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Office Greening Contest

Published: Apr 19th, 2000

Charles J. Kibert, Interim Director & CSR/Rinker Professor

Please forward this announcement to your office managers. Greening UF would like to announce the opening of their new Office Greening Resource Page and the 2000 Office Greening Award Contest. The web site and contest are a follow up to the office greening workshop at the 1999 Greening UF Conference. The new web page is meant to provide information to help you make your office greener. For information on contest guidelines and how to enter, […]

Electronic Transfer of Class C Payments

Published: Apr 19th, 2000

John P. Kruczek, University Controller

Class C Meal travel covers meal allowances for short or day trips where the traveler is not away from headquarters overnight. Effective with Payroll warrant date April 11, 2000, payments for Class C Meal travel will be paid by electronic fund transfer to all employees who have an EFT agreement on file. The payments will be transferred to the employee’s financial institution in accordance with the agreement on file. Please inform the staff in your department of this […]

Notice of Proposed Rulemaking

Published: Apr 18th, 2000

Barbara C. Wingo, Deputy General Counsel

6C1-7.019:  Academic Affairs; Tenure and Promotion: Definition, Eligibility, Granting of Tenure, Criteria, Procedures and Methods of Processing, Confidential Nature of Materials and Discussions, Reports and Appeals, Permanent Status and Sustained Performance Evaluations

Attached is a copy of the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for the above-referenced rule which is proposed for adoption or revision by the University. Please distribute and post the notice upon receipt.

NOTE: Please remember that by law you are required to print the notices and post the […]

International Center Award Ceremonies

Published: Apr 17th, 2000

David R. Colburn, Interim Provost; Vice President for Academic Affairs and Interim Dean of International Center

The University of Florida International Center invites you to join us in two very special events this week. Study Abroad Scholarships for the academic year 2000 will be awarded on Tuesday, April 18th, at 7:00 p.m. in the Arredondo Room of the Reitz Union. Scholarship applications nearly doubled this year so many faculty were involved in screening a very competitive pool of applicants. Seventy-five study abroad scholarships […]

Pay Upon Demotion Rule Change

Published: Apr 14th, 2000

Larry T. Ellis, Director

Pay upon demotion for USPS employees now may exceed the maximum of the pay grade range for the class to which the employee is demoting. This change, effective immediately, is based on revised State University System (SUS) rules and was recommended for approval and implementation by the University of Florida Personnel Advisory Committee.

Previously, SUS and UF rules allowed a demoting employee’s salary to be reduced or remain unchanged provided the maximum of the range was not exceeded. With this […]

Candidates Withdraw from UF Presidential Search

Published: Apr 14th, 2000

Gail F. Baker, Vice President

Dr. Elson Floyd and Dr. James Moeser have withdrawn their applications for president of the University of Florida. All meetings, forums and receptions for the candidates are cancelled. Dr. Floyd was scheduled to visit UF Sunday, April 16 through Tuesday, April 18. Dr. Moeser was scheduled for Sunday, April 23 to Tuesday, April 25.

Office of Technology Licensing

Published: Apr 14th, 2000

Winfred M. Phillips, Vice President for Research/Dean of the Graduate School

As many of you know, we have implemented considerable change at the Office of Technology Licensing (OTL) to facilitate technology transfer and better serve our faculty. We are also making a concerted effort to inform faculty members about these changes and the Intellectual Property Policies and Procedures at the University of Florida by making presentations to interested faculty groups.

Some of our colleagues may be unaware of the benefits from technologies which are […]

Notice of Change in Proposed Rules

Published: Apr 14th, 2000

Pamela J. Bernard, General Counsel

Notice of Change in Proposed Rules

Rule 6C1-3.015
Administrative Affairs; Traffic and Parking; Jurisdiction; Appeals

Rule 6C1-7.003
Academic Affairs: State University System Employment Plan: SUS Employment Plan, Academic Appointments, Types of Appointments, Appointment Status Modifier, and Academic-Administrative Classification Titles

Attached is a copy of the Notice of Change for the above- mentioned rules which were proposed for adoption or revision by the University. The changes were made in response to written comments and comments received at the hearing held on March 26, 2000.

NOTE: […]

Itinerary for Dr. Meszaros, UF Presidential Candidate

Published: Apr 12th, 2000

Gail F. Baker, Vice President for Public Relations

Below is itinerary for Dr. Peggy Meszaros, a candidate for president of the University of Florida. Please distribute this information widely. All forums are open to the public.

Dr. Peggy S. Meszaros – April 12-14, 2000

Wednesday, April 12, 2000

7:00 PM
Dinner with Dr. Kenneth Berns, Chair, SAC

Thursday, April 13, 2000

7:30 – 8:15 AM
Breakfast with Dr. Charles Young, Interim President and Dr. David Colburn, Interim Provost
and Vice President for Academic Affairs
226 Tigert Hall
8:15 – 8:30 AM
Dr. Gail F. […]

Visits of Presidential Candidates and Meetings with Faculty

Published: Apr 12th, 2000

David R. Colburn, Interim Provost

I would ask that you continue to encourage faculty to attend the meetings with the Presidential candidates. Dr. Kenneth Berns has scheduled meetings so that faculty can participate actively in this process. The selection of a new President is a critical step for this University, and faculty participation is extremely important. Please consider having at least one member of the faculty from a department or program attend the meetings and report back to their colleagues. Thank you for […]