Pensacola, Fla. – Sept. 21, 2015 – This morning at approximately 1:06 a.m., an aggravated assault occurred on the Pensacola campus near Pace Hall. The suspect was armed with a knife and fled on foot. The suspect was described as a black male, approximately 5 ft. 8 inches tall, slim build with a small afro […]
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 Historic Trust announces the addition of pirate and princess themed birthday parties at the Pensacola Children’s Museum. This new service offers parents or guardians a hassle-free birthday option that also enables little pirates and princesses to treat their friends and family to a unique Pensacola Children’s Museum experience. Themed party […]
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 received the 2015 Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award from “INSIGHT Into Diversity” magazine, the oldest and largest diversity-focused publication in higher education. This is the first time UWF has received this honor. As a recipient of the annual HEED Award — a national honor recognizing U.S. colleges and […]
In Escambia County, children born to minority parents are more than twice as likely as their white peers to die before their first birthday.
The University of West Florida Division of Anthropology and Archaeology and John the Baptist Church will host a public workshop exploring Pensacola’s historic African American burial grounds. “By These Hands: Vernacular Markers of Pensacola’s Historic African American Cemeteries” will be held Sept. 17–19, at various locations and cemeteries throughout Pensacola. The church received a $15,000 […]
The University of West Florida Office of Economic Development and Engagement is accepting applications for $5 million in job creation incentives. The funds, offered through the Industry Recruitment, Retention and Expansion Fund, were allocated by the Florida Legislature in 2011 to foster economic recovery in those areas hit hardest by the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. […]
University of West Florida alumna Kati Andrews was recently named the recipient of the 2015 Outstanding Undergraduate Student award from the Southern Criminal Justice Association for her accomplishments at UWF. A committee from the association selected her from an array of nominees among criminal justice programs throughout the Southern region. “I’ve been to their conferences […]
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 […]
