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Finance and Accounting’s Redesigned Website

Published: Jul 12th, 2012

Michael V. McKee, Assistant Vice President and University Controller

The Finance and Accounting Division is pleased to announce the creation of its new website, which employs UF’s latest design and template. In addition to a new look and feel, the redesign attempts to address the needs of Finance and Accounting’s customers in order to improve the structure of the content.

The division provides a wide range of financial service operations that support and assist in the creation of a strong fiscal environment for the […]

Helping At Risk Students

Published: Jul 5th, 2012

Meggen Sixbey, PhD, LMHC, LMFT, Associate Director & Clinical Assistant Professor, Counseling and Wellness Center

I’d like to request that you reach out to your faculty and staff, requesting that they complete an online course about helping students in distress. In addition to the 90 minute QPR: Suicide Prevention program the CWC has offered since 2006, we are also offering, At Risk: Kognito. At Risk: Kognito is a forty-five minute, online, interactive gatekeeper training course designed to prepare college and university faculty, staff, […]

New International Travel and Emergency Assistance Program

Published: Jul 3rd, 2012

Joseph Glover, Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and David Sammons, Dean of the UF International Center

In an effort to strengthen the ability of the university to ensure the safety of faculty, staff, and students participating in official university international travel, UF has selected a new insurance plan that will provide travelers with worldwide, 24-hour emergency medical, security and travel related assistance services.

On August 1st, 2012, TeamAssist will replace the current MEDEX emergency assistance program that many UF travelers have […]

Changes in the Type and Timing of Course Platform Information

Published: Jun 29th, 2012

Andrew McCollough, Associate Provost for Information Technology, E-Learning, and Distance Education

The increasingly diverse nature of the content platforms or course delivery methodology we use, as well as the requirements for greater specificity in regards to these matters by DOE, SACS, BOG and the BOT, means we must collect more complete information about such in a more timely way than in the past.

Much of the information required is not new but the timing for collection of such has been moved forward significantly to […]

Summer B Residence Hall Check-in

Published: Jun 27th, 2012

Dave Kratzer, Vice President for Student Affairs

UF Campus Community:

Summer B Residence Hall Check-in begins Wednesday June 27 and continues through Sunday July 1 in the following residence halls:

East Campus:           Reid, Yulee and Mallory Halls; Beaty Towers; and Rawlings Hall

North Campus:         Murphree Hall

West Campus:          East Hall, Keys Residential Complex, Lakeside Residential Complex, and Springs Residential Complex

The UF community will be welcoming around 2,700 new campus residents and their families.

For UF faculty and staff working the break between Summer A and B, please plan […]

University of Florida Regulations and Regulation Amendments

Published: Jun 21st, 2012

Jamie Lewis Keith, Vice President and General Counsel

1.0001              Organization and Operation
1.011                Disclosure and Regulation of Outside Activities and Financial Interests
1.0102              Policies on Information Technology and Security
1.015                University of Florida Campaign for Charities (UFCC)
2.012                Use of Facilities and Services; Charges for Use and Admissions Charges
3.009                Bus System
3.0374              Material & Supply Fees
3.056                Resignation and Non-Reappointment of Technical, Executive, Administrative, and Managerial Support Staff Construction;
3.074                Evaluations of Professional Service Providers (including Architects and Engineers), Design/Builders, Construction Managers and Contractors; Disqualification Procedure
4.007                Confidentiality of Student Records
5.0763              […]

Notices of Changes in Proposed Regulation Amendments

Published: Jun 20th, 2012

Jamie Lewis Keith

1.0102         Policies on Information Technology and Information Security
5.0764         College of Medicine: Policy on Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Industry Conflicts of Interest and Industry/Academic Relations
The above Notices of Changes in Proposed Regulation Amendments have been published on the Universitys’ official website at http://regulations.ufl.edu.

Thank you.

Call for Mentors: University Minority Mentor Program (UMMP)

Published: Jun 13th, 2012

Dr. Joseph Glover, Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs; Dave Kratzer, Vice President for Student Affairs

I am writing to ask you for your support to serve as a mentor for the University Minority Mentor Program (UMMP) in the 2012-2013 academic year. As you may know, the University Minority Mentor Program (UMMP) provides an opportunity for each participating student to be mentored by a faculty or staff member who supports, guides and facilitates their transition to the University of Florida.

In the […]

New Faculty Orientation

Published: Jun 13th, 2012

Kathleen Long, Associate Provost

Please forward this information to your College Hiring/Finance Offices and Department Chairs.

It’s time to begin planning for our New Faculty Orientation to be held on August 15 and 16, 2012. This program will inform new faculty of the many services and resources available to them on campus. Your college/departmental responses are imperative to the success of our program and are much appreciated.

Please complete the New Appointee Information Form on your new faculty appointees and submit it electronically to Ellen […]

Dean of the College of Journalism and Communications

Published: Jun 11th, 2012

J. Bernard Machen, University of Florida President

It is my pleasure to inform you that Diane H. McFarlin, publisher of the Herald-Tribune Media Group in Sarasota, has been named dean of the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications. Diane, a 1976 journalism graduate of UF, will assume her new position Jan. 1. She succeeds John Wright, who will return to the faculty in 2013.

Named an Alumna of Distinction by the college in 1999, Diane is a fourth-generation Floridian who began her […]