Juneteenth, like Independence Day, is a day to celebrate freedom throughout the nation. The University of West Florida Black Employees Association commemorated this day this year on June 18 as they always do by inviting the campus as well as the local area to come together to celebrate with good food, good music and friendship. […]
The University of West Florida Department of Psychology has a new identity. It is now called the UWF School of Psychological and Behavioral Sciences. University officials believe the new name more accurately represents the complex operations and functions that the unit offers. “Psychology as an academic discipline has experienced a national trend in renaming academic […]
One day each week, Dane Smith, a University of West Florida graduate student pursuing a master’s degree in environmental science, loads up and heads south for the beach. But his truck isn’t carrying a surfboard: It’s filled with bottles, beakers and scientific equipment he’ll use this summer while collecting water samples from the Gulf of […]
Five UWF students made the trek to the Florida state capital in Tallahassee on June 2 to participate in the first ever three-day Florida Model Legislature event where 45 college students gathered to simulate a mock state legislative session. The group prepared by proactively acquiring funding, formulating debate issues and researching to be prepared for […]
The University of West Florida Division of Student Affairs will soon have a new Vice President. Kevin Bailey will join UWF Aug. 1, just in time to welcome students for the upcoming fall semester. Bailey has significant student affairs experience and most recently served as associate vice president of Student Affairs at Tulane University. His […]
With the words “storm chasing” and “tornadoes” in the same sentence, it is difficult not to conjure up images from “The Wizard of Oz” or “Twister,” complete with flying houses and cows. “‘Twister’ is my favorite movie,” admitted Chelsea Lovrekovic as she began discussing her weeklong adventure with Extreme Chase Tours where she had the […]
University of West Florida President Judith A. Bense was inducted into the Order of Isabella the Catholic by presentation of the Cross of Officer at a special ceremony May 26. The recognition, one of Spain’s highest civil honors, was bestowed on behalf of His Royal Highness King Juan Carlos I of Spain by His Excellency […]
Facing a collection of Gulf-water-filled beakers in a University of West Florida lab, biology graduate student Melissa Overton explains her role with the UWF oil spill research mission. “I am looking at the bacterial community, basic microbe ecology, in the coastal waters off the beaches of Pensacola and Navarre,” said Overton. “Bacteria are the key […]
Construction will begin this month on the new, state-of-the-art Health and Wellness Center on the Pensacola campus at the University of West Florida. According to UWF Project Manager Jessie Mayo, the goal is to substantially complete the building by March 2011, so departments can move-in during Spring Break. Hogan Construction of Atlanta/Crestview has been selected […]
New development is critical to building a strong economy. Understanding this, the University of West Florida Emerald Coast partnered with the Okaloosa Economic Development Council and School Board to develop and launch the Economic Development Council Innovation Center. The goal of the center is to cultivate and strengthen the development of technology-based start-up companies in […]
The Board of Governors of the State University System of Florida has a clear vision: to create a new Florida economy based on knowledge and innovation. Its proposed plan, called “New Florida,” offers to restructure Florida’s economic reliance on tourism, agriculture and growth and heralds the role that universities play as economic drivers of a […]
The charitable foundation of the Southern Company, the parent firm of Gulf Power, has pledged $375,000 to support the future construction of the Multicultural Center as a dollar-for-dollar match of the $375,000 commitment that Gulf Power’s charitable foundation made in 2009. An integral part of the Vince Whibbs Sr. Community Maritime Park, the Multicultural Center […]
