UF changes disputed grad student fee process
By KATIE SANDERS | Mar. 20, 2008After 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.
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.
Backed by multi-million-dollar donations, construction for a three-level building for UF's graduate business program could start this summer.
Brandon McArthur rolled down the basketball court in his wheelchair, his arms pumping furiously while his wheelchair's tiny front lights blinked rainbows of color.
A class-action lawsuit filed by two Daytona Beach College students against the country's largest collegiate-bookstore chain, which runs the UF Bookstore, was dismissed by a federal judge Monday.
With the future of UF's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences dean search in question after recent candidate withdrawals, the search committee will meet Friday afternoon to decide what to do next.
For about every 11 white students who cross the stage at UF's commencement ceremonies, there is one black student receiving a diploma.
Three earrings; hair he could tuck in his pants; a Fu Manchu mustache. It's a far-off memory for the man who will soon oversee UF's financial operations in a time of budgetary crisis.
Peter Coclanis, one of the candidates for UF's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences dean position, withdrew his name from the search Tuesday night, citing UF's budget problems and administrative restructuring as his reasons.
UF's Student Body treasurer-elect will be getting an early start on his new job.
Laying in the sand with a Corona in hand is the essence of Spring Break for some students.
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.