The University of West Florida Military and Veterans Resource Center recently received a $30,300 donation from Gulf Power Company for its support of wounded military members and their families. The check presentation ceremony was held on Dec. 8 at Gulf Power’s corporate office. “These funds are truly a game changer for us,” said Marc Churchwell, […]
In Bhuvaneswari Ramachandran’s hometown in India, power went out for a week as rain pelted the region. But it was monsoon season, when blackouts are a regular occurrence.
Two University of West Florida seniors, Pristine Kirkconnell (left) and Chiena Whitt (below), were recently selected to receive endowed scholarships from the American Chemical Society Scholars Program, an honor bestowed to only 13 students nationwide. The ACS Scholars Program is observing its 20th anniversary this year. To celebrate, the society began raising funds to endow […]
Local author Jeremie Samuel will host a book signing and presentation at the Voices of Pensacola presented by Gulf Power on Saturday, Dec. 12 from 2 to 3:30 p.m. Samuel will present on Pensacola’s moorish history and sign his new book, “The Moorish Essence of Pensacola: A Legacy of Exploration and Cultural Exchange from Estevanico to […]
The University of West Florida Center for Research and Economic Opportunity recently announced Zachary Jenkins as the new director of the Haas Center. Jenkins will lead the research and consulting office beginning Dec. 7. “Zach’s academic training is in business, economics and computer science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and in law at the […]
The UWF Historic Trust will host “From Rosie the Riveter to ‘I Dream of Jeannie’: Women at Work and in the American Imagination, 1940 to 1970,” a presentation by Dr. Stephanie Cole, on Thursday, Dec. 10 at 6:30 p.m. at Voices of Pensacola presented by Gulf Power. The presentation, preceded by a reception at 6 […]
Alumni and friends of the University of West Florida and organizations in Holmes County, Florida have partnered to create a scholarship endowment for high school graduates to attend the University of West Florida. The goal of the Holmes County Argonaut Scholarship Program is to increase the number of students from the rural county attending the […]
The University of West Florida will honor Drs. Kimberly McCorkle and Jaromy Kuhl on Friday, Dec. 4 at 2 p.m. in the Argonaut Athletic Club as part of the 2015-16 Rite of Passage lecture series. The Rite of Passage lecture series celebrates University faculty recently promoted to full professor. The series gives professors the opportunity […]
About 25 students milled around the lawn outside the University of West Florida Center for Fine and Performing Arts Nov. 20 offering suggestions and asking questions as they created a one-fifth scale model of a medieval cathedral.
Hours after the discovery of a new species of human ancestor was announced, Dr. Kristina Killgrove was able to put replicas of bones from the landmark archaeological find in the hands of her students.
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 […]
The University of West Florida Historic Trust will host free arts and crafts activities for children at its Arcadia Mill Archaeological Site classroom on the following Saturdays: Nov. 21, Nov. 28, Dec. 12 and Dec. 19. The classroom will be open for children to make crafts from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Scheduled activities include […]
