Published: Oct 29th, 1999
Gail F. Baker, Vice President
The University of Florida will host an open house and reception to honor Interim President and Mrs. Charles E. Young from 3:00 to 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, November 2, at the Friends of Music Room in the University Auditorium. The event is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served.
Published: Oct 29th, 1999
Jocelyn M. Moore, Student Body Vice President Tiffany Williams, BIG GATORS/little gators Cabinet Director
On Monday, November 1, 1999, the University of Florida Student Government is teaming up with the School Board of Alachua County C.H.A.M.P.S. (Collegiates Helping As Mentors in Public Schools) Program to sponsor BIG GATORS/little gators Day, a university wide community service project. This event will give Alachua County middle school students the opportunity to shadow the University of Florida Students for a day. This day serves as an extension […]
Published: Oct 27th, 1999
David S. O’Brien, Director
The University Administrative Affairs Handbook on Business Procedures requires departments to ensure that timely maintenance is performed on any State-owned vehicle assigned to their department. Additionally, effective January 1, 1996, the University implemented procedures to provide for the annual safety inspection of all University-owned vehicles.
The University Motor Pool provides routine maintenance, preventative maintenance inspections, and annual vehicle safety inspections for all State vehicles. University departments are encouraged to utilize the Motor Pool for all their vehicle maintenance and preventative […]
Published: Oct 27th, 1999
Gerald Schaffer, Vice President
I am pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Larry T. Ellis as Director of Personnel Relations effective November 8, 1999. Mr. Ellis has been the Director of Small Business and Vendor Diversity Relations within the Administrative Affairs Division since 1988. From 1985-1988, Mr. Ellis served as Director of Special Projects, Office of Equal Opportunity at the Irvine Campus of the University of California. Mr. Ellis has also served as Assistant to the President for Personnel and Equal Opportunity […]
Published: Oct 26th, 1999
Gail F. Baker, Vice President
Earl Robbins has been named Chief Information Officer (CIO) for the University of Florida effective October 21. He served as UF’s interim CIO since May of this year.
Robbins joined UF in 1974 in the Office of the University Registrar. From 1985 to 1999, he served as associate registrar and director of systems. He has twice received Superior Accomplishment awards from the Division of Academic Affairs and he was a university-wide recipient of the Davis Productivity Award.
Robbins created Get […]
Published: Oct 25th, 1999
Gail F. Baker, Vice President
The University of Florida will host an open house and reception to honor President and Mrs. John V. Lombardi from 3 to 5 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 29, at the Touchdown Terrace. Photo opportunities with the President will be available beginning at 4:30 p.m. The Touchdown Terrace is located on the second floor of the Ben Hill Griffin Stadium at the north entrance. The event is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served.
Please pass this […]
Published: Oct 25th, 1999
David Colburn, Vice Provost
Department and college compliance reports are now available on-line for viewing by users of the Textbook Adoption Web application. Users registered as textbook adopters may view adoption summaries for their departments at the “View a Summary of the Adoptions for Your Department(s)” link on http://www.textadoption.ufl.edu/. Administrative users may view compliance reports by the college at another site. If you would like access to the college-level compliance reports, please respond via e-mail to: fbarone@ufmail.ufl.edu
The compliance reports provide a statistical summary […]
Published: Oct 22nd, 1999
Elizabeth D. Capaldi, Provost
This is just a reminder that all combined degree programs should be designed to allow UF undergraduates to receive their undergraduate degrees prior to entering the graduate phase of the program. Programs in Engineering and Business that existed prior to the University-wide development of the combined degree program are exempted from this requirement, and students in these programs may enter the graduate phase before completing the undergraduate degree.
Please note that undergraduates in all combined degree programs can take from […]
Published: Oct 22nd, 1999
Gail F. Baker, Vice President
Dr. Elizabeth D. Capaldi will resign as Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs as of October 31 and return to full-time teaching and research in the Department of Psychology and at the Center for Studies of Humanities and Social Sciences. Capaldi, the first female provost in the history of UF, was the chief architect of the UF Bank, the performance and incentive system that helped improve the university’s performance in teaching and research.
No information regarding an interim […]
Published: Oct 21st, 1999
Gail F. Baker, Vice President
The University of Florida Senate passed a resolution today in recognition of the contributions of President John Lombardi. Below is the full text of the resolution, presented by Senate Steering Committee Chair Dr. James Pettigrew, to the Senate at its October meeting held in the Reitz Union.
Resolution of Faculty Recognition for Dr. John V. Lombardi
Whereas the University of Florida has achieved unprecedented national and international recognition and rankings through progress made in research, technology development and teaching over […]