The University of West Florida Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences will host students from nine Pensacola-area high schools for a science symposium on April 14, 2016. The End of Year High School Science Symposium will take place from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the UWF Conference Center. Approximately 100 students representing high school […]
The University of West Florida will join the extensive list of U.S. colleges and universities to adopt a Tobacco-Free Campus Policy, effective Aug. 1, 2016. The Tobacco-Free Campus Policy prohibits the use of any tobacco product or derivative by employees, students and visitors on all university-owned property. “As an institution, we pride ourselves on being […]
Two University of West Florida professors, Drs. Richard Hough and Kimberly McCorkle, will answer questions about their new textbook, “American Homicide,” during a forum on Thursday, March 24. The event will be held at 4 p.m. in Building 70, Room 115 on the UWF Pensacola Campus. Admission is free and refreshments will be provided. “American […]
By PHYLLIS K. POOLEY | ppooley@uwf.edu Phyllis Pooley serves as director of special projects with the University of West Florida Office of Economic Development and Engagement in Pensacola. With the movement of the baby-boom generation (those born between 1946 and 1964) through the workforce, much has been written regarding the aging of the workforce, the question of […]
The University of West Florida Historic Trust and Apple Corps Foundation will present the Appleyard Storytelling Cottage, an exhibit featuring Pensacola’s premier storyteller, John Appleyard, starting in June 2016 at the McMillan House in Historic Pensacola Village. The exhibit will feature many of Appleyard’s stories and will celebrate his numerous contributions to the community. He […]
The University of West Florida College of Business Executive Mentor Program and Pen Air Federal Credit Union will host the spring Financial Boot Camp on Wednesday, March 30, 2016, from 10:30 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. in the College of Business Education Center, Building 76A, Room 103, on the UWF Pensacola Campus. The boot camp, designed […]
The Experience UWF Downtown Lecture Series hosts Drs. Michelle Williams and Jacob Shively, as they present, “Radicalism, ISIS and National Security,” on March 31, 2016. The lecture will take place at the Museum of Commerce on 201 E. Zaragoza St. in downtown Pensacola. The series is free and open to the public, with a reception […]
The University of West Florida’s Presidential Search Committee will seek input regarding the presidential search through open forum meetings on March 7 and 8, 2016. On Feb. 22, 2016, the UWF Presidential Search Committee selected Greenwood/Asher and Associates, Inc. as the official search firm for the UWF Presidential Search. Greenwood/Asher and Associates, Inc. will be […]
New grads collectively would earn an extra $30M, raise tax revenue by $1M by 2022 By ALLISON TYLER | atyler1@uwf.edu Allison Tyler serves as economic development coordinator for the Haas Center at the University of West Florida in Pensacola. Officials in Alabama are celebrating a recent announcement that the state’s high school graduation rate has […]
The Arc Gateway organization of Pensacola has contracted with the University of West Florida Center for Applied Psychology to help evaluate the two-year Program for Adult Learning. The Arc is an organization supporting those with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Its PALS program, created in 2014, gives adults with disabilities the opportunity to go to college, […]
William M. Healey, recreation and sports services director at the University of West Florida, was elected to the NIRSA: Leaders in Collegiate Recreation Board of Directors as the At-Large Director. The honor was announced on Feb. 8, after an online vote by NIRSA members. Beginning May 1, Healey will serve a three-year term governing strategic […]
The University of West Florida Department of Communication Arts Speech and Debate Program recently hosted the annual Marks Invitational Speech and Debate Tournament. Students from 14 universities met to participate in 13 different public speaking events and parliamentary debate. Nine UWF Speech and Debate students competed in the tournament, with one, senior Candy Roosa, placing […]
