Published: Sep 21st, 2012
Jamie Lewis Keith, Vice President and General Counsel
1.011 Disclosure and Regulation of Outside Activities and Financial Interests
6.015 Outside Activity Guidelines
The above Notices of Technical Changes have been published on the University’s official website at http://regulations.ufl.edu.
Published: Sep 18th, 2012
Chief Linda J. Stump, Assistant Vice President of Public and Environmental Safety
As many of you may already be aware from news reports, a series of bomb threats has occurred on college campuses since last Friday. These threats led to the evacuation of the University of Texas at Austin, North Dakota State University, and Hiram College in Ohio last Friday. On Monday, Louisiana State University evacuated its campus as well after its local 911 center received a call from a person saying that […]
Published: Sep 12th, 2012
Paula Varnes Fussell, Vice President for Human Resource Services
I am pleased to announce a call for nominations for the University of Florida’s Superior Accomplishment Awards program. The purpose of the program, now in its 24th year, is to recognize Academic Personnel; Technical, Executive Administrative, Managerial and Support (TEAMS) employees; and University Support Personnel System (USPS) employees who have contributed outstanding service in their fields during the academic year of August 1, 2011, to July 31, 2012.
This year’s nomination period will run from […]
Published: Sep 11th, 2012
David S. Guzick, Senior Vice President for Health Affairs, President, UF&Shands Health System
UF College of Pharmacy Dean William H. Riffee has announced that he will vacate his position in June 2013, after 17 years at the college’s helm.
Dean Riffee is a stellar academic leader who has worked hard both at UF and at the national level to strengthen pharmacy education and the professional role of pharmacists in patient care.
On his watch, the College of Pharmacy has enhanced its curriculum and pharmacy research […]
Published: Sep 6th, 2012
Melissa Curry, Director, Recruitment and Staffing; Linda Orfield, Associate Controller, Payroll and Tax Services; Jodi Gentry, Director, UF Training and Organizational Development; and Dave Gruber, Senior Director, Enterprise Systems
We are pleased to announce the myUFL HR and Payroll Upgrade will “go live” on September 18 at 8 a.m. All employees who use the myUFL system (my.ufl.edu), including faculty and OPS staff, will notice some changes as a result of this upgrade and are, therefore, reminded to clear their cache and cookies before […]
Published: Sep 6th, 2012
Joe Glover, Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic
On October 28, we will celebrate Homecoming with the 53rd annual Education Celebration honoring outstanding faculty members at the university.
Through Education Celebration, Florida Blue Key will honor up to three faculty members for each of the following awards: Homecoming Outstanding Faculty Award, Homecoming Outstanding Mentor of Undergraduate Research Award.
This year, Florida Blue Key introduces a new award honoring the 150th anniversary of the Morrill Act. This new award will be awarded to a faculty […]
Published: Sep 5th, 2012
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: Sep 4th, 2012
Dr. Kathleen Ann Long, Associate Provost
Per the terms of the University of Florida Regulations regarding the employment of relatives as available online at http://regulations.ufl.edu/chapter1/1009.pdf —SEE (4), the Provost’s Office must approve in writing the employment of a related person and/or supervisory employee in academic units. If you have a faculty hire situation where a related person will be a supervisor or supervised employee, please consult the regulation for the specific definitions of the conflicts of interest, the definition of the relationships and […]
Published: Aug 31st, 2012
Dr. David P. Norton, Vice President for Research
It is my pleasure to announce that Dr. Irene Cooke has been named to the newly created position of Director of Research Compliance for the University of Florida starting September 10, 2012. This position resides within the Office of Research and reports directly to the Vice President for Research.
As Director of Research Compliance, Dr. Cooke is charged with supporting and promoting ethical research practices at the University of Florida that fully comply with all federal, […]
Published: Aug 28th, 2012
Michael V. McKee, Assistant Vice President and University Controller
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has approved our proposed pooled fringe rates as submitted. The rates were effective July 1, 2012 and have been updated in the MyUFL system centrally.
Benefits included in the pooled rates include:
FICA OASDI (Social Security)
FICA Medicar
Health Insurance (including graduat
assistant and Postdoctoral associates health insurance)
Retirement (employer contributions)
Life Insurance
Clinical disability insurance
Worker’s Compensation
Unemployment Compensation
Vacation, December, and Eligible Sick Leave Cash Outs
Sick leave pool payments
Paid parental leave payment
The employee categories and […]