The program, Hometown Heroes, began in spring 2011 and has already enrolled 26 veterans seeking degrees and/or certificate completions. Although book fees are not paid for, the price of tuition is completely covered by the university. Hometown Heroes currently offers 51 undergraduate programs, 50 graduate programs and more than 110 specializations. Traditional, on-campus classes are […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
By Josh Newby, University Communications A class of University of West Florida students raised $17,762 for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northwest Florida, by offering those who gave $100 or more the chance to put a personal name or brief phrase on an engraved brick. The bricks will create a commemorative pathway at UWF, dedicated […]
By Josh Newby, University Communications Six students from the University of West Florida College of Business received Outstanding Student Awards April 1. The awards recognize students with an exceptional GPA and a faculty nomination. The winners of the award are: Justin Anderson, from the Department of Marketing; James Harrison and Sarah Neuland, from the Department […]
