Board of Trustees names 12 faculty for preeminence
By Alexia Fernandez | Dec. 7, 2014afernandez@alligator.org
afernandez@alligator.org
UF is looking to fill one Board of Trustees spot as the application deadline was extended.
President-elect Kent Fuchs will earn twice as much as Florida State University President-elect John Thrasher.
Kent Fuchs was confirmed as UF’s 12th president by the Board of Governors, which also made decisions concerning market tuition and several UF programs.
A UF dean was appointed to an international advisory board in the United Arab Emirates.
It took less than three minutes for the Board of Trustees to unanimously determine UF’s 12th president, Kent Fuchs (pronounced “fox”), on Wednesday.
After months of presidential search updates, the wait is over: UF will learn the name of The Gator Nation’s next leader.
The Presidential Search Committee narrowed down a pool of 15 applicants to three Monday morning.
Paul Myers, administrator of the Florida Department of Health in Alachua County, is taking his talents to Tallahassee.
After five months of searching, UF hopes to announce its 12th president Oct. 15.
UF postdoctoral students will have extra pocket change next month.
On the first day of class, a UF chemistry professor plays a song: It’s an original dedicated to the trials and tribulations of freshman chemistry.
A UF student has made a splash in the marine science community.
The UF Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences has welcomed a familiar face to the position of dean for research.
Professors could be flipping their teaching habits to change the way students learn in and out of the classroom.
UF applicants will get a taste of freshman frustration when answering this year’s essay prompt: “What is the good life?”
Eight applicants for the new UF president were announced Friday on the presidential search website.
In the hunt for The Gator Nation’s next leader, the Presidential Search Committee is reaching out to the greater UF community.
TALLAHASSEE — Tallahassee police say a Florida State University professor was the intended target when murdered at his home last week. Investigators have no suspects and are asking for tips from the public.
UF’s next president could make more than $1 million a year.