Students at Choctawhatchee High School in Fort Walton Beach are not the only ones getting good grades these days, one of their teachers is as well. English and journalism teacher Linda Evanchyk, a 1979 graduate of the University of West Florida, was one of five teachers recently inducted into the National Teacher Hall of Fame […]
The University of West Florida launched a new public awareness campaign this month to publicize its impact on its students, alumni, community and region. Look for billboards throughout Santa Rosa and Escambia counties, print ads and the campaign Web site during July and August. UWF high impact facts include the number of UWF alumni in […]
A University of West Florida Explore Summer program is teaching elementary students all about marine biology as well as a lesson or two about the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico which is now impacting the very beaches many of the kids call home. Jennifer Edge, Explore Summer director at the Division of Continuing […]
Juneteenth, like Independence Day, is a day to celebrate freedom throughout the nation. The University of West Florida Black Employees Association commemorated this day this year on June 18 as they always do by inviting the campus as well as the local area to come together to celebrate with good food, good music and friendship. […]
The University of West Florida Department of Psychology has a new identity. It is now called the UWF School of Psychological and Behavioral Sciences. University officials believe the new name more accurately represents the complex operations and functions that the unit offers. “Psychology as an academic discipline has experienced a national trend in renaming academic […]
One day each week, Dane Smith, a University of West Florida graduate student pursuing a master’s degree in environmental science, loads up and heads south for the beach. But his truck isn’t carrying a surfboard: It’s filled with bottles, beakers and scientific equipment he’ll use this summer while collecting water samples from the Gulf of […]
Five UWF students made the trek to the Florida state capital in Tallahassee on June 2 to participate in the first ever three-day Florida Model Legislature event where 45 college students gathered to simulate a mock state legislative session. The group prepared by proactively acquiring funding, formulating debate issues and researching to be prepared for […]
The University of West Florida Division of Student Affairs will soon have a new Vice President. Kevin Bailey will join UWF Aug. 1, just in time to welcome students for the upcoming fall semester. Bailey has significant student affairs experience and most recently served as associate vice president of Student Affairs at Tulane University. His […]
The month of June began with crews toiling away in the Gulf of Mexico to stop the oil spill and U.S. scientists predicting an active hurricane season for 2010. While hurricane season is typically greeted with moderate levels of anxiety by residents along the Gulf Coast, this year the oil spill, with its ever-changing size […]
A University of West Florida Environmental Studies assistant professor has started another oil spill research project in the wake of the explosion April 20 off the coast of Louisiana in the Gulf of Mexico. Matthew Schwartz said he and a graduate student will be sampling for dissolved organic carbon and dissolved organic nitrogen – a […]
With the words “storm chasing” and “tornadoes” in the same sentence, it is difficult not to conjure up images from “The Wizard of Oz” or “Twister,” complete with flying houses and cows. “‘Twister’ is my favorite movie,” admitted Chelsea Lovrekovic as she began discussing her weeklong adventure with Extreme Chase Tours where she had the […]
The Naval Aviation Museum Foundation recently contracted the University of West Florida to lead curriculum development for the National Flight Academy, a new facility being constructed at the National Museum of Naval Aviation and scheduled to open in early 2012. The Academy will serve as a unique setting for middle and high school students to […]
