Here are specifics:

Friday, May 24

Approximately half of the O’Connell Center west lot (small lot next to McKethan Stadium) will be reserved for convention use.

The O’Connell Center main parking lot and Garage 7, large commuter Lot on Gale Lemerand Drive, law school east/west commuter lots, and Fraternity Row lots will be available for convention attendees and university students, faculty and staff on a first-come first-served basis.

Saturday, Sunday, May 25-26

The entire O’Connell Center north lot and garage will be available for convention attendees and university students, faculty and staff on a first-come first-served basis.

The large commuter lot on Gale Lemerand Drive, law school east/west commuter lots, Fraternity Row lot, engineering complex lot and the UF Bookstore and Welcome Center Garage will be available to convention attendees and university students, faculty and staff on a first-come first-served basis.

UF employees and students are urged to anticipate these impacts and be prepared to seek alternate parking during this event. Visit www.parking.ufl.edu or call 392-PARK for additional campus parking information.

The new “umbrella” term reflects the health system’s strong ties to UF, a key part of what differentiates the academic health center — with its focus on excellence in research, teaching and patient care — from its competitors.

The move to UF Health grew out of extensive research conducted over the past year and represents the next stage in the organization’s evolution as one of the nation’s most successful academic health centers. The rebranding effort will help position the organization more powerfully among peers and competitors as a respected regional and national health care resource, said Dr. David S. Guzick, senior vice president for health affairs and president of UF Health.

Broad name recognition will help attract and retain the most talented physicians, nurses, faculty, staff and students as well as secure research funding. That translates to better care, better health and better outcomes for patients.

“While our overall name is changing, our focus remains the same: to provide high-quality, patient-centered care that leads to outstanding outcomes,” Guzick said. “We will continue to build on the teamwork and collaboration that is the foundation for our strength and success.

“UF Health represents who we are today,” he continued. “As an organization that does everything from leading-edge research to urgent MRIs on people and on horses, it’s essential to unify our teaching, research and clinical care efforts under a single heading.”

The name change does not herald a merger or acquisition between UF and Shands, nor does it alter day-to-day operations. Both are legally separate organizations whose governance and leadership structures remain the same. Employees will continue to be employed either by the university or by
Shands. As UF Health is a collaboration of the UF Health Science Center and Shands, employees will help support the system’s shared vision and goals, which were first outlined three years ago today when the “Forward Together” strategic plan was unveiled.

“The Shands name will continue to be front and center for our hospitals and programs in Gainesville,” said Timothy M. Goldfarb, chief executive officer of Shands HealthCare. “What’s made the Shands name so well-respected is that we are part of the University of Florida. Patients travel hours to seek care here and other quality organizations want to affiliate with us in part because of this academic foundation.”

The system’s hospitals in Gainesville will retain the Shands name paired with UF Health. Examples include UF Health Shands Hospital, UF Health Shands Children’s Hospital and UF Health Shands Rehab Hospital. However, the system’s Jacksonville-based hospital, Shands Jacksonville, will instead adopt a university-centric moniker, although it will remain a separate private hospital corporation working in close collaboration with the university.

“In Jacksonville, our hospital will transition to a new name, UF Health Jacksonville,” said Russ Armistead, chief executive officer for UF Health Jacksonville. “Research conducted in the fall of 2012 indicated that the hospital’s tie to UF has positive brand recognition in the highly competitive Jacksonville market.”

For the most part, the UF health-focused colleges and institutes will retain their current names, such as the UF College of Medicine and the UF Institute on Aging. The exception is the UF Shands Cancer Center, which will evolve to the UF Health Cancer Center. In Gainesville, the faculty group practice, UF Physicians, will change to UF Health Physicians.

“Three years ago, we put together a strategic plan that has helped us work together to better serve our patients and communities,” Guzick said. “The UF Health brand embodies the achievements we have made in that process.”

Now through June 2, state and local law enforcement will show zero tolerance for motorists who fail to use their safety belts. Not wearing a safety belt is a primary traffic violation, which means if you are stopped, you will likely receive a ticket.

“As we kick-off the busy summer driving season it’s important that everyone buckles up every time they go out, both day and night” said UFPD Maj. Brad Barber. “Our officers are prepared to ticket anyone who is not wearing their seat belt – ‘Click It or Ticket.’”

According to the U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 52 percent of the 21,253 passenger vehicle occupants killed in 2011 were not wearing seat belts. Deaths involving seat belt nonuse are more prevalent at night than during the day. According to NHTSA, 62 percent of the 10,135 passenger vehicle occupants killed in 2011 during the overnight hours of 6 p.m. to 5:59 a.m. were not wearing their seat belts at the time of the crash.

In 2011, seat belts saved an estimated 11,949 lives nationwide according to NHTSA. While this year’s “Click It or Ticket” enforcement mobilization runs from May 20 through June 2, officers are out enforcing seat belt laws year-round.

“Click It or Ticket” is a cooperative effort of the Florida Department of Transportation, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, and law enforcement agencies across the state and nation.

For more information go to http://www.police.ufl.edu/.

The North Central Florida Non-Profit Center will hold a summit meeting in Emerson Alumni Hall.

University of Florida students and employees with orange decal holders who normally park in this area may need to seek alternate parking on that date. Additional green/red shared parking available to orange decal holders has been created on the top level of Garage 5 to help alleviate event parking issues at the O’Connell Center area.

For more information on campus parking and transportation, visit www.parking.ufl.edu or call 352-392-PARK.

Categorized into 21 market sectors, Statista.com provides companies, business customers, research institutions and the academic community with direct access to quantitative data on media, business, finance, politics and a wide variety of other areas of interest or markets.

Faculty, students and staff can download graphs, which will be a useful resource for student papers and faculty lectures, as well as a reference tool that indexes, sources and links to original sources of data.

Leslie Parker, an assistant professor of nursing, will lead a four-year study to examine whether the customary clinical practice of assessing the amount of residual gastric contents in an infant’s stomach actually improves care or whether it can cause harm. Residual gastric contents are the volume of fluid remaining in the stomach after a feeding.

“Research has never evaluated whether this widely accepted clinical practice is beneficial to these very low birth weight infants and whether it can actually cause real harm to infants,” Parker said. “We hope this study can assess the risks and benefits of this practice and whether alternate methods can improve care.”

Approximately 63,000 very low birth weight infants born in the United States annually are too immature to coordinate sucking, swallowing and breathing, thus requiring the use of feedings through tubes inserted orally or through the nose traveling down the esophagus into the stomach. The customary clinical practice when tube-feeding is to determine if any breast milk or formula remains in the stomach by removing residual gastric contents through a tube into a syringe prior to each feeding.

Traditionally, the presence of a large volume of fluid left in the stomach after a feeding is thought to be due to feeding intolerance or an early symptom of necrotizing enterocolitis — a serious complication in premature infants often leading to the death of intestinal tissue.

Future nutritional decisions are based on the volume or color of the fluid removed from the stomach. If the aspiration and assessment finds a large volume of fluid, it is common to omit a feeding or not increase the amount of milk delivered to the infant and to supplement with nutrition delivered intravenously, which can be associated with serious complications.

Parker and her research team will study two groups of very low birth weight infants in the neonatal intensive care unit at Shands at the University of Florida. One group will receive routine care. This includes assessment of residual gastric contents, monitoring for vomiting, measuring the size of the abdomen and assessing for bloody stools. The second group will not receive routine removal of residual gastric contents but will be assessed by the other routine methods of care.

Parker will evaluate the nutritional and gastrointestinal outcomes of both groups of infants to assess the risks and benefits of aspiration. All of the infants will receive breast milk from either their mothers or donors.

“It is our hope that the results of our study can have translational impact to evidence-based practice for patients,” Parker said. “I hope that my program of research can improve short- and long-term health outcomes for very low birth weight infants by improving their nutritional status and decreasing complications due to prematurity.”

The 2013 International K-12 Teacher of the Year Award winner is Donald DeVito from Sidney Lanier Center School. In second and third place are Maria Eugenia Zelaya from Eastside High School and Judith Weaver from High Springs Community School. Robert Ponzio from Oak Hall School receives an honorable mention.

The awards committee looked at the extent to which the applicant’s teaching activities promote internationalization and opportunities for students to become interested in international issues through activities.

The Sidney Lanier Music Program, where DeVito teaches music and special education, is global in scope and is linked with universities and music programs internationally through research, cooperative music projects and professional music education organizations. Examples include projects in Haiti, Pakistan, Guinea, England, Ireland and Brazil in which his students either receive adapted music education activities with universities in these countries or engage with other students and children in creating music and sharing curriculum using Skype and interaction through the International Society for Music Education. DeVito has spearheaded projects that have provided aid and education to international populations.

Zelaya teaches Spanish at Eastside, where she uses computer games and programs for activities to help students master the language, and she incorporates instruction in Latin American culture, as well. In addition to her teaching duties, she sponsors several clubs, including the Spanish club, Eastside Striders and Conferencia, which received first place in a state competition. Maria is also a member of the teaching staff of College for Kids. College for Kids is a summer program for middle school students organized by Community Education at Santa Fe College.

Weaver is the media specialist for middle grades. She recently spearheaded a unit of study centered on the book “A Long Walk to Water,” by Linda Sue Parks. More than 400 students in grades 4-8 read how children in Africa walk for sometimes six hours per day to obtain water. As a culminating activity, on World Water Day, students participated in a rotation of speakers who taught about topics such as water scarcity, groundwater pollution, village life in Sudan and Tanzania, invasive and native species, global warming, water filtration systems and other topics.

Ponzio is the chair of Fine Arts at Oak Hall School, director of the Cofrin Gallery and an internationally exhibiting artist. He and his principal worked together to solidify a partnership school agreement with an excellent secondary school in Changzhou, China. Ponzio was one of the driving forces behind the venture and that they are now in the sixth year of the partnership.

The awards were given on Wednesday, May 8 at the UF International Center during a reception honoring the awardees along with school representatives, family and friends. Finalists and their corresponding schools will receive a monetary award.

Later this month, she will be honored with a lifetime achievement award from the Association for Psychological Science.

A graduate of Brown University, Bartoshuk is most famous for her discovery of supertasters. Through her research she found that there are individuals who have more taste buds than most people. These supertasters perceive tastes so intensely that they tend to avoid some foods, like bitter vegetables, which can affect health.

“Basic research in behavioral science is something not appreciated by a lot of people. I think it’s harder and I think it’s beautiful. I love the fact that we study ourselves,” Bartoshuk said.

Bartoshuk is a presidential endowed professor of community dentistry and behavioral science. She is also affiliated with the McKnight Brain Institute’s Center for Smell and Taste.

Bartoshuk has made many discoveries throughout her 54 years of research. She was the first scientist to discover that burning mouth syndrome is the result of damage to the taste buds at the front of the tongue. The condition, which is primarily experienced by postmenopausal women, was previously believed to be a psychosomatic condition.

At the start of 2013, it was announced that Bartoshuk will receive the William James Lifetime Achievement Award for basic research from the Association for Psychological Science.

The William James Lifetime Achievement Award is APS’s highest honor and recognizes researchers whose work has had profound impacts on the field of psychological science over the past quarter century.

“Our board of directors chose Linda and 25 other recipients to receive Lifetime Achievement Awards to coincide with our 25th anniversary celebration. The board felt it was important to recognize 25 of our most outstanding scientists,” said Scott Sleek, APS director of news.

The Association for Psychological Science is a nonprofit organization for the advancement of scientific psychology and its representation at the national and international level. Bartoshuk will be honored at the 25th annual APS convention in Washington, D.C., May 23-26.

Bartoshuk is working with Klee at UF’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences on naturally enhancing the taste of different fruits and vegetables. Bartoshuk and her team have identified a group of naturally occurring compounds that enhance the way people perceive sweetness.

“We’ve worked from a genetics and biochemistry point of view on what are the most important compounds in terms of flavor. Linda works on taste and the perception of flavor. We started working with her because she is really a world expert on taste,” Klee said.

They believe that the compounds can be used to make foods taste sweeter while using less sugar and no artificial flavors. So far the group has worked on enhancing strawberries and tomatoes through increased sweet smells.

“This has far more implications for the food industry. We could essentially design foods that are healthier for you,” Klee said.

Spanning multiple mediums, time periods and places, “Much Ado About Portraits” includes more than 100 works of sculpture, paintings, ceramics, bronzes, photography, prints, drawings and film, dating from before the Common Era to the present day.

Notable modern and contemporary artists featured in the exhibition include: Umberto Boccioni, Diego Rivera, Isamu Noguchi, Maggie Taylor and Jerry Uelsmann as well as former and current UF faculty members Hiram Williams, Kenneth Kerslake and Richard Heipp. The exhibition will be on view from May 28 through Sept. 8.

This exhibition will, for the first time, use examples from each of the museum’s main collecting areas to investigate the question of why we create portraits. Curators in each department submitted works for consideration and lead curator, Cofrin Curator of Asian Art Jason Steuber made the final selections. The Harn Museum’s collections consist of more than 9,000 works of art focusing on African, Asian, contemporary and modern art, and photography. Loans from private collections will also be included.

“Whether formal, religious, historical, imaginative or political, each and every portrait carries meanings intended by the artist, and those assigned to it by viewers,” Steuber said. “It will be fascinating for visitors to explore those meanings and learn about the similarities and differences of portraits from different times and places.”

Steuber continued: “Portraits capture human moments, values and concerns of the society within which they were created. Subtle and direct effects are therefore embedded within each image by both the one producing the portrait as well as the one being portrayed.”

Also included are portraits and self-portraits of and by artists that experiment with the idea of what is considered a portrait, including “Victor Hugo” by Andy Warhol and “Les Bijoux Indiscrets” by René Magritte. The exhibition also touches on technology and the advancement of cameras and cell phones and the instant opportunities to create portraits.

High school portraits
Included in the exhibition is a virtual display of portraits created by public and private high school art students from Florida, invited to submit work through their art teachers. Alachua County, Palm Beach County, Leon County, Pinellas County and Citrus County schools each have students who have been selected to participate.

Poets-in-Residence
UF Professor Emeritus Debora Greger and UF student Anna Mebel have been poets-in-residence at the Harn Museum of Art since January. Greger, an award-winning American poet, has been mentoring Mebel under the initiative of incorporating poetry into programs and exhibitions at the museum. Five poems, created by these poets-in-residence, will be on view in the exhibition beside the works that inspired them.

Gallery talks
Harn curators will each discuss their area of expertise in connection with the Much Ado About Portraits exhibition.
Sunday, June 2, 3 p.m.
Jason Steuber, Cofrin Curator of Asian Art
Sunday, July 21, 3 p.m.
Carol McCusker, curator of photography
Sunday, July 28, 3 p.m.
Susan Cooksey, curator of African Art
Sunday, August 4, 3 p.m.
Kerry Oliver-Smith, curator of contemporary art and Dulce Román, curator of modern art

Family Day: Picturing Dad
Saturday, June 15, 1 – 4 p.m.
In honor of Father’s Day, families will tour the recently opened exhibition and then make a portrait of their father or an influential person in their life. This Family Day is made possible by the John V. and Patricia M. Carlson Program Endowment, and is free and open to the public. Contributions to support all Harn family programs are accepted with gratitude.

Museum Nights
A Midsummer (Museum) Night’s Dream
Thursday, June 13, 6–9 p.m.
Entertainment and fun activities inspired by the work of Shakespeare will be offered on this evening.

Admission to the museum is free. For more information, call 352-392-9826 or visit www.harn.ufl.edu.

Developed by Florida Atlantic University, the exhibit documents the state’s surfing history through vintage photographs and interpretive graphics as well as videos and oral histories from well-known Florida surfers. The Florida Museum will broaden the exhibit’s scope with surf memorabilia and specimens to explore animals in the surf and on the beach.

“The exhibit is packed with Florida surfing history and memorabilia, but we wanted to add objects from our collections and interesting natural history stories,” said Darcie MacMahon, Florida Museum assistant director for exhibits. “There are actually quite a few animals that surf, even a snail! We also wanted to explore some of the animals that use the beach, since many are familiar to beachcombers.”

The exhibit’s science content will include the museum’s famed “International Shark Attack File” and shark research programs, fish and marine invertebrate collections as well as other areas of study.

The museum will display the exhibit through Jan. 20, 2014.

“Surfing Florida: A Photographic History” was organized by the University Galleries, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, with support from the Florida Humanities Council and the National Endowment for the Humanities.

The Florida Museum of Natural History inspires people to value the biological richness and cultural heritage of our diverse world and make a positive difference in its future. The museum is located at 3215 Hull Road just east of Southwest 34th Street in the University of Florida Cultural Plaza in Gainesville. Hours are from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday-Saturday and from 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday. The museum’s current temporary exhibit, “Titanoboa: Monster Snake,” details Florida Museum scientists’ recent discovery in Colombia of the world’s largest snake – 48 feet long and 2,500 pounds – and features a full-size model of the massive reptile.

For more information, including directions, parking and ticket prices, visit www.flmnh.ufl.edu or call 352-846-2000.

UFPA will present six musicals that have been featured on Broadway – “Mamma Mia!,” “Buddy – The Buddy Holly Story,” “Hello, Dolly!” with Sally Struthers, “Man of La Mancha,” “Memphis” and “Million Dollar Quartet.”

“We are thrilled to present such a broad range of musicals this season,” Blachly said. “From Broadway classics like ‘Hello, Dolly!’ and ‘Man of La Mancha,’ to newer favorites like ‘Memphis’ and ‘Million Dollar Quartet,’ our lineup of musicals has something for everyone.”

The 2013-14 season features some of the music industry’s biggest stars, including violinist Itzhak Perlman, vocalist Kathleen Battle, banjoist Béla Fleck and guitarist Pat Metheny – who boast 54 Grammy Awards among them.

Swing revival band Big Bad Voodoo Daddy and a cappella superstars Straight No Chaser will perform on the heels of their new albums, while The Irish Rovers pass through on their Farewell Tour and the folk-rock duo Indigo Girls perform with the Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra.

Several world premieres will grace UFPA’s stages, including Turtle Island Quartet and Nellie McKay; Cuarteto Casals and Manuel Barrueco; Take 6 Project’s a cappella competition; and UF alumna Stella Sung’s new opera “The Red Silk Thread,” featuring UF Opera Theatre and UF Symphony Orchestra.

UFPA continues to support new artists and will feature revolutionary organist Cameron Carpenter, jazz phenom Jonathan Batiste and three classical performances from Young Concert Artists.

“Part of our mission has always been to support new ideas brought to us by emerging artists, as well as those who are established and creating new works,” Blachly said. “To that end, you’ll find several world premieres on our stages, along with some of today’s brightest performers.”

UFPA’s 2013-14 season also features the best in dance, including Scottish Ballet: A Streetcar Named Desire, Tango Fire and Pilobolus; jazz, including Billy Childs Jazz-Chamber Ensemble with Dianne Reeves, Kenny Barron’s Platinum Band and An Evening with Branford Marsalis; classical, including Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra and Moscow City Symphony; and world performances, including The Manganiyar Seduction, Soweto Gospel Choir and Peking Acrobats.

Classic rock will be honored with THE SUMMER OF LOVE CONCERT, featuring music from the Woodstock generation; GET THE LED OUT, known as “The American Led Zeppelin”; and THE HIT MEN … featuring former stars of Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons.

Tickets for the 2013-14 season go on sale to the public at noon June 24. For a complete list of the season – including times, dates, venues, prices and event descriptions – please visit www.performingarts.ufl.edu.

To purchase tickets, call the Phillips Center Box Office at 352-392-2787 or 800-905-2787 (toll-free within Florida) or Ticketmaster at 800-745-3000 (toll-free). Tickets may also be purchased in person at the Phillips Center Box Office, from any Ticketmaster outlet or online at www.ticketmaster.com. Cash, checks, MasterCard, Discover and Visa are accepted.

UF students may purchase discounted tickets (with a valid student ID) at the Phillips Center Box Office or by calling 352-392-2787. Non-UF students may purchase discounted student tickets (in the balcony) at the Phillips Center Box Office for select performances. The first on-sale date for student tickets is Aug. 30 – at which time student tickets for September and October events will be available.

UF Social Media will add Vyclone to its list of social media platforms, which currently includes Twitter, Instagram and Vine. The goal is to encourage UF students to use it to socially share university experiences such as commencement.

Vyclone allows users who are filming at the same place and time to sync their videos with each other to create an editable multi-angle movie, as long as geolocation is activated.

“We are thrilled to see UF and its students engaging with Vyclone on campus,” said David Lassman, CEO and founder of Vyclone. “Colleges have traditionally been visionaries when it comes to deploying cutting-edge technologies, none more so than UF.”

Graduates and their guests should download Vyclone on their iPhone or Android phone for free and allow geolocation services. During the alma mater at commencement, attendees should take out their phones and record their experiences. All videos should include the hashtag #UFGrad.

UF Social Media hopes to use the app regularly throughout the school year to cover special events. Additional opportunities will be announced via the @UFlorida Twitter account.

“We think that commencement is just the start of many possible uses of Vyclone,” said Bruce Floyd, UF social media specialist. “Any UF event that encourages video sharing can take advantage of this mobile application.”

To join UF’s social commencement, visit www.tagboard.com/ufgrad. The #UFGrad hashtag is applicable on Twitter, Instagram, Vine, Google+ and Vyclone apps.

For #UFGrad avatars and cover photos, visit http://www.urel.ufl.edu/2013/04/congratulations-to-ufgrad/.

McDaniel serves as the associate dean for research at the Indiana University School of Nursing where she has been a faculty member since 1992. A Chancellor’s Professor in both the schools of Informatics and Nursing, McDaniel also directs the graduate nursing informatics certificate program.

“I am confident that Dr. McDaniel is poised to seize the remarkable opportunities that lie ahead for the College of Nursing especially with the crucial role that nursing plays in meeting health care needs of our state and country,” said Dr. David S. Guzick, senior vice president for health affairs and president of the UF&Shands Health System. “Her strong background as a successful administrator, prolific researcher and scholar, and committed educator will benefit not only the College of Nursing’s faculty and students but the UF health system as a whole. Dr. McDaniel has a track record of strong interdisciplinary work and a very collaborative working style, which is exactly where the future lies for the Academic Health Center at the University of Florida.”

At Indiana University, McDaniel has led the school’s Center for Research and Scholarship to support faculty in the development and implementation of research and scholarly activities through expansion of external funding. Her own research focuses on using technology for cancer prevention and control, and she is currently the principal investigator on a $3.2 million study funded by the National Cancer Institute studying how technology can enhance telephone-based smoking cessation services.

She has contributed to more than 120 scientific publications and presentations, and she has served as a principal investigator or co-investigator on more than $34 million in research grants and contracts from organizations such as the National Cancer Institute and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

“Through a search committee chaired by Michael Perri, dean of the College of Public Health
and Health Professions, we conducted a rigorous national search for this leadership position that is so critical to the success of undergraduate and graduate nursing education and to clinical care,” said Provost Joseph Glover. “After reviewing a strong field of finalists, the search committee was supportive of Dr. McDaniel, and I agree wholeheartedly with this decision. Dr. McDaniel’s extensive experience as an educator and researcher will further advance the College of Nursing and the University of Florida.”

McDaniel was recognized for her commitment to education by being selected as a member of Indiana University’s Faculty Colloquium on Excellence in Teaching. Elected a fellow of the American Academy of Nursing, she serves on the academy’s expert panels on informatics and technology and health behavior. She is a member of the American Medical Informatics Association, the Midwest Nursing Research Society and on the scientific review panel of Sigma Theta Tau International, the nursing honor society.

McDaniel received her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in nursing from Ball State University and her Doctor of Nursing Science degree from Indiana University. She completed a postdoctoral fellowship in medical informatics from Regenstrief Institute for Health Care in Indianapolis. McDaniel has also served on the nursing faculty at Ball State University and Indiana Wesleyan University.

“I am honored to be named dean of the College of Nursing at the University of Florida,” McDaniel said. “This is an exciting but challenging time to lead the college as UF works to achieve its goal to become a top-10 public university. Being a part of the University of Florida Academic Health Center provides the college unparalleled opportunity for continued preeminence among nursing programs nationally. The college has a rich history of leadership and innovation in nursing education, scholarship and practice, and I am proud to be joining this tradition of excellence.”

“I am confident that our internationally recognized veterinary college, hospitals and clinics will flourish under Dr. Lloyd’s leadership,” said Dr. David S. Guzick, senior vice president for health affairs at UF and UF&Shands Health System president. “He brings a wealth of expertise to our team. I look forward to working with him in continuing our tradition of excellence as the state’s only college of veterinary medicine.”

Lloyd was chosen after a nationwide search led by co-chairs Teresa A. Dolan, a professor and dean of UF’s College of Dentistry, and John P. Hayes, a professor and dean for research at the Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences.

“Dr. Lloyd will make an outstanding addition to the leadership team at the University of Florida,” said Hayes. “I am particularly excited by his vision to position the College of Veterinary Medicine at the forefront of efforts to link health sciences, agricultural sciences and veterinary medicine to address some of the most important issues facing our society. He brings a tremendous set of skills to the table, and we are very excited that he will be joining us at the University of Florida.”

Lloyd will officially begin his new job in July, when he will become the college’s sixth permanent dean.

“I’m thrilled with the opportunity to lead the College of Veterinary Medicine at UF,” said Lloyd. “It’s an outstanding institution with a core of exceptional faculty, staff and students. Together with the leadership team, I look forward to working with both internal and external stakeholders to build on the college’s existing strengths in research, teaching and service and to expand the college’s recognition as a respected leader in academic veterinary medicine.”

The unique opportunity to collaborate with the Health Science Center and UF’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences is exciting, Lloyd said. He’s also looking forward to active engagement with alumni and practitioners in the Florida Veterinary Medical Association, and to working closely with Florida’s diverse animal-owning public — including pet owners, horse owners and the livestock industries.

“We look forward to working with Dean Lloyd to grow the size, scope and diversity of these programs and bring ever greater visibility to the College,” said Jack Payne, senior vice president for agriculture and natural resources at IFAS. “IFAS is very proud of its partnership with the College of Veterinary Medicine in our joint research and Extension efforts, such as the Extension efforts in livestock, aquatic animal health, environmental toxicology, the Food Animal Reproduction and Medicine Service and the Food Animal Residue Avoidance Databank.”

Lloyd most recently served as the associate dean for budget, planning and institutional research at Michigan State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine. He maintained joint appointments as a professor in the departments of large animal clinical sciences and agricultural economics at MSU, and was an adjunct professor at MSU’s Eli Broad College of Business.

He earned a doctorate in veterinary medicine from MSU in 1981 and a doctorate in agricultural economics from MSU in 1989.

Lloyd has published more than 165 journal articles, technical reports, proceedings and book chapters. He has successfully secured grant funding for veterinary education and animal health projects, as well as for his research interests, which include non-technical behaviors that contribute to veterinarians’ success, markets for veterinary medical services and financial dimensions of veterinary medical education.

In addition, Lloyd has delivered more than 330 presentations and workshops nationally and internationally, including sessions on leadership development, teaching hospital management, curriculum, academic admissions and various scientific topics at 22 of the 28 U.S. colleges/schools of veterinary medicine.

During this time, he also taught extensively in both pre-clinical and clinical courses, with an emphasis on epidemiology, food safety, herd health management, production medicine, veterinary medical career development and veterinary practice management.

Lloyd is an active member of professional veterinary organizations, including the American Veterinary Medical Association, the American Association of Bovine Practitioners and VetPartners. He served on the executive committee of the Michigan Veterinary Medical Association for four years and was its president in 2010.

“Dr. Lloyd’s experiences as an agricultural economist, veterinary practitioner, educator and associate dean responsible for budget, planning and institutional research have prepared him well for the leadership position as dean,” said Dolan. “I have no doubt that he will work to develop an outstanding leadership team and advance the College of Veterinary Medicine to one of the top programs in the country.”

From May 6-12, the following RTS changes will be effective:

Reduced service on City Fixed Routes 1, 9, 10, 12, 13, 16, 17, 20, 23, 34, 35, 36 and 43. An “R” on RTS Route Schedules — printed and online — indicates buses that run whenever RTS reduces service on a route.

No service on City Fixed Routes 21 and 38.

UF campus service will also be suspended.

There are no changes in service on remaining City Fixed Routes 2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 11, 15, 24, 25 and 75, which will follow their normal Summer 2013 schedules.

Paratransit service will not be affected.

Routes 22, 27, 28, 29, 39, 46, 62 and 76 will be suspended for the entire summer.

Later Gator service will be suspended between May 6 and July 5. Normal summer service will begin May 13.

For additional details and general schedule information, visit the RTS website at www.go- rts.com.