The University of West Florida held its Fall 2012 Commencement ceremony on Saturday, Dec. 15 at 9:30 a.m. at the Pensacola Bay Center. Senator Don Gaetz delivered the Commencement Address. A total of 998 bachelor’s, master’s, specialist and doctorate students received degrees. Each spring and fall, Commencement highlights UWF graduates whose success can be attributed […]
Nominations are now being accepted for the University of West Florida (UWF) Alumni Awards and Recognition Program, hosted annually by the Alumni Association. The annual awards are given in recognition of those who make a difference to the Alumni Association, the university, their respective communities, and the more than 69,000 UWF alumni. Those eligible for […]
The University of West Florida hosted the Sixth Annual Alumni Scholarship Classic tournament today at Scenic Hills Country Club. Each year, the Scholarship Classic draws area alumni, faculty, staff, students and members of the community to compete in the tournament. Over the past six years, more than $44,000 has been raised to directly support UWF […]
On Aug. 6, a team from NASA successfully landed the Curiosity rover on Mars, and a graduate from the University of West Florida College of Business played a key role in getting it there. Joseph Bergstrom, a 2009 UWF graduate, works in Logistics and Material Services in the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory. His role is […]
University of West Florida graduate, John Switzer recently committed a planned gift valued at $2.75 million, one of the largest contributions in UWF history. The gift will provide support to the College of Business and UWF Athletics. “John’s planned gift commitment of $2.75 million to UWF represents one of the largest bequests to the institution […]
The University of West Florida will host the sixth annual Alumni Scholarship Classic tournament Friday, Sept. 28 at Scenic Hills Country Club. All of the proceeds from the tournament will fund UWF student scholarships. Last year, the tournament raised $8,300, for a total of $36,000 over a six-year period. “The Annual Alumni Scholarship Classic has […]
Caleb Waller is majoring in business at the University of West Florida (UWF), taking summer classes and is interested in videography. He and his friend Sean Cullen, are currently working on a Federal Government contract to produce informational videos for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association (NOAA). The contract will total more than $54,000. The […]
Kelley Finn’s job is one that many people don’t notice when they attend a theatre production–yet she is responsible for setting the atmosphere, time of day and other important elements of the story. Kelly is a lighting designer and works with the director, set designer and other members of the backstage crew to create the […]
SurveyGold, a survey software built for occasional users and owned by University of West Florida alumnus Chuck Boudreau, recently won Top Ten Reviews’ Excellence Award. The software was selected for its ease of use, clean and simple interface and unbiased accuracy. The software is owned by Golden Hills Software, which Boudreau founded in 1997. Boudreau […]
UWF alumna April Montgomery will be the first to tell you that majoring in photography is not easy. Jobs are competitive, and everyone thinks they can be a photographer. But with the education she received at UWF and encouragement from faculty, Montgomery succeeded and is now telling her story through film. She graduated in 1993 […]
On Dec. 23, 2003, in the dark of night, Jason Crawford, MBA, ’10, an infantryman in the U.S. Army, was called to execute a mission clearing houses in Baghdad, Iraq. As he turned a corner, an enemy hiding on the opposite side of the wall and wielding a colt-38 pistol shot him directly in the […]
PENSACOLA, Fla. – The University of West Florida (UWF) announced the recipients of the 2012 UWF Alumni Awards for those who make a difference to the Alumni Association, the university and/or their respective communities. The awards are given each year in recognition of those who work to help and promote the university, the alumni association and the […]
