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August 2007 UF News Archive
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UF News - 8/2/07
CLAS converts salary to TVs for office lobby
By THOMAS STEWART - Alligator Contributing Writer
Despite an accruing $4 million debt, the UF College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Academic Advising Center just got a set
of flat-screen TVs.
The two 32-inch Westinghouse LCD TVs, currently in the lobby of the advising center, are used to display "things like
information blurbs on majors in CLAS or summer study abroad opportunities or new course offerings," said Albert Matheny, associate dean of CLAS and director of the AAC, in an e-mail.
When there is nothing new to tell students, the TVs are set to CNN, he said.
Although funds are tight, he said they could afford to purchase the $599 TVs because a graduate assistant was unable to
work and they could not replace him, so they converted his salary. |
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UF News - 8/9/07
Cost-cutting team formed
By KIM WILMATH - Alligator Writer
The force is with us.
And after the Cost Reduction and Efficiency Task Force meets for the first time this month, students might begin to feel
the strain of UF's $20 million to $30 million debt.
In a memo sent to UF deans, directors and department chairs Wednesday, UF President Bernie Machen announced the
members of a task force that will find places to cut from UF's budget.
After the startup date for a program that would have raised tuition by a maximum 15 percent was pushed to fall 2008, UF
lost out on about $2.7 million, which it was hoping to use to provide better resources for students. |
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UF News - 8/15/07
UAA gives $6 million to academic programs
GAINESVILLE, Fla. - The University of Florida Athletic Association is donating $6 million to the university to support
several academic programs threatened by state budget cuts, UF President Bernie Machen announced today.
"Our athletics programs have had tremendous success during the past couple of years," Machen said. "It takes a great
academic university to be a top athletic university." |
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UF News - 8/17/07
Gator Clubs to receive special seating at Growl
GAINESVILLE, Fla. - For the first time in Gator Growl history, alumni will have the ability to enjoy the show with their
respective Gator Clubs in unique seating blocks closer to the stage.
The Gator Growl staff has taken the steps to make block seating available through its Web site, www.gatorgrowl.org, for
this year's Growl on Nov. 2. Members can take advantage of this feature under the ticket information section of the site.
Jenny Weigle, president of the Tampa Gator Club, said she receives countless questions concerning Gator Growl and
that it is a mainstay of her club's schedule. |
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UF News - 8/18/07
Portable air conditioners OK'd for use in Buckman, Thomas halls
GAINESVILLE, Fla. - The University of Florida has approved the use of portable air conditioners in Buckman and
Thomas halls for this year.
Buckman and Thomas Halls housed the entire UF campus in 1906 and are on the National Historic Register. Today,
they are the only UF residence halls without air conditioning. Both halls have been popular housing assignment choices for more than 100 years. In fact, most residents assigned to these facilities request the assignment based on location, hall traditions and lower rent costs. However, some residents are assigned to these two halls when all other residence halls are full. They have lobbied the hardest for air conditioning options over the years. |
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UF News - 8/23/07
UF to increase faculty
By KIMBERLY FULSCHER, Alligator Writer
UF President Bernie Machen said in an interview Monday that UF would be hiring more faculty, despite a previously
announced hiring freeze.
Though Machen declined to comment further, he said he would expand on the issue during his meeting with the Faculty
Senate. |
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UF News - 8/25/07
More state support helps boost UF research funding to record level
GAINESVILLE, Fla. - The University of Florida received a record $583 million in research funding in 2007, thanks in part to
a 92 percent increase in state funding.
The total for the fiscal year that ended June 30 represents a 12.5 percent increase over last year's $518 million. Research
support from the state grew from $48.6 million in fiscal year 2005-06 to $93.4 million in 2006-07.
The state support included $8.5 million for two new Centers of Excellence - the Florida Institute for Sustainable Energy
and the Center for Bio-Nano Sensors. |
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UF News - 8/26/08
Machen's State of the University Address has fiscal focus
By JENNIFER BINGAMAN, Alligator Writer
During his State of the University Address at the Faculty Senate meeting Thursday, UF President Bernie Machen
highlighted the continuing need for more funding, UF's research success and other obstacles facing UF this year.
"We are facing an economic slowdown of some magnitude," Machen said.
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UF News- 8/29/07
$13.7 million Shands surgical center to open Sept. 6
By JENNIFER BINGAMAN, Alligator Writer
The lobby at the Shands Florida Surgical Center on 34th Street will smell like solid cherry wood and new paint until it's
up and running.
The $13.7 million surgical center will open Sept. 6 and with it, a revolutionary change in UF's medical processes.
Manually chronicling surgeries on a whiteboard with dry-erase markers that smudge the hands of surgeons will be a
tedious procedure of the past.
Instead, a 42-inch plasma screen will replace it to keep everyone up-to-date.
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