Economic Report: How Will Changes to Overtime Pay Law Affect the Economy?
Dr. Rick Harper discusses recent changes to federal rules governing overtime pay.
May 27, 2016
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Engage Children to Prevent Summer Learning Loss
Without the bell-to-bell school schedule, days fill up with fun and leisure for students on vacation.
May 26, 2016
UWF legal studies students visit Florida Supreme Court
This spring, University of West Florida legal studies students had their day in court. The trip was a long time coming, according to Dr. Kimberly McCorkle, chair of the UWF Department of Legal Studies, Public Administration and Sport Management. Plans came together when oral arguments at the Florida Supreme Court coincided with UWF’s spring break. […]
May 26, 2016
Column: Data suggest foster children being placed in homes with greater resources
In a new column, Zach Jenkins, director of the Haas Center at the University of West Florida, discusses trends in the foster care system, including that in recent years, more children have been placed in middle- and upper-income homes. His article can be accessed through the UWF Center for Research and Economic Opportunity website. […]
May 25, 2016
UWF Students Play Important Role in BioBlitz
Students were among those leading teams of citizen scientists that surveyed plants and animals at the first Gulf Islands BioBlitz and Biodiversity Festival.
May 25, 2016
Leadership Workshop Helps Educators Develop Skills
The workshop was designed to help participants evaluate leadership skills. About 55 people from the district attended the sessions, which were from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on three Saturdays during April.
May 25, 2016
More Foster Children Being Placed in Homes with Better Resources
There is a growing body of cross-disciplinary research in fields such as education, sociology and child development studying two primary obstacles affecting the achievement of children living in low socioeconomic households.
May 24, 2016
UWF Student Body President Elected Chair of Florida Student Association
The Florida Student Association, a board made up of the 12 Student Body Presidents from Florida’s state universities, met on Saturday, May 21, 2016 to elect a chair for the 2016-2017 academic year. President Jacob Hebert from University of West Florida and President Thieldens Elneus from Florida Gulf Coast University were both nominated and made […]
May 24, 2016
UWF physics students honored by two national organizations
The University of West Florida Department of Physics celebrated two major accomplishments at the end of the 2015-16 academic year. Seven UWF students traveled to present at the American Physical Society’s March Meeting in Baltimore, Maryland, and one student came home with an award from the national organization. The department also earned a distinction from […]
May 24, 2016
Dr. Phillip Schmutz Studies Beach, Coastal Changes
Schmutz studies geomorphology, and he and his students survey the beach and dune systems to measure how they change over time.
May 23, 2016
New program provides funding for UWF students to travel for research
A new program in the University of West Florida Hal Marcus College of Science and Engineering is providing funding for four students to perform research at other academic institutions around the country. The Research Experience Away Program – launched in Summer 2016 – provides students with up to $7,500 each to help offset travel expenses. “It’s a […]
May 23, 2016
Economic Report: Tourism on Pace to Set Records in 2016
In this week’s Economic Report on WUWF 88.1-FM, Dr. Rick Harper, vice president of research and economic opportunity at the University of West Florida, discusses how Gulf Coast tourism is shaping up in 2016.
May 20, 2016
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