DOCSLIB.ORG

Scott to UF: It’S Time to Tighten Your Belt the Veto Includes $6 Million for UF Sees $12 Million Slashed a Research and Academic Facility at Gov

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
Scott to UF: It’S Time to Tighten Your Belt the Veto Includes $6 Million for UF Sees $12 Million Slashed a Research and Academic Facility at Gov Not officially associated with the University of Florida Published by Campus Communications, Inc. of Gainesville, Florida We Inform. You Decide. VOLUME 105 ISSUE 77 TUESDAY, MAY 31, 2011 Scott to UF: It’s time to tighten your belt The veto includes $6 million for UF sees $12 million slashed a research and academic facility at Gov. Scott’s Vetoes: By JOEY FLECHAS Lake Nona in Orlando — a project Alligator Staff Writer “However, we recognize the that has already broken ground. $5.3 million for maintenance and repairs of existing facilities state of Florida is in a very UF President Bernie Machen is- sued a statement Thursday stress- A broken air conditioning sys- difficult economic situation.” $6 million for Lake Nona Research and Academic Facility ing the importance of these projects tem, a hole in the roof and a busted Bernie Machen and disappointment that they won’t water chiller. UF President $369,000 for WUFT-TV and WUFT-FM, UF’s public television be funded. The cost of these would-be re- and radio stations He also acknowledged the diffi- pairs, after Gov. Rick Scott vetoed culty of budgeting in tough times. roughly $12 million in funding for Scott vetoed a record $615 mil- “However, we recognize the $500,000 for Statewide Brain Tumor Registry Program at the UF Thursday, would not come out lion dollars from the state budget State of Florida is in a very difficult McKnight Brain Institute of state funds. before signing it, including about economic situation, and the Legis- Instead, the university will have $5.3 million for routine maintenance lature and the Governor faced hard $34,000 to somehow foot the bill. and repairs at UF and $500,000 for a for Southwest Alachua County Primary and Com- choices,” he said. “Hopefully, these “We might have to make some statewide brain tumor research pro- munity Health Care Clinic, a project run by the UF College of projects will be funded when the very tough decisions,” said UF gram based at the McKnight Brain Nursing revenues return.” spokeswoman Janine Sikes. Institute. Locals remember those who died serving the U.S. n VETERANS FOR PEACE ERECT MEMORIAL. By MICHAEL SYKES Alligator Contributing Writer The Gainesville chapter of Veterans for Peace erect- ed more than 6,000 tombstones along a mile of North- west Eighth Avenue between Northwest 34th Street and Northwest 23rd Street this Memorial Day weekend. The tombstones, which stood in rows of four, with 6 inches between columns and 4 feet between rows, were part of a memorial to United States soldiers who have died in the wars in Afghanistan since 2001 and Iraq since 2003. This is the fifth year the memorial has been displayed, and as the number of casualties continues to Local climb, it will not be the last, said Scott Cam- News il, president of Veterans for Peace Chapter 14. There’s nearly 200 feet of space between the last stones placed and a sign that reads “Afghanistan 2012” in ex- pectation of next years’ victims. It took about 30 minutes for some to walk the trib- ute, stopping every so often to look at unfamiliar names and handwritten messages along the way. But for Anita Jonny Shiver / Alligator High, it took longer. Walking tall “Your mom misses you like crazy,” High wrote on the Leah Gaddis, 10, left, and Kelsie Mizzell, 8, middle, play around as Summer Gaddis, 11, slaps five with a stone of her nephew Randolph A. Sigley, 28, who was festival volunteer on stilts during the Palatka Blue Crab Festival on Sunday. See more, page 12. killed April 18, 2010 in Afghanistan. SEE MEMORIAL, PAGE 12 n Florida short- Snakes on a train terrify passengers in Vietnam; owners apparently escaped shop Nolan Fonta- HANOI, Vietnam — Railway officials pounds (45 kilograms). Today na and the Gators have discovered snakes on a train in Viet- Security staff removed the cobras, baseball team cap- nam — highly venomous king cobras in which were likely destined for restaurants FORECAST 2 tured their first SEC bags under a seat. in Hanoi. Their owner apparently escaped OPINIONS 6 Tournament title Railroad official Pham Quynh says in the chaos. CLASSIFIEDS 8 since 1991 after passengers were terrified when four cloth Snake meat is considered a delicacy in Partly beating Vanderbilt bags containing the writhing cobras were Vietnam, but cobras are protected by law. CROSSWORD 11 cloudy 5-0 on Sunday in spotted Friday. The snakes were alive but Quynh says the cobras were given to SPORTS 12 93/69 Hoover, Ala. had their mouths stitched shut. forest rangers who released them into the See Story, Page 13. Quynh says the exact number of snakes wild Saturday after no one claimed them. was unclear but the bags weighed 100 — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS visit www.alligator.org 2, ALLIGATOR n TUESDAY, MAY 31, 2011 News Today VOLUME 105 ISSUE 77 ISSN 0889-2423 NATIONAL Not officially associated with the University of Florida FORECAST Published by Campus Communications Inc., of Gainesville, Florida No good humor in frosty Pa. TODAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY NEWSROOM frozen treat feud 352-376-4458 (Voice), 352-376-4467 (Fax) UNIONTOWN, Pa. — Police Editor C.J. Pruner, are hoping the threat of losing their PARTLY PARTLY SUNNY PARTLY PARTLY [email protected] permits will be enough to thaw the CLOUDY CLOUDY 92/70 CLOUDY CLOUDY Managing Editor / Print Joey Flechas, frosty relationship of two Pennsyl- 93/69 92/70 94/70 96/71 [email protected] vania ice cream truck drivers ac- Managing Editor / Online Josh Isom, [email protected] cused of trying to run each other STATE business, damaging a plywood Metro Editor Alex Orlando, off the road. 400-plus stung by jellyfish display. [email protected] The Herald-Standard of Union- on central Fla. beach Deputies said one passenger University Editor Alex Klausner, town reports police told the rival fled the scene. Three others in the [email protected] vendors to chill out after a dispute COCOA BEACH — More car were arrested. Sports Editor Jesse Simonton, Wednesday night. than 400 people have suffered Authorities are looking for the [email protected] jellyfish stings over the holiday Authorities say the wife of one fourth suspect. weekend on a central Florida Assistant Sports Editor Matt Watts, [email protected] vendor told police the other man Deputies said they also re- beach. Editorial Board C.J. Pruner, Joey Flechas, Josh Isom tried to run her husband off the covered two guns that had been road. Brevard County Ocean Res- Photo Editor Max Reed, [email protected] thrown from the vehicle. the Avenue Editor Thomas Nassiff, The implicated ice cream driver cue Assistant Chief Eisen Witch- — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS disputes the woman’s account, er says legions of jellyfish called [email protected] saying it was her husband who mauve stingers washed ashore Copy Desk Chiefs Olivia Feldman, Corey McCall, tried to force him off the road. from the Atlantic, primarily Miami slam poet killed Briana Seymour He also claimed the man had around Cocoa Beach. Copy Editors John Boothe, Brittany Fink, returned his good humored hello Witcher says more than 200 outside his cafe Kelli Folse, Bryan Holt, by shouting an expletive. people suffered stings to their MIAMI — Authorities are in- Lily Parkinson Patrolman Thomas Kolencik legs, arms and torsos on Satur- vestigating the death of a poetry says he warned both drivers the day. More than 200 more people slam champion who was gunned DISPLAY ADVERTISING city could explore revoking their suffered similar stings Sunday. down outside his North Miami 352-376-4482, 800-257-4341, 352-376-4556 (Fax) permits if they can’t get along. No major health problems were café. Advertising Director Shaun O’Connor, The North Miami Police De- — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS reported. [email protected] partment says Willie Lee Bell Jr. The reddish-colored jellyfish Retail Advertising Manager Gary Miller, [email protected] had just closed The Literary Café have purple barbs that sting. Life- Advertising Office Manager Victoria Livingston, and Poetry Lounge early Sunday Wash. board nixes colon guards offered victims sprays of [email protected] vinegar to neutralize the stinging when he was shot repeatedly. cancer ‘butt’ billboards Police say the men did not take Advertising Assistant Melissa Bell KENNEWICK, Wash. — A cells. Witcher recommended that Intern Coordinator Jesse Morgan swimmers apply Benadryl to any of Bell’s possessions, which in- health board in Washington state cluded cash and jewelry. Police do Display Advertising Clerks Jesse Morgan, Stephanie Parker itching or painful welts. Sales Representatives Johal Baez, Serina Braddock, has reversed itself and voted — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS not currently have a motive. against endorsing a colon cancer The 47-year-old Bell, whose Allison Klempert, Claire Grady, awareness campaign that uses bill- stage name was Will Da Real One, Alex Schultz, Justin Scott boards saying, “What’s up your Teen accused of stabbing has been featured on Def Poetry Brandon Stern, Lauren Tami butt?” Jam. man at N. Fla. mud bogs CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING The Tri-City Herald reports that Police are asking anyone with INGLIS — North Florida au- information about the shooting 352-373-FIND (Voice), 352-376-3015(Fax) Wednesday’s vote by the Benton thorities say a 15-year-old boy fa- to call Crime Stoppers at 305-371- Classified Advertising Manager Ellen Light, [email protected] Franklin Health District in Ken- tally stabbed a man fighting with 8477. Classified Clerk Ashley Flattery newick, Wash., was in response his father over engine revving at — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS a mud bog. to complaints the ads are in poor CIRCULATION According to the Levy Coun- taste.
Load more

Recommended publications
  • Page 01 Jan 28.Indd
    ISO 9001:2008 CERTIFIED NEWSPAPER Monday 28 January 2013 16 Rabial I 1434 - Volume 17 Number 5593 Price: QR2 Qatari bourse Al Arabi and index loses Al Gharafa 49.15 points share spoils Business | 19 Sport | 25 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 4455 7741 | Advertising: 4455 7837 / 4455 7780 2015 Handball Championship tournament flag Mursi declares 42 Saudi cars in emergency in riot-hit areas more than 5,000 CAIRO: Egyptian President Mohammed Mursi yesterday declared a state of emergency in three provinces hit by riot- traffic violations ing which has left nearly 49 dead. Emergency measures would come into effect in the provinces of Port Said, Suez and Authorities slap QR2.66m in fines Ismailia “for 30 days starting at midnight,” Mursi said in a tele- DOHA: Qatar’s traffic authori- violations, while another one vised address. Curfews would be ties have blown the whistle on has been involved in 408 traffic imposed in the three provinces 42 cars with Saudi Arabian breaches. from 9pm until 6am, he added. number plates that are together A third vehicle has been found Mursi’s comments came after involved in more than 5,000 to have committed 407 violations. rioting rocked Port Said for a sec- traffic violations here and the The least number of violations ond straight day, leaving another fines their owners must pay now committed by a vehicle total 11, six people dead and more than 460 total a staggering QR2.66m. the daily said. injured. “I have said I am against The Traffic Department has A traffic safety expert who any emergency measures but I have urged customs officials at the Abu spoke to The Peninsula on grounds said that if I must stop bloodshed Samra check-post at the Qatari- of anonymity said he found the and protect the people then I will Saudi border to seize these vehi- news item a bit confusing because act,” Mursi said.
    [Show full text]
  • Human Dignity Issues in the Sports Business Industry
    DEVELOPING RESPONSIBLE CONTRIBUTORS | Human Dignity Issues in the Sports Business Industry Matt Garrett is the chair of the Division of Physical Education and Sport Studies and coordinator of the Sport Management Program at Loras College. His success in the sport industry includes three national championships in sport management case study tournaments, NCAA Division III tournament appearances as a women’s basketball and softball coach, and multiple youth baseball championships. Developing Responsible Contributors draws on these experiences, as well as plenty of failures, to explore a host of issues tied to human dignity in the sport business industry. These include encounters with hazing and other forms of violence in sport, inappropriate pressures on young athletes, and the exploitation of college athletes and women in the sport business industry. Garrett is the author of Preparing the Successful Coach and Matt Garrett Timeless: Recollections of Family and America’s Pastime. He lives in Dubuque with his wife and three children. | Human Dignity Issues in the LORAS COLLEGE PRESS Sports Business Industry Matt Garrett PRESS i Developing Responsible Contributors: Human Dignity Issues in the Sport Business Industry Matthew Garrett, Ph.D. Professor of Physical Education and Sports Studies Loras College Loras College Press Dubuque, Iowa ii Volume 5 in the Frank and Ida Goedken Series Published with Funds provided by The Archbishop Kucera Center for Catholic Intellectual and Spiritual Life at Loras College. Published by the Loras College Press (Dubuque, Iowa), David Carroll Cochran, Director. Publication preparation by Helen Kennedy, Marketing Department, Loras College. Cover Design by Mary Kay Mueller, Marketing Department, Loras College.
    [Show full text]
  • Read the Letter from University Presidents (PDF)
    September 13, 2012 President Barack Obama The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Ave Washington, D.C. 20500 Sen. Harry Reid Sen. Mitch McConnell Senate Majority Leader Senate Republican Leader 522 Hart Senate Office Building 317 Russell Senate Office Building Washington, D.C. 20510 Washington, D.C. 20510 Hon. John Boehner Hon. Nancy Pelosi Speaker of the House Democratic Leader H-232, US Capitol H-204, US Capitol Washington, D.C. 20515 Washington, D.C. 20515 Dear Mr. President, Majority Leader Reid, Republican Leader McConnell, Speaker Boehner, and Democratic Leader Pelosi: As leaders of universities educating the creators of tomorrow’s scientific breakthroughs, we call on you to address a critical threat to America’s preeminence as a global center of innovation and prosperity: our inability under current United States immigration policy to retain and benefit from many of the top minds educated at our universities. From the industrial revolution to today’s information age, the United States has led the world in creating the inventions and ideas that drive economic prosperity. America’s universities are responsible for 36 percent of all research in the country, including 53 percent of all basic research, and they help keep America at the forefront of the 21st century economy. The Federal Government has recognized the importance of university research by providing roughly 60 percent of all academic R&D funding. American academic research has benefited from the fact that the US remains a top magnet for the world’s best and brightest students and graduates 16 percent of all PhDs worldwide in scientific and technical fields.
    [Show full text]
  • 2003-03-14 Agenda
    AGENDA MEETING OF THE UTAH STATE BOARD OF REGENTS March 14, 2003 Utah State Board of Regents Office of the Commissioner of Higher Education Board of Regents Building, The Gateway 60 South 400 West Salt Lake City, Utah 84101-1284 AGENDA STATE BOARD OF REGENTS MEETING BOARD OF REGENTS’ OFFICES, THE GATEWAY 60 SOUTH 400 WEST, SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH BOARD ROOM March 14, 2003 9:00 a.m. - MEETINGS OF BOARD COMMITTEES 10:30 a.m. Academic, Applied Technology, and Student Success Committee Fourth Floor Conference Room ACTION: 1. University of Utah – Major and Minor in International Studies Tab A 2. Weber State University/Utah Valley State College – Bachelor of Applied Technology Tab B (BAT) Degree INFORMATION: 3. University of Utah and Utah State University – Report on Third Annual Undergraduate Tab C Research Poster Session; National Conference on Undergraduate Research 4. Information Calendar Tab D A. Program Eliminations i. Weber State University – Elimination of the Center for Aerospace Technology ii. Dixie State College – Elimination of the Aero Technology/Air Flight Program B. Name Changes i. Weber State University – Lifestyle Management Major to Human Performance Management Major ii. Utah Valley State College – LEC English/English as a Second Language Department to Department of Basic Composition/English as a Second Language iii. Utah Valley State College – LEC Math Department to Department of Developmental Mathematics DISCUSSION: 5. Revised Policy R312, Institutional Categories, Accompanying Criteria, and Tab E Institutional Missions and Roles 6. Relationship of Policy R401, Approval of New Program, Program Additions or Tab F Program Changes; Exceptions to the Moratorium on New Programs; and Guiding Principles for Program Discontinuation and Personnel Reductions 7.
    [Show full text]
  • Using Contract Law to Tackle the Coaching Carousel
    Page 1 47 U.S.F. L. Rev. 709, * Article: Using Contract Law to Tackle the Coaching Carousel NAME: By Stephen F. Ross & Lindsay Berkstresser* BIO: * Professor of Law and Director, Institute for Sports Law, Policy and Research, The Pennsylvania State Universi- ty, and J.D. Candidate, 2014, The Pennsylvania State University, respectively. LEXISNEXIS SUMMARY: ... Universities have a strong incentive to seek to include these provisions in coaching contracts since popular coaches generate a considerable amount of revenue and the university wants to retain its star players. ... Part II explains why contracts in which the coach agrees to provide unique sports services are legally enforceable and how contracts can ef- fectively bind a coach through the issuance of a negative injunction. ... While a liquidated damages clause that reflects an upper-limit on a reasonable estimation of the financial harm (both to the student-athlete's professional opportunities as well as the harm to the university) could in theory be constructed, thereby making it financially difficult for a new team to lure the coach away, it cannot remedy the breach because the NCAA would likely bar an athlete from receiving payment pursuant to such a clause. ... Bargaining Power Contracts are voluntary bargains, so even if the laws of con- tract and remedies and NCAA regulations permitted courts to enforce promises made by coaches to universities and student-athletes to remain at the school, the bargaining dynamics must be sufficient to induce a coach to make such a promise. ... While NCAA regulations preclude student-athletes from the opportunity to negotiate the terms of their con- tracts with the institution, star athletes may possess the necessary bargaining power to negotiate a contract with their coach.
    [Show full text]
  • Spread Word Governor Signs 'Pre-Eminence Bill' Into
    FACULTY AWARDS CEREMONY Music theorist named ‘Distinguished Teacher,’ 4 CHEMISTRY & BIOCHEMISTRY Analytic chemist elected academy fellow, 7 INTERDISCIPLINARY PROJECT Collaboration aims to better StateThe Florida State University Faculty-Staff Bulletin serve those with ASD, 8 Volume 47 • Number 15 For more Florida State news, visit news.fsu.edu. May 6 - June 2, 2013 Governor signs ‘pre-eminence bill’ into law Barron expects governor and Florida Legislature have dent Eric J. Barron. “Florida State embraced this important measure, University is committed to providing measure to enhance which sets high standards of excel- a cutting-edge education to the resi- Florida State’s lence and then rewards the universities dents of Florida while ensuring that that meet these standards”, said Presi- Please see PRE-EMINENT, 3 national ranking By Keith Bromery DIRECTOR, NEWS AND RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS Florida State University is poised to benefit from passage of the Career and Professional Education Act, which Gov. Rick Scott signed into law April 22. The Florida Legislature passed the measure earlier during the current legis- lative session that will designate Florida State and the University of Florida as “pre-eminent” universities and provide each school with an additional $15 mil- FSU Photography Services/Bill Lax Services/Bill Photography FSU lion a year for the next five years to hire History in the making: Florida State President Eric J. Barron, fourth from left, and Universty faculty members and escalate research. of Florida President Bernie Machen, standing to Barron’s left, look on as Gov. Rick Scott “We are extremely grateful that the discusses the pre-eminence bill before signing it in the Cabinet Room of the Capitol.
    [Show full text]
  • One Thing I've Come to Love About My New Home, the University of Florida
    President Kent Fuchs Inaugural Address “The Orange and Blue Horizon Beyond” Friday, Dec. 4, 2015 (3 p.m.) University Auditorium One thing I’ve come to love about my new home, the University of Florida, is the sky. It can be bold and blue. It can be mysterious and dark. Looking up at Century Tower and the palm trees in silhouette against the dramatic sky is, for me, a constant metaphor of possibility and promise. This spring, we moved commencement ceremonies outdoors to Ben Hill Griffin Stadium. We worried about the prospect of the daily rain drenching thousands of graduates, their families, and the president. But for four evenings in a row the sky resolved into stunning shades of orange and blue. Page 2 of 25 I’d like to think the commencement sky was putting on a special show for the University of Florida. But this sky is telling us something more. It represents far greater horizons for UF than we have seen before. This sky is, for me, a reminder that this great university can climb sunward, and as John G. Magee put in his poem “High Flight,” “join the tumbling mirth of sun-split clouds – and do a hundred things we have not yet dreamed of.” While Century Tower and our hallowed traditions and missions will always be here, in the foreground, it is time for us to explore a much bigger beyond. We are accustomed to thinking about our extraordinarily comprehensive academics on one contiguous campus, our athletics, our beloved land-grant mission and our identity in certain, timeworn ways.
    [Show full text]
  • Using Contract Law to Tackle the Coaching Carousel Stephen F
    Penn State Law eLibrary Journal Articles Faculty Works 2013 Using Contract Law to Tackle the Coaching Carousel Stephen F. Ross Penn State Law Lindsay A. Berkstresser Post & Schell, P.C. Follow this and additional works at: http://elibrary.law.psu.edu/fac_works Part of the Entertainment, Arts, and Sports Law Commons Recommended Citation Stephen F. Ross and Lindsay A. Berkstresser, Using Contract Law to Tackle the Coaching Carousel, 47 U.S.F. L. Rev. 709 (2013). This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Faculty Works at Penn State Law eLibrary. It has been accepted for inclusion in Journal Articles by an authorized administrator of Penn State Law eLibrary. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Using Contract Law to Tackle the Coaching Carousel By STEPHEN F. Ross & LINDSAY BERKSTRESSER* Introduction STUDENT-ATHLETES who demonstrate the skills and dedication throughout their college careers that predict success in professional sports become attractive prospects for major league drafts. Yet their professional aspirations can be significantly affected by the departure of their college coaches, whose team's recurring success often results in lucrative offers from professional teams or wealthier and more suc- cessful college programs. Although the potential harm to a university left behind by an upwardly-mobile coach is often recognized, less at- tention has focused on the connection between a coach's departure from the university and the student-athlete's standing in the National Football League ("NFL") draft. A recent study has demonstrated that a coach's decision to leave a university can substantially lower an ath- lete's position in the draft.' Each year, a large number of football programs face coaching changes;2 indeed, a top school's hiring away a coach from another program often has a ripple effect-a "coaching carousel."3 Student- * Professor of Law and Director, Institute for Sports Law, Policy and Research, The Pennsylvania State University, andJ.D.
    [Show full text]
  • Depressed Real Estate Market Hinders Job Opportunities
    SPORTS: Stick with your superstars in INSIDE: FEATURES fantasy football, it is still early, page 6 Abuse of prescription OPINION: Mandatory advisement can painkillers, page 3 ease student angst, page 4 Since 1960 Volume 85, Issue 12 Wednesday September 19, 2007 DailyThe Student Voice of California StateTitan University, Fullerton DTSHORTHAND Cops taser student at Kerry speech GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) TITAN BATTALION – Video of police Tasering a per- sistent questioner of Sen. John Kerry became an Internet and TV sensation Tuesday, generating INDS ITS WAY fierce debate about free speech F and the motives of the college student involved – a known prankster who often posts practi- cal jokes online. University of Florida President Bernie Machen said Monday’s takedown, in which the student loudly yelled, “Don’t Tase me, bro!” was “regretful.” He asked for a state probe of campus police actions and placed two officers on leave. The student in the middle of it all, 21-year-old Andrew Meyer, had no comment after he was released on his recognizance on various charges following a night in jail. But details from his online writings and videos raised the question of whether his harangue during the forum was genuine or some kind of stunt. Meyer, a senior telecommuni- cations major from the Fort Lau- derdale suburb of Weston, has a Web site featuring several home- made videos. The site also has what is called a “disorganized diatribe” attrib- uted to Meyer that criticizes the Iraq war, the news media for not covering the conflict enough and the American public for paying too much attention to celebrity news.
    [Show full text]
  • Speaker Biographies
    We are proud to announce our STEM Summit IV speakers SPEAKER BIOGRAPHIES STEM Summit IV is Presented by: Tracy L Albers, Ph.D. President and CTO of Rapid Prototype and Manufacturing LLC Dr. Tracy Albers is the President and CTO of Rapid Prototype and Manufacturing LLC (rp+m). In this role she develops and executes rp+m’s business strategy, focusing on the use of additive manufacturing in a production environment for aerospace applications. Dr. Albers has been recognized for her leadership in technology by Crain’s Cleveland Business in “Who to Watch: Manufacturing” and as a distinguished “Top 40 Under 40.” She has been profiled by the women’s advocacy group, “Women in 3D-Printing.” Dr. Albers has a Ph.D. degree in Physical Chemistry and two BS degrees in Chemistry and Exercise Physiology. Ron Bergh Southeast Regional Business Development Manager of Kelly Engineering Resources Business Development Manager with a heavy background in the engineering staffing vertical. Industries include: Manufacturing, Industrial Engineering, MEP, EPC, A&E, Civil, Process, Energy, Health & Science, Med Device, Material Handling, Machine Design. Ron takes a personal interest in opportunities to identify creative solutions to complete projects within time and budget constraints, has knowledgeable in the latest industry and technologies trends. Charlie Camarda Founder/CEO of the Epic Education Foundation, President Leading Edge Enterprises LLC, Retired NASA Astronaut Dr. Charles Camarda retired from NASA in May 2019, after 45 years of continuous service as a research engineer and technical manager at Langley Research Center (LaRC), an Astronaut and Senior Executive (Director of Engineering) at Johnson Space Center (JSC), and as the Senior Advisor for Innovation and Engineering Development at LaRC.
    [Show full text]
  • Governor Bush, President Machen, Members of the University Of
    1 Governor Bush, President Machen, members of the University of Florida community, guest, families, and friends… It is a pleasure to bring greetings and salutations from your sister flagship university to the north–the far frozen north: the University of Michigan. This is a task that seems particularly appropriate on this day when you will install a new president at the University of Florida with strong Michigan ties, Dr. J. Bernard Machen. Of course, there have always been strong ties between our institutions. Befitting the inaugural theme, “Flagship of Discovery,” both of our institutions are the flagship public research universities of our states, indeed of our regions of the United States, with the University of Florida as the premier university in the Southeast and the University of Michigan the leading university in the Midwest. Both institutions have long traditions of service, excellence, and leadership. There has long been a beneficial exchange of students, faculty, and staff, usually flowing from north to south in winter…and perhaps from south to north during hurricane season. Both of our universities have distinguished faculties, although Florida has set a new standard by electing a distinguished theoretical physicist—a “string theorist” no less, as head of its faculty governance. (At last night’s inaugural reception I had the surreal experience of a conversation with Professor Ramond and the head of the NSF Physics division, talking about gravity waves and cosmology to the music of a bluegrass band and amid dancing gators!) Speaking of gators, there are also competitive linkages among our institutions, such as those which occur from time to time on the gridiron or basketball court.
    [Show full text]
  • 2013 State of the State Address Guests of Florida Governor Rick Scott
    2013 State of the State Address Guests of Florida Governor Rick Scott March 5, 2013 Annette Kirk - Gold Star Family Member Annette Kirk, of Seffner, is the mother of Pfc. Paul Cuzzupe, who fell in the line of duty in Afghanistan. Annette was honored as part of a Gold Star Family at the Florida State Fair Lunch. The Governor presented the family with a Florida state flag that had flown over the State Capitol. Pfc. Paul O. Cuzzupe II Paul O. Cuzzupe, 23, of Plant City, fell in the line of duty on August 8, 2010 in Afghanistan after his unit was attacked by insurgents during an improvised explosive device assault. He was assigned to the 3rd Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment in Vilseck, Germany. At Paul’s funeral his family was presented with a Purple Heart as well as other medals for his courageous efforts. Paul’s superiors commended him as a soldier who went above and beyond. Just a week before his death Paul was honored with the Army Commendation Medal for his attempts to save an Afghani child's life. Paul was the oldest of four kids, and was known to be someone that friends could turn to for advice. 1 Dr. Barbara Jenkins - Superintendent, Orange County Schools On March 15, 2012, the School Board of Orange County voted unanimously to select Dr. Barbara M. Jenkins as the district's new superintendent. As the former deputy superintendent she served as the superintendent's designee and oversaw five area superintendents and the division of Teaching and Learning. Previously as Chief of Staff she oversaw Human Resources, Public Relations, Labor Relations, Strategic Planning and served as the chief negotiator for the district.
    [Show full text]