The Committee on a Civil, Safe and Open Environment, created by UF President Machen after the September Tasering of UF student Andrew Meyer, has released a draft of recommendations to improve UF's public forum policies.
Editor's Note: Manny Fernandez resigned from the UF Board of Trustees on Dec. 6. We reported otherwise in Monday's Alligator.
Former Florida Gov. Bob Graham and the Board of Governors, the State University System?s highest governing body, now face a stumbling block in their fight for tuition-setting power.
John Wright, who served as the interim dean of the UF College of Journalism and Communications for more than a year, was named the college?s permanent dean last month.
Pramod Khargonekar, the six-year dean of UF?s College of Engineering, announced his resignation Dec. 4.
Manny Fernandez, a UF trustee and former chairman of the university's top governing body, announced his resignation today.
UF will construct a new life-science center by the year 2010 to help make research more marketable, UF President Bernie Machen announced at a Friday meeting of UF's Board of Trustees.
The 5 percent tuition increase going into effect this spring will leave the State University System ,9.5 million richer, but each of Florida's 11 universities has different plans for spending its share.
Members of UF's Investment Committee told UF protesters Monday they were open to suggestions about socially responsible investing.
The online fee discussed at Thursday's UF Board of Trustees committee meetings is still up for negotiation after a meeting of the entire board Friday morning.
UF President Bernie Machen got his Christmas present a little early this year, and it has five zeros.
After fielding months of protests and written complaints about its investments, UF is responding.
Although it has been approved by the UF students, the renewable energy fee still has to get by a long list of officials before it can become a reality.
UF students can skip the long lines this book-buyback season thanks to a new UF book market Web site.
The student online fee discussed at Thursday's committee meetings for UF's Board of Trustees is still up for negotiation after a meeting Friday morning.
Bleak budgetary times have become the norm for UF, and new financial solutions could mean out-of-pocket fees for students.
Budget cuts and extra fees will be the leading issues discussed today and Friday by UF's highest governing body, the Board of Trustees.
UF's administration and students are on the same page when it comes to the Tuition Differential Program - more advisers and faculty members are crucial, they said.
UF's vice president of Student Affairs denounced the controversial advertisement of a movie about "Radical Islam" in a universitywide e-mail Monday.
Turfgrass footprints are easy to patch up. A carbon footprint - damage done to the atmosphere that results in global warming - isn't so simple.
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