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Budget woes loom in new year

The budget news across the state is not good and could potentially become worse in coming months.
We took a $22 million reduction last fall and implemented other initiatives such as a hiring freeze to help offset the state’s revenue shortfall.
We also created a campus Task Force on Cost Reduction and Efficiency, [...]

Filed under Voices Column on Thursday, March 6, 2008.

Community Relations enhances relationships

Although The Gator Nation is everywhere, the focus of the University of Florida office of Community Relations is North Central Florida. We work to enhance relationships with Gainesville and Alachua County, and with the other cities and counties in our region. We interface with chambers of commerce and with the Heart of Florida Coalition, which [...]

Filed under Voices Column on Tuesday, February 12, 2008.

What’s Your Focus?

Eye-opening and life-changing are the best words to describe the day I decided to get involved with the climate change initiative. After attending a conference on climate change issues in Florida, my philosophy emerged: Nothing in climate change is possible without collective action. If you follow popular belief, you know that it took collective action [...]

Filed under Voices Column on Tuesday, January 29, 2008.

Spreading news in 2008

The new year brings opportunity for new beginnings, as well as reflection on the past.
As I reflect on 2007, I think about the many University of Florida stories which appeared in “Inside UF.” It is impossible to communicate everything that is happening, but “Inside UF” attempts to communicate as much as possible – either online [...]

Filed under Voices Column on Tuesday, January 15, 2008.