Memos Category
Published: Oct 3rd, 2014
Joe Glover, Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs
I am pleased to announce that the university is increasing the minimum salary for Postdoctoral Associates. To ensure fair compensation of all University of Florida employees, the university is establishing a minimum salary for all Postdoctoral Associates at the University of Florida to be no less than the minimum established for graduate student stipends. The new minimums, effective for 2014-15, are as follows:
9-Month appointments (19.5 biweekly periods)
FTE Annual Biweekly Amount
1.0 $26,000 […]
Published: Oct 2nd, 2014
Leonardo A. Villalón, Dean of the International Center
International Education Week (IEW), a joint initiative of the U.S. Department of State and the U.S. Department of Education, presents an annual opportunity to celebrate the benefits of international education and exchange worldwide. At the University of Florida, we have much to celebrate.
Each year, UF is home to over 6,000 international students from more than 130 countries. We host some 1,100 visiting scholars annually, including Fulbright Scholars who participate in numerous research and outreach programs […]
Published: Oct 1st, 2014
Jamie Lewis Keith, Vice President and General Counsel
It is time to prepare proposed changes to University of Florida regulations to be effective in the spring of 2015. If you or those in your units would like to propose changes to any University of Florida regulation (refer to the University of Florida Regulations website at http://regulations.ufl.edu ), please submit the proposed changes to the General Counsel’s Office by January 16, 2015 so they may become effective in 2015.
Please include the following in the submission for each proposed changed regulation:
1. the existing […]
Published: Sep 30th, 2014
Joe Glover, Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs
Faculty and departments should submit their Spring 2015 textbook adoptions at http://www.textadoption.ufl.edu by November 4, 2014 so that this information is available to students during advance registration. This information is also available online to all bookstores to help them ensure appropriate arrival of texts for Spring term and better prices for student book buybacks.
Students can view Spring course textbook requirements online during advance registration, which begins November 4, 2014. This information helps students […]
Published: Sep 30th, 2014
Elias G. Eldayrie, Vice President and CIO
Lost or stolen mobile computing devices used by UF employees, like phones, laptops, and tablets, can pose a critical threat to our confidential information, system security, and institutional reputation. Whether a device is personally-owned or university-owned, exposure of confidential university data like student grades and patient information can also lead to significant expense for the university–as well as personal liability for a UF faculty or staff member.
Recently, the Office of Internal Audit concluded a review of […]
Published: Sep 29th, 2014
Sheri P. Austin, Asst. Vice President, University Budgets
In an effort to best maintain equipment purchased utilizing equipment use fee’s the following policy is being introduced and made effective October 1, 2014. Please read through the policy and distribute to anyone in your college who works with equipment use fees.
The policy reads as follows:
Non-capital equipment should be tracked internally by each department when being used on or off campus if equipment is purchased using Equipment Use fees. Asset management is not involved in […]
Published: Sep 26th, 2014
David S. Guzick, M.D., Ph.D., UF Senior Vice President for Health Affairs
Charles E. Lane, Ph.D., UF Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
Janet Christie, Senior Vice President for Human Resources, UF Health Shands
Paula Varnes Fussell, Vice President for Human Resource Services, University of Florida
We are pleased to announce that the University of Florida and UF Health will share a new integrated training-management system beginning Oct. 1. Called “myTraining,” it was developed by our Human Resources and Information Technology teams for use by […]
Published: Sep 23rd, 2014
Jack M. Payne, Ph.D.
Senior Vice President for Agriculture and Natural Resources
I am pleased to announce that Jacqueline K. “Jackie” Burns, Ph.D., has accepted the position of UF/IFAS dean of research.
Dr. Burns is a preeminent scientist with 89 research publications and an outstanding administrator at the Citrus Education and Research Center in Lake Alfred.
Her research and administrative experience have largely been focused on the Florida citrus industry, and her appointment as research dean comes at a time when the $9 billion industry is […]
Published: Sep 15th, 2014
David S. Guzick, M.D., Ph.D.
Senior Vice President for Health Affairs, UF President, UF Health
I am pleased to announce that Isabel Garcia, D.D.S., M.P.H., has been named dean of the University of Florida College of Dentistry.
The UF College of Dentistry, the only state-funded dental school in Florida, is known internationally for excellence in education, research and patient care — a reputation that I am confident Dr. Garcia will continue to develop through her leadership in the years to come. She succeeds Teresa A. […]
Published: Sep 5th, 2014
William S. Properzio, Director, Division of Environmental Health and Safety
Recent biosafety-related incidents from the US Public Sector have triggered a series of events, including a US Congressional Hearing addressing the CDC Anthrax incident, issuance of a subsequent GAO (Government Accountability Office) report, and an investigation by the Energy and Commerce Committee (a US House of Representatives legislative committee) regarding the handling of biohazards by federal laboratories including the CDC, FDA, and NIH.
In response, the NIH announced last week a new Biosafety Stewardship initiative, naming this September […]
