The University of West Florida is expanding its offerings of 100-percent online graduate degree programs with the addition of an advanced nursing degree with two specializations, and an MBA program with four areas of emphasis to choose from. UWF has contracted with Academic Partnerships to provide broad-based services in support of the university’s new online […]
Andria Palmer, a senior physics major at UWF, spent her summer at the University of Colorado Boulder’s Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics researching and testing methods to improve the instruments used in space missions. Palmer participated in CU-Boulder’s Summer Multicultural Access to Research Training program, which is facilitated through Summer Research Experience for Undergraduates. […]
WHAT: Media are invited to join President Judith Bense and University officials as they welcome new students to the University of West Florida on Friday, Aug. 21. University administration, including Bense, will be visiting the residence halls, beginning at 9 a.m., while students move in. WHEN: Friday, Aug. 21, 2015 TIME: 9 a.m. MEETING LOCATION: UWF Pensacola Campus […]
Triumph Gulf Coast Inc. to hold first meeting Organization to oversee Deepwater Horizon oil spill funds recovered by attorney general The University of West Florida Center for Research and Economic Opportunity is organizing the inaugural meeting of Triumph Gulf Coast Inc. The meeting will be held Tuesday, Aug. 18 from 9 a.m. to noon at […]
This summer, a group of University of West Florida students went on a fact-finding road trip across the country to further develop content for Next Exit History, a mobile, GPS-based app. After 11 states, 28 days and 25 national parks, the students are eager to share their stories and the lessons learned from their whirlwind […]
Cadet Hakeem Douglas, a student in the University of West Florida Army ROTC program, was named Honor Graduate at a Basic Airborne Course in Fort Benning, Georgia. The course took place from June 24 through July 17, and Douglas was selected as best in class in a group of more than 400 soldiers and cadets. […]
Graduates of the University of West Florida’s Chemistry Department know a great deal about statistics, and now their own numbers are speaking for themselves. Among 2015 graduates, 95 percent of students who applied were accepted into graduate programs. 16 percent were accepted to a Top 25 ranked Chemistry PhD program, and 32 percent were accepted […]
On June 1, 2015, Dr. Wade Jeffrey became director of the University of West Florida’s Center for Environmental Diagnostics and Bioremediation. A veteran professor of the Center, Jeffrey first came to UWF as a research assistant in 1991, moving through a series of promotions before assuming the leadership role. Jeffrey’s training as an oceanographer with […]
The University of West Florida Historic Trust received the competitive “Latino Americans: 500 Years of History” grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the American Library Association. The grant will enable the Historic Trust to hold public programming about Latino history and culture at the Voices of Pensacola Multicultural Center presented by Gulf […]
A committee of the Association of College and Research Libraries recently recognized the University of West Florida’s John C. Pace Library for a large-scale information literacy tutorial project that will now be included in its national “Peer-Reviewed Instructional Materials Online” (PRIMO) database. Made possible with funding from a 2013 Pace Academic Development Award, the tutorials […]
The West Florida Regional Planning Council was recently awarded a grant through the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Bay Watershed Education and Training program. The grant will be administered in both Escambia and Santa Rosa counties and provides 11th grade students and teachers with the resources to promote hands-on environmental education through outdoor place-based activities. […]
The University of West Florida Department of Computer Science and Center for Cybersecurity will host an Air Force Association CyberCamp from Aug. 4 through 8, 2015. Two student teams from Pine Forest High School will participate in the camp. AFA CyberCamps were conceived to supplement AFA CyberPatriot’s annual National Youth Cyber Defense Competition and to […]
