In a new column, Amy Newburn, assistant director of the Haas Center at the University of West Florida, discusses a recent Haas Center study that gauges Santa Rosa County residents’ sentiment regarding the county courthouse. Among the survey’s findings: Sixty-three percent of those surveyed said they believe the county needs a new courthouse. Forty-nine percent […]
The University of West Florida Innovation Institute and FloridaShines awarded Cassie Mense’s fourth-grade class at Myrtle Grove Elementary School with a New Matter MOD-t 3D printer today for winning FloridaShines’ first 3D printing contest. Mense gave her students the assignment to research engineers who had made a significant contribution to science and to create and […]
The University of West Florida Department of Music presents the University Singers and Runge Strings in “Eternal Light.” The performance will take place at 7:30 p.m. on Monday, April 17 at First United Methodist Church, Six E. Wright St., in downtown Pensacola. Continuing the trend of presenting innovative concert programming, Dr. Peter Steenblik and Dr. Leonid Yanovskiy […]
FloridaShines, Florida’s student hub of innovative educational services, will host its first Virtual College Week on April 4-6. FloridaShines is managed by the University of West Florida Innovation Institute and is hosting the three-day event after a successful Virtual College Night last fall. “FloridaShines has everything students need to get ready for college,” said Nashla Dawahre, […]
The University of West Florida Music Department will present saxophonist Christopher Creviston and pianist Hannah Creviston as part of the Music Hall Artist Series. The event will be at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 30 in the Music Hall at the Center for Fine and Performing Arts, Building 82. The program will feature works by […]
The University of West Florida College of Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities will continue its 2016-17 Experience Downtown Lecture Series on March 29, 2017 at the Museum of Commerce in Historic Pensacola, where community gardener Ron Finley will share his vision in “Changing Culture From the Ground Up – Transforming Food Prisons Into Food Forests.” […]
More than $43,000 was raised at the fifth annual University of West Florida Dance Marathon in support of Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals, a nonprofit organization that raises funds and awareness for approximately 170 pediatric hospitals in North America. All proceeds from the 10-hour event at the UWF Commons Conference Center will be donated to the […]
After years of teaching sales skills to corporate professionals and students, University of West Florida marketing professor Dr. Bob Kimball is taking his instruction to a new audience: inmates at the Escambia County Work Release Center. In February, Kimball conducted a two-day sales course, Bob’s Sales Camp, with 24 inmates participating in the Pathways for […]
Artists, scientists and the public will discuss the relevancy and potential of humanities-based efforts in environmental science at the UWF STEAM2017 Colloquium on Saturday, March 4, at the Pensacola Museum of Art. The program will take place in a salon-type setting. The presenters include scholar educators from departments at the University of West Florida, researchers […]
The Pensacola Museum of Art announces the opening of “Modern Masters: Twentieth Century Prints,” which is on display from Feb. 24 through May 6. The exhibition was organized by the Reading Public Museum in Reading, Pennsylvania. This engaging exhibition features 30 prints by modern artists from the 1920s through the early 21st century and is […]
Dr. Daniel Durkin, assistant professor in the University of West Florida Department of Social Work, was recently named the Alzheimer’s Association Ambassador for the Florida Panhandle and was selected to the Board of Directors for Covenant Alzheimer’s Care. “We’re incredibly proud of Dan’s work with the Alzheimer’s Association and Covenant Alzheimer’s Care,” said Dr. Roy […]
The University of West Florida Center for Entrepreneurship will host a virtual fireside chat with Steve Blank, creator of the Lean Startup movement, from 1-2 p.m. on Thursday, March 9 at the College of Business Education Center, Building 76A, Room 101. In conversation with UWF adjunct professor Gerry Goldstein, Blank will discuss what inspired the […]
