Covid-19

BCLS Leadership Workshop Series: Through times of adversity and change, how will your leadership shine through? Join the David & Wanda Brown Center for Leadership and Service for an engaging Leadership Workshop Series to help you navigate through these current times! Leading through Uncertain Times, April 8, 2020, 3:00pm-4:00pm Strategies…

To:          All UF Employees Fr:           Joe Glover, Provost, and Charlie Lane, Chief Operating Officer UF will continue online delivery of coursework during the Summer B term, as has been announced for the Summer A and Summer C The Summer B term is being shifted to start…

The University of Florida has established a COVID-19 Leave Donation Plan (the “Plan”) in response to the developing global COVID-19 pandemic. The Plan allows a leave donor to donate their personally accrued leave (their choice of annual vacation or sick leave) into a UF-sponsored leave pool for use by other employees who…

UF Research has compiled a list of suggested activities that advance research productivity while also keeping as many as possible in active work status. While this guidance was designed for those typically working in laboratory, field or clinical research funded by sponsored programs, it is applicable to a wide range of research-associated positions…

FROM: Joe Glover, Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs Charlie Lane, Chief Operating Officer and Senior Vice President As you may have seen, Governor DeSantis has issued a “safer at home” executive order that addresses essential services and activities for the state of Florida, which will go into effect April 3. …

UF’s Center for OCD, Anxiety and Related Disorders at the University of Florida shares eight “SELF-CARE” tips on how to take care of yourself and your loved ones during the pandemic, with links to resources to help you survive and thrive. For additional resources, please visit the UF Department of Psychiatry’s COVID-19…

To:        UF Tenure-accruing and Permanent-Status-accruing Faculty From:   Joe Glover, Provost Re:        Probationary Period Extension Because of the current interruption in research and service and the added teaching burden involved with switching mid-semester to an online modality, the deans of the colleges have recommended extending the probationary period. Consequently, I am…

FROM: Joe Glover, Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs Jodi Gentry, Vice President for Human Resources In response to the continuously changing circumstances involving the spread of COVID-19, the University of Florida is pausing faculty and staff hiring, including OPS jobs, effective immediately and until further notice, with a…

Dear Gator Undergraduate Students: In the past two weeks, our entire Gator community has faced unprecedented change in our work, study, and social lives because of the COVID-19 pandemic.  The UF Administration and Faculty are grateful for your resilience and flexibility in shifting your lives away from campus as a…

Due to the unusual circumstances prompted by the COVID-19 pandemic, UF has expanded the definition of essential employees to include anyone who may be required to report to work, be “on call” to report to work and/or be available to work remotely. In the past, the “essential” designation was narrowly focused on a…

Dear Faculty and Staff: We know the past few weeks have been tremendously challenging for everyone, and we want you to know that our UFHR team continues to serve as a resource for you in these uncertain times. We also know there are many questions you may have, so we…

UF’s Center for Teaching Excellence has created a sign-up system to help match faculty to online teaching experts. You can volunteer to be an expert here: https://buff.ly/33GLeVe You can view available experts here: https://buff.ly/3drQuAI NOTE: you must be signed in to your UF Google account to volunteer as an expert…