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 Blackwater River is teeming with historical treasures, many of them vestiges of the area’s once booming lumber industries. Take for instance a 4.1-mile stretch that University of West Florida graduate student Ben Wells has exhaustively surveyed. Although only a relatively small sliver of the 58-mile waterway, it is dotted with 13 to 15 different […]
The University of West Florida Mock Trial Team hosted the fifth annual UWF Argo Invitational on Saturday, Jan. 16 and Sunday, Jan. 17. The event, which was held in the UWF Mock Trial Courtroom, is sponsored by Stetson University College of Law. A total of 26 teams from 18 universities competed in the tournament this […]
Dr. Rick Harper serves as associate vice president for research and economic opportunity at the University of West Florida in Pensacola. He directs the University’s Center for Research and Economic Opportunity. By RICK HARPER | rharper@uwf.edu Leisure and hospitality has been the fastest growing sector in the Pensacola economy for the last several years. This can […]
The University of West Florida Historic Trust will host “Centennial Faces” at the T. T. Wentworth Jr. Museum from Feb. 1, 2016 through April 25, 2016. The exhibit – comprised of 49 portraits by late 19th century Tallahassee photographer Alvan S. Harper – provides a fresh perspective on the lives of African-American citizens in Tallahassee […]
The UWF Department of Music will present its 10th Annual All-Steinway School Celebration on Saturday, Jan. 30 at 7:30 p.m. The concert will be held in the Music Hall at the Center for Fine & Performing Arts, Building 82, on the Pensacola Campus. Through a generous gift from Helen Wentworth in 2006, the UWF Department […]
Veterans Florida, a non-profit created by the Florida Legislature to attract and retain veterans, has selected five institutions of higher education to administer and deliver the Veterans Florida Entrepreneurship Program, a new entrepreneurial training initiative for veterans in the state seeking to start their own businesses. The funding for the program is made available through […]
The University of West Florida Division of Student Affairs recently launched the Undergraduate Board Fellows Program, a volunteer opportunity for students to become involved with local nonprofit organizations. After being matched with a board mentor, students are immersed in the world of nonprofit organizations, actively participating as non-voting board members, working to complete a project […]
Phyllis Pooley, director of special projects for the University of West Florida Office of Economic Development and Engagement, shares her perspective on the migration of individuals and families into and out of Escambia County. Pooley has more than 15 years of experience working with demographic data. By PHYLLIS POOLEY | ppooley@uwf.edu Migration/geographic mobility refers to the movement […]
The University of West Florida College of Business Executive Mentor Program will host its annual Women in Leadership conference on Friday, March 4, 2016. It will be held from 11:45 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the UWF Conference Center and Auditorium, Building 22, on the Pensacola Campus. “This exciting conference will help attendees leverage their […]
Zach Jenkins, director of the Haas Center at the University of West Florida, shares his perspective on how middle-income families in Florida have fared since the 1970s. By ZACH JENKINS | zjenkins@uwf.edu Last week, the Pew Research Center published a report documenting the shrinking “American middle class” from 61 percent of all Americans in 1971 to […]
The University of West Florida archaeology program recently identified the archaeological site of the Luna settlement – the first multi-year European settlement in the United States – in a developed neighborhood in Pensacola. The artifacts discovered are evidence of the Spanish settlement by Tristán de Luna y Arellano from 1559 to 1561, the earliest multi-year […]
