Category: Education

At his April 29 press conference, Pensacola Mayor D.C. Reeves announced plans to host a community-wide summit at the end of May focused on solving…

UWF issued this statement: “The University is currently looking into this. This grant was originally awarded in 2017, with the most recent renewal awarded in…

Last night, the Escambia County Commission held an hour-long discussion about the Escambia Children’s Trust waiver request that highlighted fundamental questions about how we best…

Sea turtle nesting season officially kicked off today, May 1, with Escambia County Sea Turtle Conservation Program volunteers beginning their daily morning patrols on Pensacola…

April marks Child Abuse Prevention Month, a time when communities nationwide unite to raise awareness about child abuse and neglect while promoting strategies to create…

As sea turtle nesting season begins, Northwest Florida writer Jim McClellan and Apalachicola-based illustrator Dr. Lynn Wilder have teamed up to create a new children’s…

Triumph Gulf Coast, Inc. has approved a $6,720,805 grant to the Florida Institute for Human and Machine Cognition (IHMC) to establish a groundbreaking National Center…

Jeanne Goodwin, one of the organizers of SAVE UWF, sent a press announcement thanking the community for its commitment to prioritizing the best interests of…

Through a public record request, Inweekly received former University of West Florida Trustee Gates Garcia’s resignation letter, dated, Monday, April 14.  Garcia resigned because residents…

The University of West Florida exceeded its fundraising goals during the seventh annual Day of Giving, raising more than $194,000 from 1,256 alumni, students, parents,…

Pensacola students are bringing the cosmos to life through glowing works of art at the MESS Hall’s latest exhibit, ‘Illuminate: Space.’ This immersive exhibit was…

A Florida Senate bill currently advancing through committees would preserve existing protections that shield most applicants for state college and university presidencies from public disclosure…

The Florida Senate Committee on Ethics and Elections this morning held a confirmation hearing for University of West Florida Trustee Adam Kissel. The panel rejected…

At the Senate Committee on Ethics and Elections hearing this morning, Chairman Senator Don Gaetz announced that Dr. Joel Rudman sent a text to his…

Florida’s Senate Committee on Ethics and Elections, which is chaired by Sen. Don Gaetz (R-Crestview), will not confirm Agency for Health Care Administration Secretary Shevaun…

In a heartwarming surprise this week, the University of West Florida’s Usha Kundu, MD College of Health awarded Michelle, a local McDonald’s drive-thru worker, the…

The three Board of Governors’ appointees to the University of West Florida Board of Trustees sailed through the Florida Senate Appropriations Committee on Higher Education…

As we kick off a new week, let’s take a moment to catch up on some of the blog posts that developed over the weekend….

The Numbers Don’t Add Up: DeSantis’ Governor’s Cup Charity Golf Tournament Lost Money Despite Claims of “Massive” Fundraising Despite Governor Ron DeSantis’ bold claims about…

Gov. Ron DeSantis coming to Pensacola for the first time since appointing five outsiders to the University of West Florida Board of Trustees generated several…