An Integrated Marketing Communications Principles course taught on the University of West Florida’s Emerald Coast campus has brought awareness to a nonprofit with limited resources – the Eleanor Johnson Youth Center in Fort Walton Beach, Florida. Taught for more than a decade by Susan Shaw, the course teaches the integration of marketing, advertising and public […]
WHAT: The Florida Small Business Development Center at the University of West Florida will host a grand opening for its new, permanent Fort Walton Beach location. The move is a result of space needed by the UWF Fort Walton Beach campus for expanding programs. The SBDC at UWF Fort Walton Beach office now resides one […]
The Florida Small Business Development Center at the University of West Florida will hold a special, no-cost “Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery” workshop on Thursday, June 11 from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. at the Greater Pensacola Chamber office. During this educational course, attendees will learn how to develop a detailed hazard and continuity plan for their business. Participants will […]
The University of West Florida announces the creation of the Center for Research and Economic Opportunity. CREO is the result of a merger of the Office of Research and Sponsored Programs and the Office of Economic Development and Engagement. Dr. Rick Harper, who until CREO’s creation served as executive director of OEDE and assistant vice […]
The University of West Florida is joining four other universities and the Florida Institute of Oceanography in offering a five-week, summer field intensive marine biology course from May 13 to June 19. This field-intensive course is a collaboration among faculty members from UWF, Florida Atlantic University, Florida Gulf Coast University, University of North Florida and the […]
WHAT: The University of West Florida College of Business and Combined Rotary of Pensacola will host the 13th annual Ethics in Business Award luncheon on Monday, May 4 at 12 p.m. at New World Landing in Pensacola. One individual from small organizations with 49 or less employees and one individual from large organizations with 50 or more […]
The University of West Florida Office of Economic Development and Engagement announces that the Town of Century and the Community Economic Development Association for Escambia County are the first participants in OEDE’s Northwest Florida Asset Valuation and Marketing Support Program. As participants in the program, the town and CEDA will work with UWF marketing professors […]
The University of West Florida Artificial Intelligence Research Group (AIRG) will host Dr. Kenneth Ford, founder and chief executive officer of the Florida Institute for Human & Machine Cognition (IHMC), on March 24, 2015 from 5:30 to 7 p.m. in the UWF Pensacola Campus’ Science and Engineering Building Auditorium. His talk is titled, “Toward Cognitive […]
Pen Air Federal Credit Union and the University of West Florida Executive Mentor Program will host the spring “Financial Boot Camp” on Friday, March 20, 2015 from 12 to 2:30 p.m. in the College of Business Education Center, Building 76A, Room 102. The Boot Camp hosts financial professionals as guest lecturers who present topics to prepare students […]
The University of West Florida announces retired Navy Capt. Susan K. Cerovsky as Director of the Center for Cybersecurity, effective March 16, 2015. Cerovsky joins UWF after nearly 30 years as an officer in the United States Navy, and most recently held the title of commanding officer of the Center for Information Dominance (CID) at […]
The University of West Florida College of Business, in partnership with the Combined Rotary Clubs of Pensacola, is accepting nominations for the 2015 Combined Rotary of Pensacola Ethics in Business Award. “This is the twelfth year that the Combined Rotary Clubs and the College of Business have recognized Northwest Florida business and community leaders for […]
The University of West Florida Office of Economic Development and Engagement is seeking proposals for a new matching-grant program that makes UWF marketing expertise available to Northwest Florida economic development entities. “This program is designed to support municipalities and economic development organizations in Northwest Florida both by defining the economic competitive advantages of our region […]
