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Friday text message test deemed a success

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A test of the UF Alert text message system on Friday was a success, university officials said.
Eight minutes and two seconds elapsed from the time a University Police Department dispatcher sent the text message until the last batch of messages left Blackboard Connect, the text message service provider. A total of 61,475 [...]

Filed under Announcements, InsideUF (Campus), Top Stories on Friday, October 30, 2009.

UF Agricultural Education and Communications ranked No. 1 in nation

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Recently, the University of Florida’s Department of Agricultural Education and Communication has been identified as the leading department of its kind in the nation.
A research team at The Ohio State University conducted a national survey of agricultural education department chairs to rank the top-10 departments. UF’s Department of Agricultural Education and [...]

Filed under Announcements, InsideUF (Campus), Top Stories on Friday, October 30, 2009.

Architects to visit UF campus to talk about future of student union

RELEASE AMENDED: 10/30/09
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Architects and staff members from two architectural firms will visit the University of Florida campus next week to start the master planning process for the future of the Reitz Student Union.
Gould Evans Architects of Tampa will work with WTW Architects of Pittsburgh, Pa., to learn how the 42-year-old building can [...]

Filed under InsideUF (Campus), Top Stories on Thursday, October 29, 2009.

UF plans second test of emergency notification system Friday

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida will conduct another test of its emergency notification system on Friday in an effort to improve on the results from Wednesday’s test.
A test message will be sent to students, faculty and staff via only text messaging during normal business hours on Friday. There will be no e-mail or [...]

Filed under InsideUF (Campus), Top Stories on Thursday, October 29, 2009.

This is a test of UF’s emergency notification system

Today is a test of UFAlert text and email emergency notification systems. This UF home page notification is posted in conjunction with the test. If this were an actual emergency, updates and additional information on the situation would be posted on the university’s home page.
If you had trouble receiving either the [...]

Filed under InsideUF (Campus), Top Stories on Wednesday, October 28, 2009.

UF prepares to test emergency notification system on Wednesday

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida will conduct a test of its emergency notification system at noon Wednesday.
Messages will be sent to students, faculty and staff via text messaging, mass e-mail and a posting on the UF homepage. Notes also will be posted to the UF Facebook page and Twitter accounts telling users to [...]

Filed under InsideUF (Campus), Top Stories on Tuesday, October 27, 2009.

Former professor wins National Medal of Science

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — President Barack Obama recently honored a former University of Florida professor at the White House with the National Medal of Science.
Rudolf Kalman is a former professor of mathematics and engineering and served as director of UF’s Center for Mathematical System Theory.
Established in 1959, the medal recognizes individuals for outstanding contributions to [...]

Filed under InsideUF (Campus), Seen & Heard, Top Stories on Tuesday, October 27, 2009.

Exposing young students to careers in math and science

Twenty-five eager hands shot up in the air to volunteer for the next demonstration in a room cluttered with science “toys.”
Recently students from Howard W. Bishop Middle School and Lincoln Middle School arrived at the University of Florida’s physics building for “Math and Science Day.”
In the morning, students watched physics demonstrations by Jeff Bindell, [...]

Filed under Announcements, InsideUF (Campus), Top Stories on Tuesday, October 27, 2009.

Students volunteer at UF’s TV, radio stations following successful open house

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Journalism junior Kathryn Stolarz was one of 300 students who recently participated in the University of Florida broadcast stations’ first open house.
Taking a tour of the stations at UF’s College of Journalism and Communications made Stolarz want to pursue her broadcast-news interest, she said. The following week, Stolarz started volunteering at [...]

Filed under InsideUF (Campus), Seen & Heard, Top Stories on Monday, October 26, 2009.

Zones to provide help, safe haven for students during Jacksonville game

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — For the fourth consecutive year, the Sideline Student Safety Zone will provide refuge for both Dawgs and Gators to get help during the Florida-Georgia football game in downtown Jacksonville.
With the goal to minimize accidents and violence that have spoiled past celebrations, there will be more zone locations this year and more [...]

Filed under Announcements, InsideUF (Campus), Top Stories on Monday, October 26, 2009.