If the City of Pensacola’s Architectural Review Board approves, the University of West Florida Historic Trust will install a three-panel vinyl mural to the west side of its building on 110 E….
Category: Education
Argos Suit Up, Feb. 25
The University of West Florida Career Services and Student Government Association will partner with JCPenney to host the Argos Suit Up event, part of a national initiative that allows students to purchase…
House GOP loads issues into education bill
By Lloyd Dunkelberger THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA TALLAHASSEE — In a replay of last year, the House on Wednesday attached a major education policy bill to the state budget, spurring a…
Explosion on UWF campus
A small chemical explosion has occurred on the main campus on the University of West Florida in Building 58. Firefighters are on the scene to clear smoke. The building has been closed…
UWF Executive Mentor Program hosts war hero portrayed in ‘Black Hawk Down’
The University of West Florida College of Business Executive Mentor Program and Wells Fargo will present “Dedication, Pride and Commitment: Leadership Lessons from Black Hawk Down for Business and For Life,” by…
First Ashley Hardaway scholarship awarded
Emily Lawrence, a junior at the University of West Florida, is the first recipient of the Ashley Hardaway Theriot Memorial Study Abroad Scholarship. Emily is an exercise science major and a long-term…
Experience UWF Downtown Lecture Series postponed
Last week, we featured the lecture – “The Typewriter Project: Poetry as Public Art.” Due to projected inclement weather, the Experience UWF Downtown Lecture Series will be rescheduled. Date to be announced….
UWF Luna Settlement project wins top award
The University of West Florida Division of Anthropology and Archaeology recently received the 2018 Daniel G. Roberts Award for Excellence in Public Historical Archaeology for the Tristan de Luna y Arellano project….
MLK day: Black & White six years later
In February 2012, I wrote a cover story, “Black & White,” on the wide disparities in business, education, health and juvenile justice between blacks and whites and how they had gotten worse…
Seligman First Amendment Lecture Series hosts Sen. Bob Graham
The University of West Florida College of Arts, Social Sciences, and Humanities will host Sen. Bob Graham on Jan 16. from 1 to 2:30 p.m. for the inaugural event of the Seligman…
Semifinalists for Santa Rosa Teacher of the Year announced
The Santa Rosa Education Foundation has announced the five semifinalists selected from 33 school nominees for Santa Rosa Teacher of the Year. Congratulations to April Ballard, S.S. Dixon Intermediate; Erin Cosky, Gulf…
National Championship for BTWH grad Alex Leatherwood
If you watched Alabama best Georgia in the BCS Championship last night, you heard the announcers talk about a freshman left tackle facing the tough Bulldog defense. That freshman was Alex Leatherwood…