After a year and a half of research and debate, the student health insurance committee at UF has agreed on a new insurance plan, which is set to begin in August.
UF research projects were given more than $3 million in grants from the Florida Legislature, the Board of Governors announced on Wednesday.
Officials from UF's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences said the college would be unable to make the 6 percent budget cut UF President Bernie Machen asked each college to prepare for earlier this semester.
Due to a lack of consensus among committee members, the dean search committee for UF's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences submitted a recommendation to the provost that doesn't endorse any specific action.
While the Gators were busy dismantling the Buckeyes and climbing to the top as football national champions last year, UF's television spot was also beating its peers in terms of diversity.
After collecting faculty feedback this week, the UF College of Liberal Arts and Sciences dean search committee will meet to make its final recommendation to the provost today.
For years, Florida's public universities have contributed tens of thousands of dollars to the Board of Governors at its request, but Florida State University will not comply this year with a system one lawmaker deemed "soft extortion."
Instead of making a recommendation to the provost at its Friday meeting, the dean search committee for UF's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences decided to gather faculty input for one more week.
With the future of UF's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences dean search in question after recent candidate withdrawals, the search committee will meet Friday afternoon to decide what to do next.
Peter Coclanis, one of the candidates for UF's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences dean position, withdrew his name from the search Tuesday night, citing UF's budget problems and administrative restructuring as his reasons.
Three earrings; hair he could tuck in his pants; a Fu Manchu mustache. It's a far-off memory for the man who will soon oversee UF's financial operations in a time of budgetary crisis.
Starting in the fall, UF students will see several changes on UF's campus: higher parking decal prices, a new Flavet Field band shell and renovations at Southwest Recreation Center, to name a few.
UF Provost Janie Fouke and Senior Vice President for Health Affairs Doug Barrett resigned from their posts amid a major restructuring of the way UF handles its financial operations.
Terry Hynes, the former dean of UF's College of Journalism and Communications, has been selected to fill the senior vice chancellor for Academic and Student Affairs position at the University of Nebraska at Omaha.
UF Provost Janie Fouke and Senior Vice President for Health Affairs Doug Barrett will resign effective June 30 following the announcement of a major restructuring of UF's financial operations.
The Board of Trustees, UF's highest governing body, will discuss a host of issues - including bleak budget expectations, money-saving plans and new parking decal prices - at its meetings Thursday and Friday.
As UF students head home for Spring Break, almost 400 donors will head to campus to see what their money has done for the university and possibly consider giving more.
Paul D'Anieri, one of the candidates for the UF College of Liberal Arts and Sciences dean position, assured the UF community during his visit to campus Tuesday that he would act as CLAS' advocate to the administration during budget difficulties.
As the Florida legislative session starts today, many eyes will be on how lawmakers will shave the state budget down to $70 billion without compromising the quality of higher education.
One of the finalists for UF's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences dean position will meet students, faculty and staff on campus today and Wednesday.
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