University of Florida News

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Local Rotary clubs are accepting applications for ambassadorial scholarships from early January to late February.
The primary goal of the awards is to promote the Rotary’s ideals of peace and international understanding by emphasizing the ambassadorial role of scholars in their daily contact with people of other cultures and traditions.
Student scholarships [...]

The University Honors Program is seeking proposals for new courses for the 2010-11 academic year. Interdisciplinary and team-taught proposals are especially encouraged. Tenure-track faculty from all disciplines are encouraged to submit proposals.
The deadline is Nov. 30. For more information, e-mail kknudson@honors.ufl.edu.

New rental rates for Reitz Student Union will take effect on Jan. 2, 2010. The new meeting venue rates are better aligned with the current costs of providing services and repairing and replacing equipment. For additional rate information, visit http://www.union.ufl.edu/eventservices/rates.

Students, faculty, staff, alumni and friends of the University of Florida are encouraged to record their personal Gator story. The video stories are a grassroots initiative that allows participants to connect their personal story with the national branding campaign, “When Did You Become a Gator?”
Videos are featured on YouTube and InsideTheGatorNation.com. Participants may upload [...]

As the presenting sponsor for the Heisman Trophy, Nissan gets one vote for the Heisman winner. Fans may vote online, and the athlete with the most votes will get Nissan’s official vote. Fans are limited to one vote per day and may register for prizes, including a trip to see the Heisman ceremony and a [...]

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida Astronomy presents Student Training in Astronomy Research Skills (STARS) from Nov. 13 through Nov. 14.
STARS is a two day astronomy outreach program at UF, which is sponsored by NASA’s Space Telescope Science Institute. STARS allows students the opportunity to visit UF’s astronomy and physics departments, where they [...]

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Patients and visitors wanting to park their cars in one of the three garages adjacent to Shands at the University of Florida and the UF Health Science Center will pay $1 more a day beginning Nov. 2.
The parking fee is increasing from $3 a day to $4 a day in the garage [...]

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Tailored to the needs of the University of Florida faculty and professional staff who wish to further explore and develop their leadership skills, UF’s new Advanced Leadership for Academics and Professionals program will launch in the spring of 2010. The deadline to apply for this program is Oct. 30.
Developed as a cooperative [...]

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Residents of the Yulee Area residence hall complex on the University of Florida campus are being asked to take five minute showers. They are piloting water conservation education efforts sponsored by the Department of Housing and Residence Education Green Team/Recycling/Sustainability Committee.
Water conservation messages are posted throughout the area, including [...]

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Regional Transit System (RTS) will provide shuttle service for Gator Growl Homecoming activities on Friday Oct. 16. The shuttle will depart from the Oaks Mall south parking lot from 5 to 7 p.m., and return to the mall from the stadium at 9 to 11 p.m. Shuttle tickets are $8 and [...]