UWF Student Body President elected chair of Florida Student Association

On May 20, the Florida Student Association elected University of West Florida Student Body President Kishane Patel to serve as chair for the 2017-18 academic year. The Florida Student Association is an organization representing more than 300,000 students in the State University System. As chair, Patel will serve as the student representative and voting member […]

National Defense Industrial Association gift establishes UWF cybersecurity scholarship endowment

The University of West Florida recently received the final installment of a $100,000 gift from the National Defense Industrial Association, Gulf Coast Chapter, which will establish the NDIA Cybersecurity Scholarship Endowment. The endowment will provide competitive scholarships for upper-level UWF students majoring in computer science with a cybersecurity specialization and a minimum GPA of 3.0. […]

UWF Air Force, Army ROTC cadets commissioned as second lieutenants

Twenty cadets from the University of West Florida Air Force ROTC and Army ROTC were recently commissioned as second lieutenants during Spring 2017 commissioning ceremonies. The presiding officer for the Air Force ceremony was Lt. Col. Scott Lamont, Detachment 014 commander. Col. David Hanson, vice commander of the 919th Special Operations Wing at Duke Field, […]

Historic Pensacola 27th Annual Open House set for June 3

The University of West Florida Historic Trust invites the community to Historic Pensacola’s 27th Annual Open House from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, June 3. All venues and events are free and open to the public. The Open House includes admission to the Historic Pensacola Village, the T. T. Wentworth, Jr. Museum, the […]

UWF announces Spring Presidents, Deans lists

A total of 2,969 undergraduate students enrolled during the spring 2017 semester at the University of West Florida were named to the President’s or Dean’s Lists. The President’s List features 1,103 students who earned a semester GPA of 3.90 or higher and were enrolled in at least six credit hours. The Dean’s List includes 1,866 […]

UWF students take home Gold, Silver ADDY awards from local, district competitions

University of West Florida student T.J. Grier recently won a Student Silver ADDY Award in Elements of Advertising: Still Photography category at the 2017 American Advertising Federation Fourth District American Advertising Awards in Miami. The American Advertising Awards is the advertising industry’s largest and most representative competition that attracts more than 40,000 entries every year […]

Japanese Children’s Day Celebration Happens Saturday in Gulf Breeze

The event provides children with a variety of Japanese cultural activities, including carp-streamer painting and a coloring competition.

UWF Grad Neil Teller Performed in Two Jazz Groups While Pursuing Two Majors

Teller started playing the saxophone when he was about 10 years old, and it has since become his favorite instrument.

Research Reveals Importance of Rapport Between Advisors, Students

Eric Papa received a travel grant to present his data at a recent conference of the National Academic Advising Association in Jackson, Mississippi.

UWF Graduate in China to Study Fungi that Stimulate Plant Growth

Tavano’s research could help increase crop yields and will in part serve to collect data for two separate National Science Foundation grant proposals.

UWF Associate Professor Explores Costume World in India

The trip was organized to learn about the country’s culture, textile industry and makeup techniques used in Bollywood.

U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson tours UWF Center for Cybersecurity

U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson visited the University of West Florida Pensacola campus on Friday and toured the Center for Cybersecurity with UWF President Martha Saunders. On his tour, Nelson (D-Florida) interacted with Dr. Eman El-Sheikh, UWF Center for Cybersecurity director, and cybersecurity students and faculty. The National Security Agency recently named UWF as the National […]