January 9, 2012

2012 Calendar – Deadlines, Important Dates and Events for

UF IFAS County Extension Faculty

UF Holidays:

2012 Holidays

  • New Year’s Day 2012- Monday, January 2 (observed)
  • Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Birthday - Monday, January 16th
  • Memorial Day - Monday, May 28th
  • Independence Day - Wednesday, July 4th
  • Labor Day, Monday - September 3rd
  • UF Homecoming – Friday, November 9th (Homecoming is Saturday, November 10th vs. University of South Carolina)
  • Veterans Day - Monday, November 12th (observed)
  • Thanksgiving - Thursday, November 22nd & Friday, November 23rd
  • Christmas - Tuesday, December 25th

Every semester (Spring, Summer, Fall) UF has two forms for the faculty

-semester faculty assignment reports (due before the semester starts, faculty sign hard copy of the form and send to DED who signs as Dept. Chair)

-semester effort certification (due at the end of the semester via people soft)

January

County faculty appraisals begin

Jan 21 - 2011 Workload reporting deadline (data from your 2011 ROA)- The web page located at provides easy access to Workloadand Impacts (clientele contacts, educational materials, programs, evaluation results and impact narratives)

Jan 30 - County Bank Account reports due

Jan 31 - IST # 30519 New county Faculty Training (Spring 2012) – Session A

February

Feb 1 - IST # 30519 New county Faculty Training (Spring 2012) – Session A

Preparations for the Extension Long Range Planning (2012—2016)

IFAS HR Workshops on PS&P (check district specific date and location with DED)

Feb 4-7 - Southern Rural Sociological Association 2012 Annual Meeting, Birmingham, Alabama

March

Beginning of promotion, permanent status and 3-yr progress assessment process

April

April 5, County Affirmative Action reports due

Non-permanent status renewal letters

Associate Dean reviews of county faculty evaluations

CYFAR

2012 Conference

CYFAR will not host a CYFAR conference in 2012. This change is due to a combination of budget cuts and program direction. Please email if you would like to be invited to a stakeholder listening session in February 2012 to discuss the future direction of technical assistance to CYFAR grantees and the Cooperative Extension system.

May

May 20-23 – 2012 NACDEP Conference, Park City, Utah

May 8-9, IST # 30525 New county Faculty Training (Spring 2012) – Session B

Send annual appraisals to county faculty with cover memo to be signed by them

May 28 – June 1, 2012: - NETC 2012 Conference, New Orleans, LA

June

July

Highly recommended action for all faculty: Good time to capture last 6 months accomplishments into 2011 ROA in blue

July 15-19 – NACAA 97th Annual Conference, Charleston, SC

August

Aug 27 – 30: EPAF, Orlando, FL

September

Sept 24-28 – 2012 NEAFCS Annual Session & Exhibits, Columbus, OH

October

October 6-10, 2012 ESP National Conference, Mobile, AL

Oct 21 - 26 NAE4-HA, Orlando, FL

November

Set next year’s CED and all faculty district meetings

Nov 1-2, Statewide CED IST in Gainesville

County Annual Fiscal Statement,

December

Dec 9 - Deadline for2011 ROA/ 2012 POW

Dec 26-30 University closed including DED offices