The University of West Florida’s Office of Career Development and Community Engagement recently held its inaugural Argos Suit Up event at a local JCPenney located at 7171 N. Davis Highway. More than 330 students and alumni participated in the three-hour event which provided students and alumni with the opportunity to purchase professional wear and accessories […]
Two University of West Florida Cyber Club teams finished first and second in the 2018 CyberThon Capture the Flag Cybersecurity Challenge on March 11 at the Gulf Power Company Douglas L. McCrary Training Center. CyberThon is a community event sponsored by the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association designed to provide hands-on experience in cyber […]
The Florida Virtual Campus will launch a new College Success Series starting this April. The FloridaShines College Success Series will take place each Wednesday at 3 p.m. EST in April, and provide a live, interactive, online experience for high school juniors and seniors and their parents. The Florida Virtual Campus is managed by the University […]
The University of West Florida College of Business, in partnership with the Combined Rotary Clubs of Pensacola, is now accepting nominations for the 2018 Combined Rotary of Pensacola Ethics in Business Award. This is the 16th year the college and Combined Rotary Clubs of Pensacola have sponsored the awards. “Over the past 16 years the […]
The Pensacola Museum of Art presents “Cut Up/Cut Out,” an exhibition of national and international artists who explore the captivating methods of decorative piercing and cutting, using a wide range of media from paper and plastic to metal and rubber on view now through June 2, 2018. The transformative nature of cutting into and through […]
The sixth annual University of West Florida Dance Marathon raised $60,890.59 last weekend, exceeding this year’s goal of $55,000 and surpassing last year’s record of more than $43,000. The annual event is held in support of Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals, a nonprofit organization that raises funds for pediatric hospitals, medical research, and community awareness of […]
The Pensacola Museum of Art announces a pop-up exhibition, “LAND STAR: Photographs by Richard McCabe,” on view now through March 26. This exhibition features instant Polaroid photographs from Richard McCabe’s recently released book, “LAND STAR” published by Aint—Bad, an independent publisher of new photographic art. The exhibition will also include a series of site-specific Fuji […]
In recognition of attorney Fred Levin’s continuous support of the University of West Florida and in honor of the outstanding service and commitment of former Florida Governor Reubin O’D. Askew, the University of West Florida has officially named the Department of Government as the Reubin O’D. Askew Department of Government. This marks the first academic […]
Florida Virtual Campus held its first Open Educational Resources Summit Feb. 7-8 at the Hilton Sandestin Beach & Golf Resort in Miramar Beach, Florida. FLVC is a Complete Florida Plus Program, managed by the University of West Florida Division of Research and Strategic Innovation. “We are deeply grateful to all our amazing speakers, staff, and […]
The Military and Veterans Resource Center at the University of West Florida, in partnership with Veterans Florida, recently launched a master advanced class that is designed to help entrepreneurial veterans start a business in the Panhandle area. In addition to the training, the enrolled veterans will have the opportunity to compete for $40,000 in cash […]
The UWF Hal Marcus of College of Science and Engineering continues its 2018 Great Minds Distinguished Lecture Series with a presentation from James Rea on March 8. Rea, a communication instructor at the Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science in Stony Brook, New York, will present “Science Matters: On the Importance of Communicating Science to […]
The University of West Florida College of Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities announces its next installment of the 2017-18 Experience UWF Downtown Lecture Series will be held March 8 at the Pensacola Museum of Art, 407 South Jefferson Street. Artist Katrina Andry will present “Katrina Andry: Art as Activism.” A reception will take place at 5:30 […]
