construction Management and the Health Science Center’s Facilities Planning and Construction Management Office have been reorganized into the Office of Facilities Planning and Construction. Ms. Carol Walker, formerly of the Health Science Center’s Facilities Planning and Construction Management Office will become the Director for this consolidated division. As Director of Facilities Planning and Construction, Ms. Walker will be responsible for all major construction […]
Published: Oct 10th, 2000
Winfred M. Phillips, Vice President for Research / Dean of the Graduate School
The Named Presidential Fellowship Program began in 1996 and has funded about 60 students to date. As we begin the recruiting season for the 2001-2002 academic year, I want to announce a new selection process that will offer greater flexibility to colleges while maintaining accounting functions in the Graduate School. Rather than having a central selection committee, a designated number of Named Presidential Fellowships will be made available directly to […]
