The University of West Florida’s Presidential Search Committee will seek input regarding the presidential search through open forum meetings on March 7 and 8, 2016. On Feb. 22, 2016, the UWF Presidential Search Committee selected Greenwood/Asher and Associates, Inc. as the official search firm for the UWF Presidential Search. Greenwood/Asher and Associates, Inc. will be […]
New grads collectively would earn an extra $30M, raise tax revenue by $1M by 2022 By ALLISON TYLER | atyler1@uwf.edu Allison Tyler serves as economic development coordinator for the Haas Center at the University of West Florida in Pensacola. Officials in Alabama are celebrating a recent announcement that the state’s high school graduation rate has […]
The Arc Gateway organization of Pensacola has contracted with the University of West Florida Center for Applied Psychology to help evaluate the two-year Program for Adult Learning. The Arc is an organization supporting those with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Its PALS program, created in 2014, gives adults with disabilities the opportunity to go to college, […]
William M. Healey, recreation and sports services director at the University of West Florida, was elected to the NIRSA: Leaders in Collegiate Recreation Board of Directors as the At-Large Director. The honor was announced on Feb. 8, after an online vote by NIRSA members. Beginning May 1, Healey will serve a three-year term governing strategic […]
Yesterday, the University of West Florida Foundation announced a gift commitment by the D.W. McMillan Foundation to the University’s BSN Nursing Program. The $250,000 gift will provide program support to UWF’s undergraduate nursing education, to be named the Dr. D.W. McMillan BSN Nursing Program. “The D.W. McMillan Foundation is widely known throughout our region for […]
The University of West Florida Department of Communication Arts Speech and Debate Program recently hosted the annual Marks Invitational Speech and Debate Tournament. Students from 14 universities met to participate in 13 different public speaking events and parliamentary debate. Nine UWF Speech and Debate students competed in the tournament, with one, senior Candy Roosa, placing […]
Dozens of experts gathered at the Hampton Inn last week to discuss and develop guidelines relating to the integrity of research when sensitive populations such as veterans, the elderly, the homeless and other special needs groups are the subject.
The University of West Florida College of Business, in partnership with the Combined Rotary Clubs of Pensacola, is accepting nominations for the 2016 Combined Rotary of Pensacola Ethics in Business Award. “We are proud that this will be the 14th year that the Rotary Clubs of Pensacola and the UWF College of Business have recognized […]
The University of West Florida College of Education and Professional Studies welcomes Dr. Roy “Butch” Rodenhiser as the chair of the Department of Social Work. “We are excited to have Dr. Rodenhiser join UWF to lead the department of social work,” said Dr. William Crawley, dean of the UWF College of Education and Professional Studies. […]
The Resort and Commercial Recreation Association presented its 2015 Excellence in Research Award to Dr. Andrew Holdnak, associate chair of the Department of Hospitality, Recreation and Resort Management at the University of West Florida. The award recognizes Holdnak’s case study entitled “Comparing 2010 Gulf Oil Spill Estimated Tourism Impacts on Escambia County, Florida, Using Bed […]
The Military and Veterans Resource Center of the University of West Florida is expanding its successful Mentoring and Counseling Program as part of ongoing efforts to provide more comprehensive services to military students and families in Northwest Florida. The expansion is made possible in part by additional funding from the Florida legislature, which provides ongoing […]
Jennifer M. Feltman, a visiting professor in the art department of the University of West Florida, specializes in the art and architecture of medieval Europe.
