The University of West Florida is pleased to announce a new program offering with the creation of the Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering. Now in its startup year, the program is a direct response to the increased workforce demand for mechanical engineers in Northwest Florida and consistent requests from the local community – notably […]
Educators, business leaders and public officials have collaborated across counties in recent years to address what many have called a critical shortage of technical workers. Now, a coalition of Northwest Florida higher education institutions is working to attack the problem at its root by increasing the number of middle and high school teachers in science, […]
The University of West Florida Center for Environmental Diagnostics and Bioremediation, in collaboration with the University of South Alabama and Dauphin Island Sea Lab, was recently awarded a $293,992 grant for artificial reef research. Funds were granted by the Florida Institute of Oceanography Center of Excellence through the Gulf Coast Restoration Trust Fund, established by […]
University of West Florida Innovation Institute is hosting a CoderDojo programming class for kids, ages 7-17, to engage in a fun learning experience, where they will learn how to code and develop apps, websites, games and more. CoderDojo is an open source, volunteer-led movement that establishes free, non-profit coding clubs and sessions for elementary, middle […]
The University of West Florida Center for Cybersecurity will host UWF alumnus John Corliss, a senior computer scientist at the Department of Homeland Security, for a public talk titled “Cybersecurity and You – Ready or Not, Here It Comes.” The event will take place on Oct. 1, 2015, in the Science and Engineering Building Auditorium, […]
The stone heads of Rapa Nui, or Easter Island, have baffled anthropologists and historians for centuries. The island, which sits more than 2,000 miles off the coast of Chile, is the most isolated place on earth still inhabited by humans. Its geography is littered with the heads, some of them as tall as 30 feet […]
The University of West Florida Center for Cybersecurity has awarded 33 scholarships to undergraduate students in core programs that support Cybersecurity. Scholarship recipients will receive $4,500 over two years to support their progress toward degree completion. Dr. Eman El-Sheikh, interim director of the Center for Cybersecurity and associate dean of the College of Science and […]
The University of West Florida announced the establishment of the McDonald’s of Northwest Florida Nursing Scholarship Endowment on Thursday, Aug. 20. The Department of Nursing will award the scholarship to select upper division nursing students thanks to an initial $35,000 donation by McDonald’s. The donations from McDonald’s of Northwest Florida came from franchise owners William […]
A mobile app developed by researchers at the University of West Florida is helping to make history more accessible, relevant and lucrative. That was the upshot of a roundtable discussion held Aug. 19 at the Voices of Pensacola Multicultural Center, in downtown Pensacola. The event was meant to showcase the work of UWF professor Patrick […]
Partnership for Public Health, Inc. – a non-profit corporation with a mission to support local organizations interested in improving public health – recently established a $100,000 endowment to support the University of West Florida Master of Public Health program. The UWF Partnership for Public Health of Pensacola, Florida Fellowship Endowment will support qualified students completing […]
As a final step in the academic college reorganization, the University of West Florida announces the formation of the College of Health. The former College of Science, Engineering and Health will be divided into two separate colleges, the College of Science and Engineering and the College of Health. “The formation of a College of Health […]
The University of West Florida is expanding its offerings of 100-percent online graduate degree programs with the addition of an advanced nursing degree with two specializations, and an MBA program with four areas of emphasis to choose from. UWF has contracted with Academic Partnerships to provide broad-based services in support of the university’s new online […]
