The National Science Foundation awarded a $1.3 million, five-year grant to support University of West Florida students pursuing teaching careers in STEM fields, or science, technology, engineering and mathematics. “Eighteen STEM majors…
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Local high student wins Kennedy Center competition
VSA, a Jean Kennedy Smith Arts and Disability program of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, announces the winners of the 2017 VSA Playwright Discovery Competition. Seven high school…
Studers may convert SunTrust building to conference center
Nearly two years after Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward rejected the Studers’ lease agreement to build a conference center and the UWF Center for Entrepreneurship at the Community Maritime Park, the couple may…
Galvez Symposium, April 28
The University of West Florida Historic Trust, in association with the Pensacola Heritage Foundation, is hosting a Symposium on the Governor of Louisiana and Viceroy of New Spain Bernardo de Gálvez to…
PSC Foundation Board of Governors welcomes three new members
The Pensacola State College Foundation Board of Governors recently welcomed three new members at its annual meeting: electrical engineer Keith Hoskins, attorney Holly Jurnovoy and financial advisor Trey Poirier. PSC Foundation Board…
Brownsville Culture & Arts Camp starts this summer
Historic Brownsville Community, Inc. (HBC) and Pensacola Habitat for Humanity (PHFH) are collaborating to provide a six-week “Brownsville Culture & Arts Camp†that will offer children from 4th to 7th grade who…
National Security expert weighs on Syria attacks [podcast]
Yesterday on “Pensacola Speaks,” I interviewed Dr. Jacob Shively, an assistant professor in the University of West Florida’s Government Department, about the events in Syria last week. Dr. Shively has analyzed the…
SETSCO presents Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing
It’s 1959 in Messina, Connecticut, Elvis is all over the radio, and Pedro, the captain of the winning football team, and his crew are invited to stay at the home of a…
PSC Vet Tech students hold Dog Wash tomorrow
PSC Vet Tech students will hold Dog Wash on Warrington campus Saturday, April 8, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Pensacola State College’s Warrington campus, Building 3200, 5555 W. Hwy 98….
UWF addresses lack of women in STEM fields at elementary level
The University of West Florida Hal Marcus College of Science and Engineering now offers Code and Tech Stars, CaTS, a free, semimonthly program on the Pensacola campus to encourage interest among fourth…
WSRE wins Telly
WSRE, PBS for the Gulf Coast, has been awarded the bronze Telly Award for production of the “Forts of Pensacola Bay: Advanced Redoubt†episode of “In Your Own Backyard.†The program is…
Career Academy superstars honored
The 2017 Escambia County Career Academy Award winners were recognized at the 2017 Escambia and Santa Rosa Career Academy Awards Luncheon at the Hilton Garden Inn yesterday. “The Escambia County Workforce Education…