Community
The UF community includes all students, staff, faculty and external stakeholders. UFIT is committed to engaging with the university community to provide the services required of a leading public research institution.
UFIT is engaged in ongoing efforts that focuses on participation and communication with the UF community.
How Do I Participate in Governance for UFIT?
Any member of the community is welcome to bring issues and ideas to the unit and/or advisory workgroup individually or through your Campus IT Directors representative. The links below can be used to send an email to the advisory workgroup chairs for discussion by the workgroup. Questions, suggestions, or input sent to your Campus IT Director will be forwarded to the appropriate advisory workgroup chair or UFIT administrator.
| Topical Committee | Contact | Committee Scope |
|---|---|---|
| Research Computing | Chair: Paul Avery | Advice and direction to ensure competitiveness of researchers and facilitate research. The advisory workgroup addresses issues such as High Performance Computing (HPC), and high end consulting services. |
| Faculty Senate IT Subcommittee | Chair: Frank Bova | Advice and direction in the use of IT to support teaching, research and engagement. The advisory workgroup addresses issues such as course management systems, distance learning, IT innovation, intellectual property and copyright, web policy, and video and collaboration. |
| Information Security | Chair: Cammy Abernathy | Advice and direction to ensure the security of IT resources The advisory workgroup addresses issues such as risk assessment, security standards and compliance, physical and virtual security, guidelines and forensic procedures. |
| Shared Infrastructure | Chair: Saira Hasnain | Advice and direction in support of a comprehensive infrastructure for voice, video and data. The advisory workgroup addresses issues such as connectivity, wireless, data center, device management, wall plate, Bridges infrastructure, and high performance computing. |
How Do I Stay Informed About UFIT?
Consider talking directly to any of the members of the topical committees.
There are several channels to choose from to stay informed about UFIT:
Partial List of UFIT Listservs
| Listserv | Description |
|---|---|
| WEB-MANAGERS-L | UF Web Managers |
| IT-DISCUSSION-L@LISTS.UFL.EDU | IT Discussion |