Five Questions with Alumnus Steve Siegert

By Josh Newby, University Communications Steve Siegert, B.A. ’72, recently attended the University of West Florida’s victory at the NCAA Division II baseball national championship in Cary, N.C. Siegert graduated from UWF with a degree in Psychology and said that he was very proud of his alma mater and hopes this does great things for […]

UWF graduate turns storm chaser

By Lauren Haggett, University Communications A graduate of the University of West Florida is now living life on the edge as a storm chaser. Jim Edds, a 1984 chemistry graduate, discovered his true calling in life after working as a research chemist in Pensacola in 1992. Today, he is his own boss following his dreams […]

UWF assists local military with Hometown Heroes program

By Josh Newby, University Communications The University of West Florida has implemented a program to assist local military veterans with tuition fees for bachelor’s and master’s degrees. This program is especially helpful to those who have exhausted funds from the GI Bill® or veterans’ benefits, but still wish to continue their education. The program, Hometown […]

UWF history students head out for summer traveling course

By Lauren Haggett, University Communications Eleven University of West Florida history students departed May 10 for a 17-day traveling summer class to explore American history. This class is unique due to the use of social media to update their followers as they make their way up the east coast and then back to Pensacola. This […]

UWF student receives national award for community service

By Josh Newby, University Communications Craig Lockhart, a junior at the University of West Florida, recently won the Newman Civic Fellow award from Campus Compact, a national coalition of more than 1,100 college and university presidents. The award recognizes students on college campuses who demonstrate a desire to find solutions to problems facing their local […]

UWF commissions ROTC cadets into the Air Force and Army

By Lauren Haggett, University Communications More than 25 ROTC cadets from the University of West Florida commissioned into their respective services on May 29. Eighteen cadets from Air Force ROTC and eight cadets from Army ROTC will begin their journey in the U.S. military after four years of training at UWF. ROTC is a program […]

UWF Commencement boasts more than 1,100 students

By Lauren Haggett, University Communications The University of West Florida held its spring commencement on April 30 and graduated more than 1,100 students. Graduates eagerly awaited their entrance into the Pensacola Civic Center on Saturday, as some of them have been looking forward to this day for a long time. “I knew that if I […]

UWF PR Campaigns class benefits local charity

By Josh Newby, University Communications A group of University of West Florida students recently assisted Appetite 4 Life (A4L), a local philanthropic food organization, by providing a comprehensive public relations strategy and renovating their current facility. For the past eight years, the Public Relations Campaigns class, taught by Eileen Perrigo, has upheld a reputation for […]

UWF students prepare marketing plan for area hotel

By Josh Newby, University Communications University of West Florida students are assisting Pensacola Beach hotels just in time for the busy tourism season. The Hospitality Sales & Marketing class was tasked with developing a realistic and comprehensive marketing plan for the Holiday Inn Resort on Pensacola Beach. The students were given a hypothetical budget and […]

UWF holds first Student Scholars Symposium

By Lauren Haggett, University Communications More than 150 University of West Florida students participated in the first-ever Student Scholars Symposium April 21 to showcase their hard work and give the public a chance to see it as well. The symposium replaced SEASTARS, or Scholars of Engineering, Applied Sciences & Technology Annual Research Symposium, this year. […]

UWF earns first-ever “Green College” recognition by Princeton Review

By Kelly Russ, University Communications The University of West Florida was recognized for the first time as one of the country’s most environmentally responsible colleges by The Princeton Review, which produces “The Princeton Review’s Guide to 311 Green Colleges: 2011 Edition”, just in time for the April 22 celebration of Earth Day. The selected institutions […]

UWF offers fully online Master of Science program

University of West Florida’s newly adopted master of science (MS) program in mathematics allows students to attend classes either fully online or in a classroom, and boasts more students than MS programs at FSU, UCF, FIU, USF and UNF’s. The flexibility that this program offers has been a great asset to the university and to […]