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September 2007 UF News Archive
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UF News - 9/4/07
Gov. Crist visits UF to learn about ethanol production
KIM WILMATH - Alligator Writer
During a special visit to UF on Friday, Gov. Charlie Crist praised UF's groundbreaking new method for creating ethanol.
Lonnie Ingram, a UF microbiologist, showed Crist the laboratory where Ingram has worked for more than 20 years
developing a gasoline alternative from plant waste.
Crist also met with UF coaches Urban Meyer and Billy Donovan to congratulate them and wish them luck.
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UF News - 9/7/07
UF-VA partnership expands nursing class size, adds faculty
GAINESVILLE, Fla. - The University of Florida College of Nursing has expanded its class size and will add faculty
members through a new partnership with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs designed to address the nation's severe nursing shortage.
UF was one of four universities the VA recently selected to form the VA Nursing Academy, a five-year, $40-million pilot
initiative. The VA-UF partnership - which has allowed UF to expand nursing enrollment in its baccalaureate program by 28 students this semester and to add 10 more nursing students in its accelerated bachelor's degree program beginning next May - links the College of Nursing with the nursing service at the North Florida/South Georgia Veterans Health System to form the VA-UF Nursing Center of Excellence. |
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UF News - 9/11/07
Crist's proposals mean more budget cuts for universities
By KIM WILMATH, Alligator Writer
Students could lose $600 each of state funding, which would normally cover costs of their universities' academic budget,
if the Florida Legislature endorses Gov. Charlie Crist's proposed budget cuts.
Because of a recent tax-revenue shortfall, Crist proposed a 6.2 percent cut from the State University System's funding,
according to a press release from the Board of Governors, the highest governing body for Florida's university system.
Crist proposed a 3.6 percent cut, $980 million, from the overall state budget.
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UF News - 9/14/07
UF Air Force ROTC cadet soars above competition
By KIM WILMATH, Alligator Writer
Maureen Hartney said she isn't perfect. She's still 15 push-ups shy of her 62-a-minute goal. She only has a 3.9 GPA.
She hasn't saved the world yet.
Hartney, the 20-year-old UF Air Force ROTC Wing Commander, recently topped thousands of cadets when she was
named the Air Force Association's Outstanding Cadet of the Year.
She'll accept her award in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 23, five days after her 21st birthday, which is also the birthday
of the Air Force, she said.
Air Force ROTC headquarters also rated UF's program "outstanding" for the first time in the program's 65-year history.
Only the top 5 percent of the 144 ROTC units in the nation receive that title, said Capt. Scott Norman, UF's ROTC Commandant of Cadets. |
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UF News - 9/19/07
Machen 'embarrassed,' says FDLE will investigate
By KIM WILMATH, Alligator Writer
At a news conference Tuesday afternoon, UF President Bernie Machen said he was "embarrassed" by the events at Sen.
John Kerry's speech Monday.
Machen said he regretted that civil discourse did not occur at the meeting between Andrew Meyer and University Police
Department officers.
Meyer was Tasered and charged with a third-degree felony and a second-degree misdemeanor after officers said he
resisted arrest with violence and disturbed the peace.
Machen said the Florida Department of Law Enforcement would conduct a full investigation of the officers' actions.
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UF News - 9/21/07
Cuts to matching funds may stall UF construction projects
By HILARY LEHMAN Alligator Writer
With Gov. Charlie Crist's proposal to cut state funds for university building projects, several brand-new buildings under
construction at UF might remain the newest buildings for a while.
According to a press release from the Florida Board of Governors, Crist has proposed cutting $34 million from the
Courtelis matching program.
The program funds much of UF's on-campus construction by using state funds to match the amount of private donations
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UF News - 9/25/07
Gator returns to campus after service in Afghanistan
By Kori Frederick, Alligator Writer
As Adam Stout stepped off the bus and into the biting cold and blinding snow, the wind whipped against his face. He
could see the Himalayan Mountains peeking over the base walls, the tops were barely visible. This was not what he expected. |
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UF News - 9/26/07
Student soldier returns to UF after driving trucks in Iraq
By KORI FREDERICK, Alligator Writer
Military service runs in Jennifer Davidson's family.
Her father was in the Air Force. He served his country with pride, and he passed that pride down to her.
And even though she decided not to join ROTC when she came to UF, she knew she wanted to serve too. So she
enlisted in the Air National Guard.
"Being somewhat patriotic, I just thought, 'Someone's gotta do it,'" the senior integrative biology major said and
grinned. |
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UF News - 9/27/07
Marine transitions from Iraq to UF
By KORI FREDERICK, Alligator Writer
Eduardo Gonzalez's journey to Iraq began when he joined the Marines a month before Sept. 11, 2001. And after several
road bumps - he was greeted on his arrival day by a shower of rockets and celebrated his birthday alone - his trip has ended at UF, where he will complete his officer training.
"I moved to Florida to become a Gator," said Gonzalez, a Marine sergeant in the ROTC and a senior finance major at
UF. "I've been all over the world with the Marines, but I love living in Gainesville. It's been nothing but a positive experience for me." |
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UF News - 9/28/07
Florida Tomorrow
UF President Machen - ufl.edu
"Florida Tomorrow: The Campaign for the University of Florida" - more than just a set of words, this theme for the effort to
raise more than $1 billion is a rallying call to everyone associated with this university. The results of this capital campaign over the next five years are critical to what the future holds for this institution and everything that takes place here.
Just to be clear, the private funds generated by this campaign benefit every aspect of this university - students, faculty,
staff, research, programs, facilities - everything. We are asking our alumni and friends to support UF so that all citizens of Florida and beyond will benefit from our efforts as faculty and staff at this great institution. |
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UF News - 9/28/07
Board of Governors votes to raise tuition 5 percent
By KIM WILMATH, Alligator Writer
TALLAHASSEE - The Florida Board of Governors voted at a meeting Thursday to increase tuition at the state's 11 public
universities by 5 percent this spring.
The mandatory increase will take effect in January, despite Gov. Charlie Crist's veto in May of a 5 percent hike proposed
by the Florida Legislature.
In the past, the board has allowed the Legislature to determine undergraduate tuition. However, the board continually
asserted that it had the constitutional power to set those rates, said Bill Edmonds, the board's spokesman. |