Paul Drayton to be sworn in as Student Body treasurer
By ILEANA MORALES | Mar. 18, 2008UF's Student Body treasurer-elect will be getting an early start on his new job.
UF's Student Body treasurer-elect will be getting an early start on his new job.
UF has responded to the lawsuit filed by a student group supporting online voting in Student Government elections, and according to UF, the suit is illegitimate.
During her two-day campus visit that began Monday, Barbara Romzek, one of three candidates for the UF College of Liberal Arts and Sciences dean position, emphasized that UF faculty input would be paramount if she was selected as the college's dean.
"Full House" dad Danny Tanner is coming to UF, but his visit will be for "mature audiences only."
Nine UF seniors received Outstanding Leadership Awards this semester, earning them on-stage spots during their graduation ceremonies.
One of the remaining candidates for the UF College of Liberal Arts and Sciences dean position is visiting campus today.
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.
U.S. authorities in Baghdad have received the severed finger of a 25-year-old former UF student who is being held hostage in Iraq.
Elton John has pushed back his Gainesville appearance to April 24 due to a kidney stone, UF President Bernie Machen announced at a Board of Trustees meeting Friday.
UF's Florida Opportunity Scholars Program received a $100,000 donation on March 8, adding to the more than $3 million raised for the program since its start in 2006.
Elton John will not visit UF this weekend due to a kidney stone, said UF President Bernie Machen at Friday's Board of Trustees meeting.
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.
Two U.S. senators shared their views on this year's presidential candidates and the work awaiting the winner during a speech Thursday night.
Two days after a bomb threat closed UF's Florida Gym for two hours, University Police Department investigators said they knew the same amount of information about the threat as they did that day.
David Feinstein knows that students living on campus face problems when getting their weekly groceries, including time constraints, transportation issues and parking restrictions.
Another order of french fries? More potatoes?