Memos Category
Published: Nov 13th, 2000
Sue M. Legg, Director
The Office of Instructional Resources is pleased to announce the Request for Proposals for course content module development for online instruction. These awards are intended to provide instructional design and web implementation support for faculty who plan to develop multimedia and/or web related materials for their courses. Five grants for up to $5,000 each will be awarded.
Proposals should include the following sections:
Project Description. Include a brief description of the content to be covered. Provide a rationale for adapting this […]
Published: Nov 13th, 2000
David R. Colburn, Provost
A question arose this morning at our breakfast meeting about the Alumni and Minority Fellowships. The allocations of these awards to each college was made on September 8, 2000.
Published: Nov 9th, 2000
Gail F. Baker, Vice President
The Living Wage Program announced earlier today is for salaried employees only and does not affect OPS or part- time workers.
Published: Nov 9th, 2000
Dennis Jett, Dean of the International Center
To call attention to the importance of international education, November 13-17 has been designated for the first time International Education Week. In announcing this event, U.S. Secretary of Education Richard Riley said, “I strongly believe that the growth of democracy, economic prosperity and economic stability throughout the world is linked to the advance of education.” He added: “This is one of the strongest reasons why the United States should have an active and strong international education […]
Published: Nov 9th, 2000
Arnold A. Heggestad, Holloway Professor of Finance and Entrepreneurship
The UF Venture Capital Coalition, a group of venture capitalists and entrepreneurs who are friends and alumni of UF, the Office of Research and Graduate Education, and the Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation in the Warrington College of Business Administration are proud to announce the first UF Business Plan Competition.
The competition will recognize and encourage the entrepreneurial spirit that has developed among the talented students, faculty, and alumni of the University of Florida. The […]
Published: Nov 9th, 2000
Gail F. Baker, Vice President
University of Florida President Charles E. Young today announced a program to increase the minimum pay for entry- level employees. Effective Dec. 1, the minimum pay for all employees will be raised to $7 per hour, a 12 percent increase over the current minimum of $6.23 per hour. On June 1, 2001, the pay will increase to a minimum of $7.50 per hour and in December of 2001, to $8 per hour.
“Since arriving on campus I have been […]
Published: Nov 7th, 2000
David Colburn, Provost
The staffs of Academic Affairs, Information Systems and NERDC have worked together to simplify some of the processes used for graduate assistant evaluations.
Effective with this semester the notice of those graduate assistants requiring an evaluation during a current semester will be sent via email. The listing, along with instructions, will be sent to each of Academic Personnel’s Authority Code contacts for graduate assistants. It will contain the names of the students requiring evaluation and will be sorted by the students’ […]
Published: Nov 3rd, 2000
David R. Colburn, Provost
The President and I are pleased to announce the appointments to the following search committees:
Vice President for Administrative Affairs
Committee Chair, Chuck Frazier, Vice Provost
Pam Bernard, General Counsel
Fred Cantrell, Administrative Affairs
Larry Ellis, University Personnel Services
Nur Erenguc, Inspector General
Ana Garcia, Student Member
Tom Harris, Medicine
John Kraft, Business Administration
John Kruczek, University Controller
Joe Layon, University Senate
Sue Legg, Instructional Resources
Mike Martin, IFAS
Yngve Ohrn, Chemistry Martin Uman, Engineering
Dean of Design, Construction & Planning
Committee Chair, Gary Siebein, Architecture
Michael Compton, President, DCP Student Council
Caroline Constant, Architecture
Joseph Glover, Liberal […]
Published: Nov 3rd, 2000
Winfred M. Phillips, Vice President
Research & Graduate Programs will again offer the Research Opportunity Fund to provide early funding for new, potentially large-scale, faculty-initiated research programs that have the potential of becoming permanent, externally funded programs within the University of Florida.
Priorities for support include: (1) Major research initiatives that are intercollegiate and interdisciplinary and are intended to be funded by external sources and accompanied by full indirect costs; (2) Matches for major research initiatives that are being developed by (and with financial […]
Published: Nov 2nd, 2000
Gail F. Baker, Vice President for Public Relations
Sasaski Associates Inc., the University of Florida Master Plan consultants, will present the first draft of the UF master plan update on Wednesday, Nov. 8. There will be two sessions, one at 2 p.m. and one at 6 p.m. Both sessions are open to the public and will be held in the Chandler Auditorium of the Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art at SW 34th and Hull Road. The 2 p.m. session will address specific […]
