UWF music professor honored with 50-year service award

A University of West Florida music professor has been recognized for a milestone of career service. The Florida Music Education Association honored Dr. Larry Reed with the 50 Year Music Education Service Award during its annual professional development conference, held Jan. 10-13, 2018, in Tampa, Florida. Reed, faculty associate in the Department of Music, has […]

UWF receives top award for Luna Settlement project from Society for Historical Archaeology

The University of West Florida Division of Anthropology and Archaeology recently received the 2018 Daniel G. Roberts Award for Excellence in Public Historical Archaeology for the Tristan de Luna y Arellano project. The award was presented at the Society for Historical Archaeology’s annual meeting, held Jan. 3-6 in New Orleans. “Our Luna Project team has […]

Experience UWF Downtown Lecture Series invites community collaboration in poetry with Typewriter Project

The University of West Florida College of Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities will continue its 2017-18 Experience UWF Downtown Lecture Series on Jan. 17 at the Museum of Commerce, 201 E. Zaragoza St., in Historic Pensacola. Stephanie Berger and Nicholas Adamski, co-creators of The Typewriter Project, and Dr. Robyn Blyn, UWF English professor, will present […]

Seligman First Amendment Lecture Series to host Sen. Bob Graham

The University of West Florida College of Arts, Social Sciences, and Humanities will host Sen. Bob Graham on Jan 16. from 1 to 2:30 p.m. for the inaugural event of the Seligman First Amendment Lecture Series. Dr. Jocelyn Evans, associate dean for the college, and Dr. Kelly Carr, assistant professor of communication, will join Graham […]

Oxford publishes UWF students’ case studies

Oxford University Press recently published “Real-Life Scenarios: A Case Study Perspective on Health Communication.” Dr. Athena du Pré, program director for the UWF Strategic Communication and Leadership master’s degree program, co-edited the book with Dr. Eileen Berlin Ray, communication professor emerita at Cleveland State University. The press is known as a prestigious publisher in academia. […]

Pensacola Museum of Art hosts pop-up exhibition Feminist Iconography with UWF Women’s Studies Collective

The Pensacola Museum of Art is hosting the pop-up exhibition “Feminist Iconography” which is on view now through Dec. 11 in the main stairwell and education hallway of the museum. The exhibition will present an interdisciplinary panel of UWF faculty at its reception on Dec. 1 from 5 to 7 p.m. The panel will include […]

UWF hosts Marks Invitational Speech and Debate Competition

The University of West Florida Speech and Debate team hosted the annual Marks Invitational Speech Tournament Nov. 3-5, drawing in eight regional colleges and universities. Students from across the country have competed in speech and debate events at UWF for more than 40 years. Nearly 50 competitors participated in the tournament, delivering a total of […]

Faculty panel to explore topic of public space as part of Experience UWF Downtown Lecture Series

The University of West Florida College of Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities will continue its 2017-18 Experience UWF Downtown Lecture Series on Nov. 30 at Historic Pensacola’s Museum of Commerce. A UWF faculty panel will explore public space as an expression of community values in “Public Space, Collective Memory and Community Identity.” The lecture is […]

Artists explore contested public works of art as part of Experience UWF Downtown Lecture Series

The University of West Florida College of Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities will begin its 2017-18 Experience Downtown Lecture Series on Oct. 26 at the Pensacola Museum of Art. Carrie Fonder, UWF art lecturer, and Valerie George, UWF associate professor of art, will explore how commissioning entities and viewing audiences have contested public works of […]

UWF students travel to New York to reunite with playwright

Three University of West Florida students will travel to New York for a staged reading of playwright Micheline Auger’s play, “Love 95 Times” on June 5. The Farm Theater, a nonprofit organization in New York that seeks to support the development of artists by providing a supportive environment, collaborates annually with three universities to commission […]

UWF professor, communications students earn top honors at 2017 SEJC Conference

Dr. Bruce Swain, professor emeritus from the University of West Florida Department of Communication, was honored as educator of the year at the 2017 Southeastern Journalism Conference, where four UWF students also placed top three in multiple onsite competitions. Swain was named 2017 Outstanding Educator of the Year, which was the highest honor awarded at […]

UWF students take home Gold, Silver ADDY awards from local, district competitions

University of West Florida student T.J. Grier recently won a Student Silver ADDY Award in Elements of Advertising: Still Photography category at the 2017 American Advertising Federation Fourth District American Advertising Awards in Miami. The American Advertising Awards is the advertising industry’s largest and most representative competition that attracts more than 40,000 entries every year […]