The University of West Florida has launched the first college virtual assistant in the state of Florida to provide resources to admitted students. The virtual assistant, Argie, named after UWF’s mascot, engages admitted students in two-way conversation through text messaging to support them on the path to enrollment success. Developed by Boston-based edtech company AdmitHub, […]
The Pensacola Museum of Art is hosting the pop-up exhibition “Feminist Iconography” which is on view now through Dec. 11 in the main stairwell and education hallway of the museum. The exhibition will present an interdisciplinary panel of UWF faculty at its reception on Dec. 1 from 5 to 7 p.m. The panel will include […]
A $278,880 National Science Foundation grant awarded to three University of West Florida professors will provide research experiences to help acclimate transfer students and enhance undergraduate research in the Department of Biology. The grant was awarded to Dr. Peter Cavnar, assistant professor of biology, Dr. Hui-Min Chung, associate professor in the Department of Biology, and […]
The University of West Florida Peer Educators presented at a national conference for the fourth consecutive year, and received two awards. “The peer educators consistently earn honors at this National Conference year after year,” said Dr. Rebecca Kennedy, assistant vice president and director of counseling and psychological services. “Dr. Cambron guides them all year, and […]
The University of West Florida Speech and Debate team hosted the annual Marks Invitational Speech Tournament Nov. 3-5, drawing in eight regional colleges and universities. Students from across the country have competed in speech and debate events at UWF for more than 40 years. Nearly 50 competitors participated in the tournament, delivering a total of […]
A team of University of West Florida students recently placed third in the annual Southeast Association for Computing Machine Regional Programming contest’s division II category, hosted by the UWF Department of Computer Science. The contest was held Nov. 11, simultaneously at four regional universities including the College of Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina; Kennesaw State University, […]
Faculty and students in the University of West Florida College of Education and Professional Studies recently unveiled projects on which they collaborated with community partners during the inaugural year of the Research Triad Program. The Research Triad Program is the brainchild of Dr. Carla Thompson, the director of the UWF Community Outreach Research and Learning […]
The University of West Florida Historic Trust will host holiday guided home tours on Dec. 1, 2, 8, 9, 15 and 16. The lantern tours, led by living history interpreters dressed in Victorian finery, will include the Lavalle House, the Dorr House and the Lear/Rocheblave House. Each house will be decorated for the holidays and […]
Beginning this spring, the University of West Florida College of Business will offer a new course that will delve into the potential to market the highly invasive lionfish to consumers. The hope is that enhancing the lionfish market as food could help curb its threat to native species in the Gulf of Mexico. The course, […]
Today, University of West Florida President Martha Saunders announced measures taken with two Fraternity & Sorority Life organizations. The Tau-Psi chapter of Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity has been suspended for a minimum five-year period following the conclusion of an investigation into hazing as well as risk-management and alcohol-related misconduct. The activities occurred at an unregistered, […]
The Research Triad Program is the brainchild of Dr. Carla Thompson, the director of the UWF Community Outreach Research and Learning Center.
The University of West Florida College of Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities will continue its 2017-18 Experience UWF Downtown Lecture Series on Nov. 30 at Historic Pensacola’s Museum of Commerce. A UWF faculty panel will explore public space as an expression of community values in “Public Space, Collective Memory and Community Identity.” The lecture is […]
