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T-shirt brings student to UWF, she graduates a Rhodes Scholar finalist

Pensacola News Journal 22 Dec 2025
But as fate had it, Hobbs chose UWF and this year was selected as one of the university’s first Rhodes Scholar nominees ... She has thrived at UWF ... UWF Interim President Manny Diaz Jr ... Merting Family Office of National Fellowships, visit uwf.edu/ONF.
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UWF creates American Civic Republicanism academy focused on active citizenship

Pensacola News Journal 21 Dec 2025
The new academy was approved by the UWF Board of Trustees and funded by a $1,555,318 three-year grant from the U.S ... UWF said ... For more information about the University of West Florida, visit uwf.edu.
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Hamilton UWF Christmas Cookie Walk reschedules for Dec. 17 & 20

Daily Gate City 17 Dec 2025
On Wednesday, Dec. 17, from 3 to 6 p.m., and Saturday, Dec ... Please use the parking lot entrance. .
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UWF researchers advance AI tools for wildfire damage mapping and environmental monitoring (University of West Florida)

Public Technologies 15 Dec 2025
) ... Derek Morgan, associate professor of earth and environmental sciences at UWF, to teach AI systems how to recognize signs of wildfire damage ... For more information about the UWF Intelligent Systems and Robotics Ph.D. Program, visit uwf.edu/isr. Share..
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Most-tenured UWF trustees leaving board. Leadership remade in DeSantis' vision

Pensacola News Journal 11 Dec 2025
Ron DeSantis’ vow to make over UWF have been removed ... A UWF alumnus, Scott served one five-year term from February 2018 to January 2023 ... The three were recognized at the UWF Board of Trustees meeting held Thursday in the UWF Conference Center.
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UWF Center for Cybersecurity awarded EC-Council 2025 Academia Innovator of the Year (University of West Florida)

Public Technologies 11 Dec 2025
UWF is the sole recipient of this honor in North America, recognizing the University's leadership and innovation in cybersecurity education ... Eman El-Sheikh, associate vice president of the UWF Center for Cybersecurity.
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UWF reaccredited through 2035 (University of West Florida)

Public Technologies 10 Dec 2025
"We are dedicated to ensuring that a UWF education meets the highest standards of quality," said Manny Diaz Jr., interim president ... UWF was originally accredited in 1969 and received its most recent reaffirmation of accreditation in 2015.
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UWF announces first Rhodes Scholar finalist (University of West Florida)

Public Technologies 09 Dec 2025
Ambrea Hobbs, UWF's finalist in the Rhodes Scholarship, competed at the highest academic levels with the hopes of receiving a fully funded postgraduate study at the University of Oxford ... uwf.edu/ONF.
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UWF announces 2026 Women in Leadership Conference (University of West Florida)

Public Technologies 08 Dec 2025
The conference will be offered both in person at the UWF Conference Center on the University's Pensacola campus and virtually ... The program also offers opportunities to build a strong network of UWF alumnae and community leaders.
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UWF is leading students into Florida's cybersecurity frontier | Opinion

Pensacola News Journal 06 Dec 2025
When UWF’s Center for Cybersecurity opened in 2014, it was designed to serve as a regional hub for cybersecurity education, research and workforce development ... Together, UWF and MDC represent the best of Florida’s investment in cybersecurity and AI.
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UWF recognizes decades of giving from Warren Averett accounting firm

Pensacola News Journal 04 Dec 2025
The regional accounting and advisory firm’s philanthropic relationship with UWF began when Mort ... For more information about giving to UWF, visit uwf.edu/give ... College of Business, visit uwf.edu/lbjcob.
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UWF hosts student math competition (University of West Florida)

Public Technologies 02 Dec 2025
Supported by a High-Impact Practices grant, the department partnered with the UWF Math Association to offer three two-hour problem-solving sessions leading up to the annual Math Day Competition.
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Pensacola needs UWF and PSC to prosper | Opinion

Pensacola News Journal 30 Nov 2025
Pensacola State College was founded in 1948, followed by the establishment of the University of West Florida (UWF) in 1967 ... PSC and UWF were founded to meet precisely that need ... Both PSC and UWF have ...
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UWF Football Suffers Painful Loss To Newberry In Region Semifinal

Pensacola News Journal 30 Nov 2025
A season of special moments and championship aspirations with UWF’s football team ended Saturday ...Obviously, overall it’s a locker room that’s hurting pretty bad,” said UWF coach Kaleb Nobles ... UWF missed a field goal and Stokes never returned.
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UWF had 84 applicants for president. Diaz is sole finalist.

Tallahassee Democrat 23 Nov 2025
Diaz was selected interim UWF president in May and begin serving on July 14. As a next step in the process, the university will host an open public forum with Diaz, as well as an interview with the UWF Board Of Trustees.
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