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Annual Salary Discrimination Study

Published: Nov 22nd, 1996

Catherine A. Longstreth, Associate Vice President

For your information, please find a description and schedule of the salary review processes (administrative and Self-Selection Salary Review Process and self-study or self-selection) required by law. The Annual Salary Discrimination Study announcement was sent to all female and all minority faculty and Administrative and Professional staff on November 20, 1996. You may be receiving requests for salary data in order for individuals to conduct a salary review and requests to schedule meeting with you to review […]

Florida Space Grant Consortium Competitions

Published: Nov 20th, 1996

Thomas E. Walsh, Ph.D., Director of Sponsored Research

The Florida Space Grant Consortium has released its 1997 Requests for Proposals. Please alert your faculty. RFPs may be obtained from the ORTGE Program Information Office, 256 Grinter Hall, 392-4804, proginf@nervm.nerdc.ufl.edu, or from the Consortium’s WWW Homepage: http://www.astro.ufl.edu/~fsgc/

The Consortium is seeking proposals for the following programs:

Undergraduate Space Research Program – Deadlines:

January 13, 1997, for faculty mentor proposals;
February 21, 1997, for student proposals;

Student Experiment Development Program – Deadline: January 22, 1997 (this is a new program);
Florida […]

OPS Faculty and Post-doctoral Raise File

Published: Nov 18th, 1996

Rita Cowan

Academic Affairs is issuing a separate raise file for January 1, 1997 for OPS faculty and post-doctoral associate employees in an effort to reduce paperwork and to simplify the appointment process for raises this year. Computer listings of the raise file for OPS faculty and post-doctoral associates who have current assignments in the personnel/payroll system will be available according to the schedule listed below. This listing will not include the OPS faculty who are in the collective bargaining unit nor the […]

Decal Enforcement – Semester Break

Published: Nov 14th, 1996

Greg DuBois, Director, Parking Administrative Services

Decal restrictions will be lifted in all COMMUTER, PARK-N-RIDE, SCOOTER ZONE and ALL DECAL lots Thursday, December 12, 1996, through Friday, January 10, 1997.

Restrictions will be lifted in RED 1, 3 areas Monday, December 23, 1996, through Friday, January 10, 1997.

Restrictions will be lifted in all ORANGE 1,2 & 3 areas Monday, December 23, through Wednesday, January 01, 1997.

All BLUE AND FAMILY HOUSING lot restrictions will remain in effect.

Enforcement will be reinstated in all areas Friday, January […]

NSF Academic Research Infrastructure Instrumentation Program

Published: Nov 7th, 1996

Karen A.Holbrook, Ph.D., Vice President for Research, Dean of the Graduate School

The National Science Foundation is soliciting proposals for the acquisition or development of major pieces of scientific instrumentation. Deadline for proposals to NSF is February 3, 1997. Awards will range from $100,000 to $2 million with 50% cost sharing provided by the awardee institution. As in the past, we are limited to two proposals per institution.

Because of the restriction on the number of submissions, the following procedures have been established:

Pre-proposals due […]

Unisys representatives stay on UF campus another week to address state employee complaints

Published: Nov 4th, 1996

Peter Maren, Assistant Director for University Benefits

For the third week, state employees may continue to visit representatives from Unisys, the state of Florida group health plan administrator, on the University of Florida campus to have their health insurance problems solved. These representatives will remain through the week of November 4 to November 8.

As a convenience to employees, the representatives will continue to be housed in University Personnel Services E&G/Auxiliaries Office, which is located in room G-6 of the J. Wayne Reitz Union […]

Other Personal Services (OPS) – 2080 Hour Rule

Published: Oct 31st, 1996

Jack Heidler, Director, University Personnel Services

University Personnel Services is pleased to announce that the State University System (SUS) rule limiting OPS (temporary) employees to working a maximum of 2,080 hours within a continuous 24-month period has been eliminated.

As a result of this change, you no longer will receive the quarterly edit report, “Employees That May Exceed the Maximum of OPS Hours Allowed.” This report was developed to help you identify non-student OPS employees in your area who had exceeded or who were […]

Unisys representatives to remain on UF campus one more week to address state employee complaints

Published: Oct 28th, 1996

Peter Maren, Assistant Director, University Benefits

Due to an overwhelming response, representatives from Unisys, the state of Florida group health plan administrator, will remain on the University of Florida campus this week, October 28 through November 1, to resolve state employees complaints.

As a convenience to employees, the representatives will continue to be housed in University Personnel Services E&G/Auxiliaries Office, which is located in room G-6 of the J. Wayne Reitz Union (next to the JWRU Hotel reservation desk). The representatives from Unisys, while […]

Pre- and Post-Doctoral Fellowship Payments

Published: Oct 25th, 1996

John Kruczek, University ControllerRita Cowan, Director, Academic Personnel Office

Several offices have worked together to make the fellowship payment process more user friendly and to provide check distribution in a simpler manner. The following is a summary of the revised process:

Direct Deposit and Check Distribution to TKL’s

Beginning November 8, 1996 the university will begin to deposit fellowship payments directly into the fellows’ bank accounts via electronic funds transfer for those individuals who have already completed the form necessary for participation. Forms were sent […]

Gordon Rule Credit Courses

Published: Oct 24th, 1996

W. Andrew McCollough, Chair

The Schedule of Courses published by the University prior to term registration designates all courses and/or sections which will meet the Gordon Rule requirements for the term. Students depend on this information for appropriate registration. Attempting to delete Gordon Rule credit after regular registration can put the student in an untenable registration position. Therefore, the General Education Council will not approve requests for deletion of Gordon Rule credit for the current term after regular registration for that term has […]