Memos Category
Published: Aug 22nd, 2013
Robert W. Miller, Associate Vice President for Business Affairs
This is the annual reminder that Pepsi has the exclusive pouring rights contract for UF. This means that only Pepsi products (including Aquafina bottled water and Gatorade) may be served on campus at events as wide ranging as a faculty meeting, dean’s luncheon, staff retreat or a special event. Also please remember, there is no fee for Pepsi to deliver your order to your office or event.
Keep in mind you may see some Pepsi […]
Published: Aug 22nd, 2013
Joe Glover, Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs
In an effort to ensure fair compensation of all University of Florida employees, the university establishes a minimum salary for all Postdoctoral Associates at the University of Florida, effective October 1, 2013, to be no less than the minimum graduate student stipends. The minimum graduate student stipend amounts, effective October 1, are as follows:
9-Month appointments (19.5 biweekly periods)
FTE
Annual
Biweekly Amount
1.0
$22,000
$1,128.20
.50
$11,000
$564.10
.33
$7,260
$372.30
.25
$5,500
$282.05
12-Month appointments (26.1 biweekly periods)
FTE
Annual
Biweekly Amount
1.0
$29,446
$1,128.20
.50
$14,723
$564.10
.33
$9,717
$372.30
.25
$7,362
$282.05
Postdoctoral Associate minimums will match whatever graduate student stipend minimums […]
Published: Aug 21st, 2013
Angel Kwolek-Folland, Associate Provost for Academic and Faculty Affairs
The Provost’s Office has created a new form for use by chairs and deans when requesting extension of a faculty member’s tenure probationary period. The form is available at https://aa.ufl.edu/policies/tenure-and-promotion-information/ and https://aa.ufl.edu/resources/resources-for-administrators/ . Please use this form for all requests for extension.
If you have any questions about the form or the policy, please contact Dr. Kwolek-Folland at akf@aa.ufl.edu
Published: Aug 13th, 2013
Dave Kratzer, Vice President for Student Affairs
Fall 2013 Residence Hall Check-in begins Friday August 16 and continues through Tuesday August 20 campus-wide.
The UF community will be welcoming around 7,600 campus residents and their families.
For UF faculty and staff working the break between Summer B/C and Fall, please plan for impacts on all campus roads and near all student parking lots as well as in these staff parking lots as residents park on a short term basis to unload their vehicles and check […]
Published: Aug 12th, 2013
Dr. Angel Kwolek-Folland, Associate Provost for Academic and Faculty Affairs
Please advise new department chairs and directors in your area of the upcoming Academic Administrators Leadership Seminar series and encourage them to save the dates and register early.
The series is designed to bring together department chairs, directors, associate deans and deans in discussions about academic administrative management at UF, and to provide ongoing training and updated information about management issues for those who are new to their administrative roles.
A proposed schedule of subjects […]
Published: Aug 9th, 2013
Joseph Glover, Provost and Senior Vice President
University of Florida Levin College of Law Dean Robert H. Jerry, II has announced his intention to step down as dean, effective June 30, 2014.
Dean Jerry became the Levin College of Law’s 15th dean in 2003, and will have led the college for 11 years, which will tie him for service as the second-longest serving law dean since the school was founded in 1909 and one of the longest-serving law deans nationwide. Under his thoughtful and inspired […]
Published: Aug 8th, 2013
Dr. David Sammons, Dean of the International Center
In 2004, an award was created to recognize outstanding international endeavors by tenured UF faculty members and to encourage more UF faculty to pursue international activities. Subsequently, a similar award was created for faculty in junior ranks and in 2010 a new award was added to recognize the many contributions of staff to our campus internationalization priorities. I write today to invite nominations from all colleges across campus for each of these awards in recognition […]
Published: Aug 1st, 2013
Matthew Fajack, Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Dr. David Norton, Vice President for Research
Beginning this fall, the methods by which human subjects in UF research studies are compensated monetarily, as well as the systems that support these processes, will change. This new system will enable the University of Florida to comply with federal and IRS regulations while improving the protection of its subjects’ data. All new requests for human subject payments will use the new processes—which will affect how payments are coordinated, […]
Published: Jul 22nd, 2013
Paula Varnes Fussell, Vice President Human Resource Services
On behalf of the Office of Human Resources Services, we are very excited to be hosting this year’s New Faculty Orientation. This program will inform new faculty of the many services and resources available to them on campus.
We have been communicating with your college designee to collect a list of new faculty. If they have not already completed the New Faculty Orientation form for your new faculty appointees, we ask that the […]
Published: Jul 22nd, 2013
Michael V. McKee, Assistant Vice President & University Controller
Pursuant to an audit of Internal Controls performed by the Office of Internal Audit (OIA), the following items were identified:
28 percent of the units reviewed did not document their review of the final paylist.
25 percent of the units reviewed did not have procedures to document advanced approval for overtime and compensatory time.
18 percent of the units reviewed did not have procedures to ensure that leave taken was properly approved or to verify the accuracy […]
