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University of Florida Postdoctoral Association (UFPDA)     

 Whether the University of Florida classifies you as a Postdoctoral Fellow, Postdoctoral Associate, OPS, Visiting Scientist or under any other title, if you consider yourself a postdoc, this association is here to provide you with a link to other postdocs, forums for discussion and a means for representation at a university-wide level.

The organization is still in its infancy (we had our first meeting on January 28, 2003) but we are hoping to develop more resources for postdocs and a stronger voice within the University of Florida.  If you would like to contribute or raise your own issues, please contact any of the people below, email the list or come along to meetings.

Below is a list of current resources, social functions and contact information.

 

Listserv:

The purpose of the listserv is to facilitate communication between Postdoctoral scholars at UF, to disseminate relevant information, and to post organizational notices.  If you have trouble subscribing, please contact Tamara Shatar.

Subscribe to the list at  http://lists.ufgau.org/listinfo.cgi/postdocs-ufgau.org.

Listserv archives are available at  http://lists.ufgau.org/private.cgi/postdocs-ufgau.org/.

 

Meetings & Social Functions:

 

SUNDAY April 27th - Inaugural UF Postdoctoral Association Picnic at Lake Wauburg.

 

Time:            Midday

Location:      Lake Wauburg North Park Pavilion

 

• Family and friends are very welcome.
• To gain access to the park just present your Gator 1 card at the gate. Each card holder can also bring up to 4 guests.
• Please bring something to grill, something to drink, and a dish to share.
• The Postdoctoral Association will provide disposable plates, cups, cutlery, coolers, and a hot grill.
• The park will be open from 10am until 6pm and we will start firing up the coals at noon.
• Unfortunately, park rules prohibit pets or alcohol.
• Please RSVP to Tom Kehoe with the estimated number of people in your party.
• Any questions? Send an email to Tom Kehoe.
• We hope to see you all there!
• Directions to Lake Wauburg may be found at http://www.recsports.hhp.ufl.edu/wauburg/info/directions.htm.
• Information about Lake Wauburg may be found at http://www.recsports.hhp.ufl.edu/wauburg/index.htm.

Transport:

As far as we are aware there are no bus or shuttle services to Lake Wauburg on a Sunday. However, we will try to arrange transport for

those who need it.  If you are in a position to offer rides to Lake Wauburg please email Tom Kehoe to let him know the number of places you

have available and the nearest major intersection to your address or your preferred pick-up point.  If you need a ride to Lake Wauburg please email Tom Kehoe with the number of people in your party and the nearest major intersection to your address or your preferred pick-up point.

 

 

 

TUESDAY May 6th - Meeting of the UF Postdoctoral Association.

 

Time:            6:15 pm

Location:      Turlington Hall,  Room TUR 1101 

 

Due to the closure of the Everyday Gourmet we have to find a new venue for our social functions.  Information will be submitted to the listserv.  It is expected that we will have 1-2 social events per month.

Other events as planned.

For more information or if you have suggestions for functions, please contact Tom Kehoe.

 

Departmental/School/College Contacts:

Agronomy - Peter Stork

Astronomy - Tom Kehoe

College of Medicine - Cindy Prins

Soil and Water Science - Tom Bishop

Food and Resource Economics - Tom Stevens

If your department does not have a contact or if you would like to volunteer to become one - Tamara Shatar. 

 

Future Projects:

Survey:  Plans are underway to conduct an on-line survey of UF postdocs to find out how people feel about their postdoc experience here at UF and to identify areas where change is desirable.

The results of a survey of postdocs conducted in 1997 can be founding by clicking here.

Note that the term postdoctoral fellow seems to be applied to Postdoctoral Fellows and Postdoctoral Associates and presumably did not include those hired as OPS.  Many of the points raised and recommendations are similar to those raised by our group.  However, in the past six years, it appears that little if anything has been done to act upon them.

The University of North Carolina Chapel Hill Postdoctoral Association has posted the results of their postdoctoral survey, click here to view the results.

Web-site:  We are looking into obtaining our own domain name in order to develop a more comprehensive web-site.  So far, the University has rejected our request for the domain www.postdoc.ufl.edu.  If you would like to make contributions to the web-site, please email the web coordinator, Tom Bishop.

 

Recent Issues:

Click here for a summary of recent issues that have been raised.

 

Links:

Click here for links to other postdoctoral associations and material of interest to postdocs.