The University of West Florida Department of Computer Science will host CodeFest on April 1-3, 2016, in the College of Science and Engineering, Building 4, on the Pensacola Campus. CodeFest is a weekend-long event where programmers, project managers, graphic designers and others within the software development industry collaborate with students to develop a consumer product. […]
Five University of West Florida graduating engineering students have been accepted to the highly selective United States Air Force S&E Palace Acquire Program, established to heighten the Air Force’s ability to maintain the leading edge in today’s technology-intensive environment by hiring dynamic, creative and innovative scientists and engineers. UWF students Josue DeJesus, Lee Fulton, William […]
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 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, […]
Yesterday, the University of West Florida Foundation announced a gift commitment by the D.W. McMillan Foundation to the University’s BSN Nursing Program. The $250,000 gift will provide program support to UWF’s undergraduate nursing education, to be named the Dr. D.W. McMillan BSN Nursing Program. “The D.W. McMillan Foundation is widely known throughout our region for […]
The University of West Florida and the Florida Institute for Human and Machine Cognition will host world-renowned organic and organometallic chemist professor Dr. John Hartwig on Feb. 23, 2016, for two lectures as part of the William D. Smart Seminar Series in Chemistry. The opening lecture, “New Modes for Functionalization of Organic Molecules” will be […]
The University of West Florida Center for Cybersecurity will host five student teams from Pine Forest High School for the CyberPatriot National Youth Cyber Defense State Competition on Friday, Jan. 29 at the University. This is the second year that Pine Forest High School will compete in the national cybersecurity competition, with support from the […]
The Florida Virtual Campus promoted their new brand, FloridaShines, at the 2016 Future of Education Technology Conference in Orlando, Florida last week. Launched last summer, FloridaShines is Florida’s student hub of innovative educational services and acts as the state’s official website for an array of online tools to help students plan their education, succeed in […]
Three University of West Florida Chemistry Scholars students recently attended the DOW-MIT ACCESS program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Seniors Karl Reyes, Pristine Kirkconnell and Cathlene Del Rosario spent time on MIT’s campus in Cambridge, as well as surrounding areas. The all-expense paid trip allowed them to interact with graduate students, members of the […]
Donor recognizes relationship with Bense as significant factor The University of West Florida received the largest gift from a living donor in its history today. Long-time supporter Harold E. ‘Hal’ Marcus allocated $5 million to the College of Science and Engineering. The College will be named the Hal Marcus College of Science and Engineering in […]
The University of West Florida will honor Drs. Mohamed Khabou and Carla Thompson as part of the UWF Rite of Passage lecture series on Friday, Jan. 15, 2016 at 2 p.m. at the Argonaut Athletic Club at UWF. The Rite of Passage lecture series celebrates University faculty recently promoted to full professor. The series gives […]
The University of West Florida Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences will host the 70th annual meeting of the SouthEastern Division of the Association of American Geographers at the Crowne Plaza Pensacola Grand Hotel in Pensacola on Nov. 22-24. More than 300 geographers from the region will attend the three-day conference. Programming will include paper […]
