Stephanie Lawrence Yelton announced as new women’s basketball coach

PENSACOLA, Fla. – The University of West Florida Department of Intercollegiate Athletics welcomed its new women’s basketball head coach Stephanie Lawrence Yelton in a press conference on Wednesday morning. Fans, alumni, media and other supporters gathered in the Argonaut Athletic Club to greet Coach Yelton and welcome her to the Argonaut family. View the full […]

UWF hosts Student Scholars Symposium for second year

Community members and university students, faculty and staff were invited to tour student research at the 2012 Student Scholars Symposium April 26 in the UWF Field House. This is the second year of the symposium, which replaced SEASTARS, or Scholars of Engineering, Applied Sciences & Technology Annual Research Symposium, last year. In the past, SEASTARS […]

Florida Public Relations Association honors UWF staff, students

UWF staff and students won multiple awards and earned scholarships for education at the Florida Public Relations Association Pensacola chapter Image Awards on Thursday, April 26. The awards demonstrate the best examples of public relations planning, design and innovation and are judged on sound research and evaluation of results. The redesigned UWF online newsroom earned […]

Environmental Studies: Learning in the outside classroom

Students studying environmental science at the University of West Florida (UWF) are embarking on an educational journey to California to witness how their education affects the real world. Travelling from May 3 to 15, they will be exploring the home of one of the largest farms in the world, thousands of windmills and extensive irrigation. […]

UWF research continues two years after Deepwater Horizon oil spill

Two years have passed since the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig, and researchers at the University of West Florida’s Center for Environmental Diagnostics and Bioremediation (CEDB) are confident that Florida’s Gulf Coast escaped the spill relatively unscathed. “Other states closer to the oil rig site faced far more damage from the effects of […]

UWF archivist teaches emergency management for historical artifacts

Most people are familiar with the need for a plan in the event of a weather emergency. But what happens to sensitive archives and rare artifacts when severe weather or natural disasters strike? John C. Pace Library Archivist Dean DeBolt at the University of West Florida has been approved as a mentor in the Connecting […]

Survivor of sex trafficking, victims’ rights advocate will speak at UWF April 24

Carissa Phelps, a survivor of domestic minor sex trafficking, will share her experience of neglect and sexual exploitation on Tuesday, April 24 at 6 p.m. in the UWF Commons Auditorium. The event is part of the John C. Pace Jr. Symposium Series and is free and open to the public. In “Girl for Sale: From […]

UWF to open new restaurant on campus

The University of West Florida is opening a new, portable restaurant on campus. Bistro Blue, an outdoor café, will feature jazz music, decking and a New Orleans-inspired menu. Bistro Blue will be open for business Monday, May 14. The grand opening for the restaurant is Tuesday, May 22 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. UWF […]

President Bense issues statement on recent campus incidents

Dear Campus Community, I want to advise you of some inappropriate behavior that has occurred at the University of West Florida. Since Wednesday, April 11, two nooses were found in separate locations on our Pensacola campus. These incidents were reported to University Police, and an investigation is ongoing. This speech is repugnant to University ideals. […]

UWF earns StormReady re-certification

Representatives from the National Weather Service and the Escambia County Department of Emergency Management recently inspected the University’s emergency notification systems, called ArgoAlert. ArgoAlert is used to distribute emergency notifications to faculty, staff, students and others on campus in the event of potentially damaging severe weather. Findings from the inspection show that UWF has more […]

Jazz pianists converge on Pensacola for national contest

The Jazz Piano Competition, presented for eight years by the University of West Florida (UWF), takes place annually in the Pensacola Saenger Theatre and attracts talented musicians from across the nation. Made possible by financial support from Phil Phillips Jr., in honor of his parents Kathleen and Philip, the competition awards participants with a variety […]

Students find stress relief as final exams approach

The weather is getting hotter, the days are longer and final exams are looming at the University of West Florida. Students need not worry, though, as the campus has a number of services designed to help students relieve the stress of the university experience and life in general. April and May are stress and mental […]