SFCC switches to Gmail; UF weighing email options
By ILEANA MORALES | Mar. 24, 2008SFCC started its transition to replace its e-mail system with Google's Gmail on March 18, while UF is still working on a switch of its own.
SFCC started its transition to replace its e-mail system with Google's Gmail on March 18, while UF is still working on a switch of its own.
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.
About 200 people watched 36 modern-day cowboys in pursuit of cattle and prizes on Saturday for UF's third-annual Ropin' in the Swamp competition.
Amid controversy surrounding UF's recent hire of a state senator for a lecturer position, the online publication Inside Higher Ed reported Thursday that Florida State University hired another senator in September to oversee a reading center she helped create and fund.
Students passing by Library West may find themselves stumped by a new public art display constructed from tree parts and installed Sunday.
The only woman to help write Japan's post-World War II constitution will visit UF Monday night to talk about her career.
A UF student involved in a single-car crash on Wednesday died Thursday morning.
UF President Bernie Machen's recent decision to restructure his administration may have been well-received by UF's Board of Trustees at its meeting last week, but at a Faculty Senate meeting Thursday, faculty members questioned Machen about the changes.
In her four years as a sideline reporter for ESPN, Erin Andrews has been outrun by football coaches, knocked over by a defensive lineman and forced to fight rumors that she was dating West Virginia University's quarterback, Pat White.
Luis Delgado may not have been a Boy Scout, but he said he intends to leave his "campsite," or UF's Student Honor Court, better than how he found it.
UF's claim that a student group's online-voting lawsuit was illegitimate will be investigated at a hearing next month.
Recent UF alumnae Jolene Pinder and Sarah Zaman were awarded the top Emmy for their documentary, entitled "Bismillah: In the Name of Allah," at the 29th annual College Television Awards held in Los Angeles last week.
A UF student involved in a single-car crash on Wednesday died Thursday morning.
After months of protests, graduate assistants have won: Academic fees will now be deducted from their UF paychecks instead of being due before checks are distributed.
UF's Florida Tomorrow capital campaign is experiencing a slow-down in donations due to the national economic decline, and university officials said they are bracing for tougher times ahead.
While UF students are in the midst of spring semester, UF's Career Resource Center focused on the next season with the Summer Job Fair Thursday on the Reitz Union Colonnade.
A UF animal science class will hold its third annual cattle-roping competition, dubbed "Ropin' in the Swamp," on Saturday.
Plans to give UF's Southwest Recreation Center a $16 million makeover have gotten a couple nods so far, but they still need approval from two state institutions.
The April 15 tax deadline is quickly approaching, and many students don't know how to file their tax returns or if they even should.
UF's Committee on a Civil, Safe and Open Environment presented 16 recommendations Wednesday night concerning police protocol and community conduct during UF events.