Salary increase plan for faculty and staff goes into effect September 19

Beginning September 19, eligible faculty will participate in a 3 percent merit pool and eligible staff will receive a 2 percent across-the-board raise.

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Save the dates: Open Enrollment and Benefits Fair slated for fall

This year’s Open Enrollment is scheduled to run September 22 through October 17, 2008. The annual Benefits Fair, which provides more information about available programs and options, will be held in the Reitz Union on October 2 in the Grand Ballroom and on October 3 in the Rion Ballroom.

Look for additional information in next month's InfoGator for updates on Open Enrollment.

Questions? Please contact University Benefits and Retirement at (352) 392-2HRS (392-2477) or at benefits@ufl.edu.

Important: Update your address for Open Enrollment

In preparation for this fall’s Benefits Open Enrollment period, it’s important to make sure your address is current so that you do not miss any important mailings. To ensure you receive important benefit and human resource-related communications — particularly relating to Open Enrollment — make sure your home and work addresses are up-to-date by August 20 in the myUFL system by completing the following steps:

Log on to the myUFL portal with your GatorLink username and password. (Call 392-HELP if you don’t know your GatorLink username or password).

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Open enrollment for adoption benefits currently underway

The Department of Children and Families (DCF) is proud to announce that Florida's Adoption Benefits Enrollment period is currently underway. Academic Personnel, TEAMS, and USPS employees who have adopted a child on or after October 1, 2000, can apply if permanent custody of the child has been awarded by the Department of Children and Family Services or a Florida-licensed child placement agency.

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Discover your leadership potential: Apply for Leadership Development at UF for 2008-09 by August 29

Because leadership development is essential to the effective management of a university, Human Resource Services at the University of Florida is once again offering its two dynamic leadership programs, The UF Academy and Next Level Leadership. Specifically tailored to the needs of UF faculty and exempt staff, these programs are designed to help develop and retain both existing and future leaders for the university.

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2009 Prudential Financial Davis Productivity Award nominations due September 30

Nomination forms for the 2009 Davis Productivity Awards program, which annually honors state government employees throughout Florida, are now available. In addition to honoring “innovation, creativity, and smart work,” the awards program recognizes individuals and work units that have adapted or implemented previous years’ award-winning achievements to create added value. Eligible for nomination are individuals, teams, and work units as well as entire state agencies or their divisions, regions, districts, and institutions. Nominations are accepted each year in the fall with award winners announced in March.

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Employee Education Program accepting applications for fall semester

The Employee Education Program (EEP) is a popular benefit available to eligible UF faculty and staff. The program covers the matriculation fees of up to six credit hours of eligible college-level courses per semester.

Employees interested in participating in the EEP during the fall semester should register and complete their application forms by the following deadlines:

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Deadline for Higher Education Opportunity (HEO) scholarship applications is November 1

The University of Florida’s Higher Education Opportunity (HEO) provides children of full-time TEAMS employees with the opportunity of tuition assistance for an undergraduate education at the University of Florida. In March 2009, Human Resource Services will select, at random from a pool of eligible HEO applicants, 50 TEAMS employees to participate in this program. Each eligible employee may submit one child’s name into the drawing. To be considered for this benefit, the TEAMS employee must apply for the HEO by November 1, 2008.

For the child of each selected employee, the university will pay the in-state matriculation fees (the actual tuition minus any additional fees for activities, transportation, health, services, athletics, late registration, late payment, materials, supplies, labs, etc.) for up to 12 credit hours during the fall and spring semesters and 6 credit hours during the summer semester. Please note that any Bright Futures Scholarship award will be subtracted from the amount the student can receive through the HEO. As long as the student remains eligible for the HEO, the Higher Education Opportunity will assist with the student’s tuition until he or she has accumulated a maximum of 132 credit hours or has been enrolled in college for six years. Please visit http://www.hr.ufl.edu/education/heo to read about additional HEO eligibility requirements.

To be entered into the HEO drawing, the full-time TEAMS employee must:

Submit a completed HEO application form to Training and Organizational Development no later than November 1, 2008.

The child of the full-time UF TEAMS employee must:

Have applied for admission to the University of Florida no later than November 1, 2008.
Graduate from high school no later than July 31, 2009.

It is important to note that the University of Florida admissions process and the HEO selection process are separate. Selection for the HEO benefit does not indicate admission into the University of Florida. Application to UF also does not automatically enter a child's name into the HEO drawing. In the event that a child is not accepted to UF, the benefit may be used at a public community college in Florida.

For more information about the Higher Education Opportunity, please visit our web site or contact Jamie Cooke, Training and Organizational Development, Jamie-cooke@ufl.edu or (352) 273-1761.

Salary increase plan for faculty and staff goes into effect September 19 Beginning September 19, eligible faculty will participate in a 3 percent merit pool and eligible staff will receive a 2 percent across-the-board raise.

Save the dates: Open Enrollment and Benefits Fair slated for fall

Open enrollment for adoption benefits currently underway

Discover your leadership potential: Apply for Leadership Development at UF for 2008-09 by August 29

2009 Prudential Financial Davis Productivity Award nominations due September 30

Salary increase plan for faculty and staff goes into effect September 19

Beginning September 19, eligible faculty will participate in a 3 percent merit pool and eligible staff will receive a 2 percent across-the-board raise.