FAQ page addresses UF budget questions
By DEBORAH SWERDLOW | Feb. 26, 2008To set the record straight about the budget situation, UF created a frequently asked questions page on its Web site on Monday.
To set the record straight about the budget situation, UF created a frequently asked questions page on its Web site on Monday.
UF began charging students and former students for transcripts Monday, and though university officials said things went smoothly, some students were still left grumbling.
Following statewide budget cuts, UF canceled its annual lobbying day, known as Gator Day, at the Capitol.
The UF Dean of Students Office revealed "When the Rivers Run Dry: Water - The Defining Crisis of the Twenty-First Century" as the book incoming freshmen must read as part of the second year of UF's Common Reading Program.
A Florida senator will teach at UF and help students find government internships, but the recent hire has raised some questions among faculty.
Editor's Note: UF Supreme Court Chief Justice Brian Aungst was not contacted for this story.
To comply with requests from the Board of Governors to stifle enrollment for the fall, UF may be left with only one option: cutting transfer students. And that news did not sit well across town at SFCC.
UF's budget situation got brighter Thursday, at least for the near future.
Two in-house candidates are out of the running for the UF College of Liberal Arts and Sciences dean position.
The director of UF's Office of Sorority and Fraternity Affairs stepped down Feb. 13 in an unusually quick fashion.
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After the third college shooting in the last month, UF officials assured students that they're still safe on campus.
Another candidate has dropped out of the search for a UF College of Liberal Arts and Sciences dean.
For years, the state's public universities have tugged at the Legislature to pour more funding into the State University System - one that currently ranks last in student-teacher ratios nationwide.
In preparation for semi-finalist interviews, the search committee for the next dean of UF's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences drafted questions on Thursday about budget cuts, shared governance and the college's diversity to ask the candidates.
The UF Office of Admissions has been working around the clock for the past few days determining the future of nearly 28,000 Gators hopefuls, and only about one-third of them will receive an invitation Friday.
How much would a stuffed caveman pay for a stiff drink? How many shots would it take for a giant mastodon skeleton to get loose?
The UF Foundation will release an extra $2.4 million in endowment funds this March to help UF cope with a budget crisis.
Two state leaders are bouncing around ideas to change the Florida Bright Futures Scholarship Program. Both plans would provide incentives for students studying technology and health-related fields.
In response to a new state privacy law that became effective Jan. 1, UF Vice President of Student Affairs Patricia Telles-Irvin sent all students an e-mail Monday to raise awareness about the safety of releasing personal information.