Economics column: Data suggest Pensacola baby boomers are not taking jobs from millennials

By PHYLLIS K. POOLEY | ppooley@uwf.edu Phyllis Pooley serves as director of special projects with the University of West Florida Office of Economic Development and Engagement in Pensacola. With the movement of the baby-boom generation (those born between 1946 and 1964) through the workforce, much has been written regarding the aging of the workforce, the question of […]

UWF Historic Trust announces half-price tickets and extended hours for T. T. Wentworth, Jr. Museum

The University of West Florida Historic Trust announces new extended hours and discounted rates at the T. T. Wentworth, Jr. Museum.  On Thursday through Saturday, the museum will close at 7 p.m. Tickets purchased after 4 p.m. on these dates are 50-percent off. The museum is also open on Sunday from noon to 4 p.m. for […]

UWF Historic Trust and Apple Corps Foundation present the Appleyard Storytelling Cottage

The University of West Florida Historic Trust and Apple Corps Foundation will present the Appleyard Storytelling Cottage, an exhibit featuring Pensacola’s premier storyteller, John Appleyard, starting in June 2016 at the McMillan House in Historic Pensacola Village. The exhibit will feature many of Appleyard’s stories and will celebrate his numerous contributions to the community. He […]

Junior chemistry major Aaron Mena mixes a metal hydroxide and zinc acetate

Chemistry Student Creates Quantum Dots in Lab

A University of West Florida junior will travel to California for the 21st American Chemical Society National Meeting & Exposition to present about Quantum dots.

Adam Roberts a UWF senior and Greg Leenig a UWF junior learn to take a water sample using a vandorn during the Bream Fishermen Association’s Environmental Water Sampling Academy at the 17th Ave. boat ramp.

UWF Students, Volunteers Trained to Help in Water Sampling

In the late 1960s, Escambia Bay had deteriorated to the point that fish kills were measured in square miles. A group of local fishermen became so concerned about the degradation that they banded together to help protect local waterways.

Students learn to use ranging poles while mapping at Pensacola Beach.

UWF Students Work to Map Coastal Grid

A sun-kissed slice of beach owned by the University of West Florida can provide a perfect laboratory for students.

UWF Executive Mentor Program and Pen Air Federal Credit Union to host Financial Boot Camp

The University of West Florida College of Business Executive Mentor Program and Pen Air Federal Credit Union will host the spring Financial Boot Camp on Wednesday, March 30, 2016, from 10:30 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. in the College of Business Education Center, Building 76A, Room 103, on the UWF Pensacola Campus. The boot camp, designed […]

UWF professors to discuss radicalism, ISIS and national security as part of Experience UWF Downtown Lecture Series

The Experience UWF Downtown Lecture Series hosts Drs. Michelle Williams and Jacob Shively, as they present, “Radicalism, ISIS and National Security,” on March 31, 2016. The lecture will take place at the Museum of Commerce on 201 E. Zaragoza St. in downtown Pensacola. The series is free and open to the public, with a reception […]

UWF Innovation Institute helps more than 100,000 Florida students explore career opportunities

MyCareerShines surpasses major milestone in online registrations MyCareerShines, Florida’s comprehensive education and career planning system, recently announced that more than 100,000 Florida students have registered to use this innovative, online tool. Making its debut in September 2015, MyCareerShines has quickly become the go-to resource to help Florida students plan for future career opportunities. The system […]

‌Kristie Anthony, Aspen Drude and Fernanda Amaral winners of the SHRM (Society for Human Resource Management) Case Competition undergraduate division in Atlanta, Ga.

UWF Student Team Takes Top Prize at Human Resources Competition

A student team from the University of West Florida’s Management and Management Information Systems undergraduate program placed first in the Society for Human Resource Management Student Case Competition.

UWF music students lead the state at Florida Music Educators Association Conference

The University of West Florida Department of Music recently sent nine instrumentalists and nine vocalists to the annual Florida Music Educators Association Conference held Jan. 13-16, 2016. Seven of the instrumentalists were selected from undergraduate music students around the state to play in the All-State Intercollegiate Band, with two of the students placing first chair. […]

Maritime book collection now available at University of West Florida

Archaeologists, historians and the casually curious can all find gold in a rare and distinctive collection of maritime books recently donated to the University of West Florida’s library. Whether the subject of interest is a legal document, a personal diary or notes about shipwreck remains, researchers are likely to find something in the hundreds of […]