Rick Duke named founding director of Center for Entrepreneurship at the University of West Florida

The University of West Florida announces Joel R. “Rick” Duke as founding director of the Center for Entrepreneurship at the University of West Florida College of Business. In July 2015, UWF announced the formation of the Center for Entrepreneurship through a $1 million gift commitment from Quint and Rishy Studer. Thanks to the Studers’ generosity, […]

Florida SBDC at UWF deploys Mobile Assistance Center to aid Century businesses impacted by storm

Following the powerful storm that swept through northern Escambia County on Monday, the Florida SBDC at the University of West Florida deployed its emergency response Mobile Assistance Center to the town of Century to aid local businesses impacted by the storm. The FSBDC at UWF has partnered with the Century Council members and city officials […]

UWF Innovation Institute launches MyCareerShines, online system for Florida students and job seekers

MyCareerShines – Florida’s new career and education planning system – is now available to the vast majority of Floridians in school and the workforce. The system is powered by a suite of age-appropriate online tools that allow students and job seekers to develop a personalized plan that connects interests, skills and education to careers and […]

Dental Remains Help Archaeologists Identify Immigrants in Roman Ruins

Little is known about the swath of less well-to-do citizens who accounted for the bulk of the Roman empire’s population.

William D. Smart Seminar Series in Chemistry presents John Hartwig at UWF

The University of West Florida and the Florida Institute for Human and Machine Cognition will host world-renowned organic and organometallic chemist professor Dr. John Hartwig on Feb. 23, 2016, for two lectures as part of the William D. Smart Seminar Series in Chemistry. The opening lecture, “New Modes for Functionalization of Organic Molecules” will be […]

Column: Demand for highly skilled workers outstrips supply in Pensacola

By PHYLLIS 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. In addition to the standard unemployment rate, which essentially measures the success in finding a job for those that are actively seeking one, there are other methods that attempt […]

Dr. Jim Jipson speaks to crowd during the Rite of Passage lecture series at The Art Gallery at UWF.

UWF Professor Stresses Importance of Arts at Rite of Passage Lecture

Jim Jipson has served as chair of the University of West Florida’s Department of Art and was the first director for the Center of Fine and Performing Arts. His stunning artwork has been featured at galleries across the country.

UWF professor to present about her year of civil rights history experiences

Dr. Susan Jans-Thomas, professor in the University of West Florida Department of Research and Advanced Studies, will present “2015: An Anniversary Year in U.S. Civil Rights,” in an event hosted by the UWF Historic Trust on Thursday, Feb. 18, at 6:30 p.m. The presentation, held at Voices of Pensacola presented by Gulf Power, will chronicle […]

UWF to host lecture with lead prosecutor of Ted Bundy case

The University of West Florida will host George R. Dekle Sr. on Feb. 10, 2016, at 6 p.m. as he discusses the investigation, prosecution and execution of Ted Bundy. The lecture will take place in the Music Hall of the Center for Fine and Performing Arts, Building 82, on the UWF Pensacola Campus. Dekle, a […]

‌Rachel Richardson, recently raised money to do clean up dives on artificial reefs in Pensacola. She along with other volunteers set up a GoFundMe page and raised enough donation money to take a dive trip down to the USS Massachusetts. They collected and removed 320 lbs. and 14 oz. of debris from the site.

UWF Student Leads Effort to Clean Historic Pensacola Shipwreck

Rachel Richardson had long heard that the historic battleship USS Massachusetts partially submerged off the coast of Pensacola had become inundated with trash.

Column: Affordable housing harder to find for local low-income families

Zach Jenkins directs the Haas Center at the University of West Florida in Pensacola, Florida. By ZACH JENKINS | zjenkins@uwf.edu For low-income families, affordable housing is not about their ability to purchase a home; it is about finding rent that is inexpensive enough so that they can still meet their family’s minimal food, clothing, transportation and […]

UWF Rite of Passage lecture series presents Jim Jipson on Feb. 5

The University of West Florida will honor Jim Jipson as part of the UWF Rite of Passage lecture series on Friday, Feb. 5, 2016 at 2 p.m. at the UWF Art Gallery. The Rite of Passage lecture series celebrates University faculty recently promoted to full professor. The series gives professors the opportunity to share life […]