Category: Education
Daily Outtakes: UWF Board of Trustees meets @10 am
The University of West Florida Board of Trustees meets at 10 a.m. today via Zoom. You can watch it on Zoom or with this link…
Guess which of these finalist will be next FAU president
We have been told Gov. Ron DeSantis’ appointments to the University of West Florida Board of Trustees had to pledge to vote for the governor’s…
Outtakes—Déjà Vu All Over Again [podcast]
In this week’s “Outtakes,” I discuss what I fear may be an orchestrated takeover of the University of West Florida. Because of the cold front…
Daily Outtakes: Heritage Foundation scripts Education policies
In Washington, D.C., the Heritage Foundation has become the ultimate political Cupid. Their matchmaking strategy has transformed them from a traditional think tank into the…
Daily Outtakes: Pensacola cares about UWF
The most read posts on the blog this week concerned the future of the University of West Florida. Has Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis chosen his…
Podcast: Save Our UWF
Let’s talk about the University of West Florida Board of Trustees – what it’s about, and what’s going to happen on Thursday, Jan. 23. I…
Presser Notes: Mayor unveils $21.7M Parks initiative
Pensacola Mayor D.C. Reeves announced today a major parks and recreation initiative dubbed “Direction 25,” committing $21.7 million to repair and maintain city parks and…
UWF launches New Gulf Coast Culture Series with Food Culture expert John T. Edge
POSTPONED The University of West Florida is expanding its cultural programming with the launch of the Gulf Coast Culture Series. This series transforms the previous…
Daily Outtakes: One Family fights for changes to outlaw Deepfakes re: minors
In this week’s Inweekly, we have our interview with the Stevenson family, whose daughter, Lucy Adams Stevenson, was targeted by a high school student who…
Do not only focus on UWF Trustee Scott Yenor
Gov. Ron DeSantis’s appointment of controversial Boise State professor Scott Yenor has garnered statewide and national attention (How dare women go to college? DeSantis’ new…
Daily Outtakes: DeSantis broke promises made to the UWF and community
When he announced his appointees to the University of West Florida Board of Trustees, Gov. Ron DeSantis betrayed the public trust by ignoring the promises…
UWF trustee linked to South Africa-era apartheid
Last March, The Guardian reported on documents detailing the inner workings of the Society for American Civic Renewal (SACR), a shadowy organization that has been…
Don’t tell Trustee Scott Yenor: Females Drive Army recruitment
File this post under things not to tell University of West Florida Trustee Scott “Damn Independent Women” Yenor. Female Recruits Drive Army’s Success in Meeting…
Daily Outtakes: Will Yenor support a female UWF president
New University of West Florida board trustee Scott Yenor believes in national conservatism and sees independent women as “a fundamental threat to strong, fruitful families”…
UWF has excelled in meeting Florida’s performance metrics
The University of West Florida (UWF) has shown significant improvement in recent years, according to the Florida Board of Governors’ performance-based funding metrics. In the…
Pay Attention: 2nd Anniversary of New College experiment
This month is the second anniversary of when Gov. Ron DeSantis began the transformation of New College of Florida into a bastion of right-wing conservatism….
Daily Outtakes: Battling Fake Nude Images
A high school incident involving AI-generated fake nude photos has highlighted legal gaps regarding AI image manipulation. After discovering altered photos of herself and 13…
Santa Rosa School District gets vo-tech grant
The Florida Department of Education awarded over $24 million through the Workforce Development Capitalization Incentive Grant Program (Workforce CAP). This investment brings the total funding…
For faculty, new trustees inject more politics into education
College and university faculty leaders see Governor Ron DeSantis’ and the State Board of Governors‘ trustee appointments across the state as “just the latest in…
UWF receives $125,000 gift for engineering students
The University of West Florida (UWF) announces the establishment of the Electrical Engineering Juergen and Helen Ihns Scholars Endowment, made possible through a $125,000 contribution…
