Pen Air Federal Credit Union and UWF Executive Mentor Program to host spring Financial Boot Camp

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 […]

UWF Historic Trust to host Arcadia Mill grand re-opening

WHAT:  UWF Historic Trust will host the grand re-opening of the 37-acre Arcadia Mill Archaeological Site on Saturday, March 14 at 10 a.m. Arcadia’s site grounds have been closed to the public since September 2014 as a result of construction for a new ADA-compliant bridge over Pond Creek and an associated boardwalk that connects to the nature […]

UWF celebrates gift to support Clinical Laboratory Sciences

The University of West Florida recently celebrated a transformational gift of $100,000 to UWF’s Clinical Lab Sciences program by Dr. Ranga Rao Krothapalli, in memory of his wife, UWF Professor Emeritus, Swarna Krothapalli. The Professor Emeritus Swarna Krothapalli Endowed Scholarship for Clinical Laboratory Sciences will honor and pay tribute to the distinguished faculty member who had a […]

Susan Cerovsky named director of UWF Center for Cybersecurity

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 […]

UWF hosts fourth annual Northwest Florida Regional Science Olympiad

On Saturday, Feb. 21, the University of West Florida hosted students from Northwest Florida’s public and private schools in the Florida Panhandle at the fourth annual Northwest Regional Florida Science Olympiad. The event was held at the UWF College of Science, Engineering and Health. Florida Science Olympiad is an official state chapter of Science Olympiad, […]

Call for Nominations for the 2015 Combined Rotary of Pensacola Ethics in Business Award

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 […]

UWF OEDE to launch matching-grant program for marketing services

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 […]

UWF Rite of Passage Lecture Series Presents Drs. Eman El-Sheikh and Jocelyn Evans

The University of West Florida will honor Drs. Eman El-Sheikh and Jocelyn Evans at the UWF Rite of Passage Lecture Series event on Friday, Feb. 20 at 2 p.m. at the Argonaut Athletic Club at UWF. UWF Rite of Passage is a distinguished lecture series celebrating UWF faculty who were recently promoted to full professor. The series gives […]

UWF to host state-based financial aid event

The University of West Florida Financial Aid Office will host College Goal Sunday, a one-day event designed to help students and families complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, or FASFA, onSaturday, Feb. 21 from 1 to 4 p.m. at the Sail Lab in Building 79 on the Pensacola campus. This is the first year that UWF […]

Workshop, orientation dates set for Century Business Challenge

The University of West Florida Haas Center and the Florida SBDC at UWF have set dates for orientation and workshops for the upcoming Century Business Challenge. The business challenge is a business plan competition in which the winning company will receive a prize package valued at more than $25,000. The Pensacola-based Studer Institute and the […]

UWF professor to present on the framework and methods of science and technology in art

Thomas Asmuth, art professor at the University of West Florida, will present a lecture on methods of cross-pollinating the disciplines of science, technology and art, while investigating the historical and contemporary progress and pitfalls of this creative form on Thursday, Feb. 26 at 5:30 p.m. The event will be held at the Pensacola Museum of Commerce, located […]

UWF Haas Center study: Northwest Florida workforces trail country in skills, education

The University of West Florida Haas Center recently completed research that suggests metro areas in Escambia, Santa Rosa, Okaloosa and Bay counties have workforces that trail their counterparts around the country in skills and education. The Haas Center’s findings are presented in its new Job Skills Index, which ranks metro areas by how well they […]