The University of West Florida will host its first Scholars Week from Tuesday, April 23 to Friday, April 26. The week-long event, titled “A Celebration of Ideas,” will feature guest speakers Dr. Kelly Mack, executive director of Project Kaleidoscope, Association of American Colleges and Universities, and UWF President Judy Bense. The ADVANCE keynote address will be […]
University of West Florida history professor Daniel E. Miller will lead a tour of Central Europe from June 13-29. UWF students, families, friends and individuals of any age are welcome to join the tour. Miller and a Prague-based guide will lead participants through several Central European locations: Berlin and Dresden, Germany; the Saxon-Switzerland National Park in […]
The University of West Florida is ranked No. 5 in the U.S. for first-time pass rates by small accounting programs on the CPA exam, according to recent results released by the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA). UWF was competing against 266 institutions classified as small programs with 10 to 20 reported candidates. […]
Tuskegee Airman and Congressional Award recipient Chief Master Sgt. Walter Richardson will speak to the Pensacola Historical Society on Saturday, March 16 at 1 p.m. in the J. Earle Bowden Building, 120 Church St., in downtown Pensacola. Richardson, a 30-year military veteran, enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Corp in 1949. He was among the 1,500 enlisted […]
The University of West Florida (UWF) College of Business will host guest speaker Mark Whitacre on Monday, March 18 at 6:30 p.m. in the UWF Conference Center. Whitacre was the famous whistleblower in the Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) price-fixing scandal during the 1990s. His story inspired the 2009 movie “The Informant,” starring Matt Damon. Whitacre’s presentation, titled […]
The University of West Florida’s College of Professional Studies and the Santa Rosa County Public School System were recently awarded a competitive grant to investigate the use of virtual reality to change teacher practice and student achievement. Ten sites across the country will participate in a national research project led by the University of Central […]
UWF Department of Communication Arts students recently excelled in state and national competitions. From Feb. 22-24, the UWF Speech and Debate Team attended the 2013 Florida Intercollegiate Forensics Association in Tallahassee, while a group of journalism and public relations students attended the Southeastern Journalism Conference (SEJC) in Jackson, Tenn. The Speech and Debate Team won […]
The University of West Florida (UWF) will host guest speaker Seth Miller, executive director of the Innocence Project of Florida (IPF) as he presents, “Wrongful Convictions: Your Questions Answered.” The event will be held Tuesday, Feb. 26 at 6 p.m. at the UWF Fort Walton Beach Campus Auditorium, Building 8, 1170 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. During […]
Pensacola Pledge Scholars program is now accepting applications for the 2013-2014 academic year. The program awards eligible recipients $2,000 per academic year to attend University of West Florida (UWF), and $1,200 to attend Pensacola State College (PSC). To apply for the Pensacola Pledge Scholars program, students must submit an application, two letters of recommendation and a 500-word essay on “What being a citizen […]
The University of West Florida Department of Communication Arts will present the 2012-2013 Jerry Maygarden Distinguished Lecturer, Deborah Bassett on Monday, Feb. 25 at 7 p.m. The lecture, “Beyond Pocahontas: How Social Media is Changing the Face of Contemporary Native America,” will be held in the Music Hall of the Center for Fine and Performing […]
Ten students on the University of West Florida Health Occupation Students of America (HOSA) team placed in the Top 3 in their categories at the Northwest Florida regional competition, hosted by Pensacola State College on Jan. 24-25. The 11-person team also earned the Outstanding HOSA Chapter Award for the region. The event judges students in 12 categories […]
University of West Florida (UWF) Alumni Relations will host Spring into Action on March 22-23, 2013 at the Pensacola campus. The goal of the two-part event, featuring Network-a-Thon and the Professional Development Symposium, is to connect UWF alumni with current students to facilitate mentoring and giving opportunities. Network-a-Thon will be held on March 22 from 4:30 to 7 p.m. […]
