For her forward-thinking leadership in support of career services education, University of West Florida President Martha D. Saunders is the 2019 National Association of Colleges and Employers Career Services Champion Award recipient. The national award is bestowed upon one college or university president or chancellor from an accredited institution of higher education. The NACE Honors […]
Breaking barriers as the first U.S. academic institution to participate in the NATO Cyber Defence project, the University of West Florida showcased its cybersecurity initiatives this month on the international stage at the 5th NATO Cyber Defence Smart Defence Projects Conference. Dr. Eman El-Sheikh, UWF Center for Cybersecurity director, presented both at the conference and the […]
University of West Florida President Emeritus Dr. Judith Bense was recently named the 2019 recipient of the Evelyn Fortune Bartlett Award, the most prestigious award presented by the Florida Trust for Historic Preservation. Bense was one of three UWF faculty members honored during the 41st Annual Preservation Awards Ceremony, held May 17 at the Pensacola […]
The Florida Student Association elected University of West Florida Student Body President Zenani D. Johnson to serve as chair for the 2019-20 academic year. The FSA is an organization representing more than 300,000 students in the State University System. As chair, Johnson will serve as the student representative and a voting member of the Florida State […]
When Dr. Crystal Bennett began her dance-based research, she’d hoped to improve her subjects’ physical fitness. But she soon discovered that there were other benefits she hadn’t considered. Bennett, lecturer of nursing at the University of West Florida, was looking for a fun way to help elderly people get more active. “My original research was […]
A diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease is typically made after symptoms are already present, making it difficult to offer treatments that may slow the progression of the disease. Dr. James Arruda, professor at the University of West Florida in the Department of Psychology, is among the researchers searching for a biomarker that may hasten the detection […]
Researchers are working tirelessly to find biomarkers that could detect the presence of Alzheimer’s disease long before the disease’s devastating symptoms take hold. Dr. Rodney Guttmann, a biology professor at the University of West Florida, is trying to find those biomarkers in cerebrospinal fluid, which is fluid found around the brain and spinal cord. “In […]
A total of 2,611 undergraduate students enrolled during the Spring 2019 semester at the University of West Florida were named to the President’s or Dean’s Lists. The Spring 2019 President’s List features 1,108 students enrolled in at least six credit hours who earned a semester GPA of 3.90 or higher. The Spring 2019 Dean’s List […]
The University of West Florida College of Business and the Combined Rotary Clubs of Pensacola named David Apple and Olevia McNally as this year’s recipients of the annual Ethics in Business Award during the 2019 Combined Rotary Luncheon on Monday, May 6 at New World Landing in downtown Pensacola. The Ethics in Business Award recognizes […]
The seventh annual University of West Florida Dance Marathon raised $55,261.02 on March 23 in support of Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals, a nonprofit organization that raises funds for pediatric hospitals, medical research and community awareness of children’s health issues. All proceeds from UWF’s event will be donated to Pensacola’s Studer Family Children’s Hospital at Sacred […]
The University of West Florida hosted its second annual Day of Giving on Thursday, April 18, raising more than $130,000 from 1,120 donors across the country. With a theme of “double the goal, double the impact,” the University built upon the success of last year’s event by doubling the goal number of donors during the […]
Students pursuing careers offering job growth and higher starting salaries often begin their search in the fields of science, technology, engineering and math, commonly referred to as STEM. The majority of STEM-related jobs pay wages above the national average. STEM professionals earn 30 to 35 percent more than their peers in non-STEM jobs. Despite these […]
