Kugelman Foundation names honors program

The University of West Florida Honors Program recently received the prestigious honor of becoming a named program. The Kugelman Foundation has pledged $250,000 to name the Honors Program the Kugelman Honors Program. The Kugelman Foundation also directed its current endowed scholarship funds to support Honors students. “By naming a major program, the Kugelman name will […]

Theater student’s agenda: graduate, move north, find work

Brittani Rappise’s time at the University of West Florida is coming to an end soon, but her professional career is just waiting to begin. After graduation in May, the Totowa, N.J., native plans to leave the Pensacola area and move to New York or Philadelphia and seek work in the theater. She’ll take with her […]

From UWF to CIO of Fortune 500 company

The University of West Florida has thousands of successful alumni. Tom Keiser is no exception. Keiser graduated in 1988 with a bachelor’s in systems science – Business (equivalent to the current management information systems degree program). Today, he is the executive vice president and chief information officer for Gap Inc. responsible for the technology organization […]

Health and Wellness Services available to students

College life can be an exhilarating experience, but it can also be stressful. The University of West Florida Counseling and Wellness Services offers a variety of services to help students achieve and maintain mental and physical health. Counseling Services offers counseling and therapy to help students while Wellness Services promotes health programs, such as alcohol […]

Argo PALs help incoming students find their way academically

The transition from high school to university campus can be daunting for some, but UWF has eight students on the frontlines to provide support academically. They are called Argo PALs or Argo Peer Assistant Leaders. The program is in its second year and works directly with the Delphi living-learning community through the Department of Student […]

StoryCorps to visit Pensacola: NPR broadcast program seeks stories from community

In an era when celebrity gossip, political mudslinging and corporate media reign supreme, it’s easy for authentic, meaningful stories to get lost in the shuffle. That’s why StoryCorps launched what is now one of the largest oral history projects of its kind, enabling everyday people to share their stories with the people that matter most […]

Nominations sought for Annual Alumni Awards

The University of West Florida National Alumni Association is gearing up for their 2010 Annual Alumni Awards Recognition Program, which will take place Saturday, March 27 on UWF’s Main Campus in the Conference Center. All alumni and friends are invited to attend the event. The program serves to recognize those who work to help and promote […]

Career Closet open for business Jan. 15

Short-on-cash students and staffers at UWF might want to check out the first ever Career Closet in the University Commons Conference Center (Building 22) Jan. 15 for one-of-a-kind bargains on gently worn professional attire and accessories for both men and women. With the pockets of young job hunters in mind, event organizer Laura Tissington has […]

Science and Engineering Building grand opening set for Feb. 3-5

After five years in the making, the highly anticipated University of West Florida School of Science and Engineering (SSE) building opened its doors to UWF students, faculty and staff Jan. 6, just in time for the new spring semester. The 100,000-square-foot, four-story building will bring computer science, electrical and computer engineering, math and physics programs […]

UWF uses technology to engage students

“Are you paying attention?” is a simple question for a professor to ask a classroom full of students, however, getting answers can be difficult. There may be a few raised hands or some blank stares, but it’s likely for professors to feel they’ve reenacted a popular scene from the movie Ferris Bueller’s Day Off-“Bueller, Bueller.” […]

UWF and PJC sign agreement to share observation classroom

The presidents of the University of West Florida and Pensacola Junior College officially signed an agreement in December to share a new state of the art teacher observation room at the Raymond B. and Leila Hobbs Center for Teaching Excellence on PJC’s main campus. “This gives us, at University of West Florida, a new and […]

Career Services caters to job-hunting seniors, alumni and others

Soon-to-be-graduates need not fret if they are without a job, but they do need to pay a visit to Career Services on campus. “We try to provide the tools necessary for their next step, whatever that next step might be, whether that is getting a job or attending graduate school,” Lauren Loeffler, director of Career […]