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