By: Shelley Austin Staff Writer

With approximately $960,000 generated from the $4.42 per-credit-hour technology fee that was implemented in fall of 2009, University of West Florida students may be wondering how the money will be spent.     Now that proposals by acad...

By: Rebecca Barnhart Contributing Writer

As of March 1, Don Chu resigned from his position as Dean of the College of Professional Studies after more than five years. Chu will be pursuing other academic interests as a tenured professor in the Department of Health, Leisure and Exercise Science, a...

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By: Rebecca Barnhart Contributing Writer

If you’re tired of the typical beach scene during spring break, the Harvest of Hope music festival offers a wide variety of musical entertainment for a great cause. During March 12-14, more than 150 bands will perform for the second year in a row at...

By: Marcus Parramore

The University of West Florida received a grade of B from the American Council for Trustees and Alumni for requiring that its students take only four out of seven areas of general course work. ACTA, a non-profit organization based in Washington, D.C., fol...

By: Miriam Longsworth

The American Civil Liberties Union of Florida argued that the coroner’s inquest system no longer works at a town hall meeting on Feb. 23. The meeting, co-sponsored by the Movement for Change, discussed the coroner’s inquest into Victor Steen's...

By: Lucretia Brown Staff Writer

The University of West Florida is using Twitter and other social media to recruit new students as part of its Spring Recruitment Campaign. The campaign uses a variety of communications that lead to a Web site. “As part of that Web site, we have deve...

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By: Rachel Strehlow

Immigration attorney Aaron Blumberg of Coral Gables, Fla. will visit the University of West Florida on March 3 to talk to students who have F-1 immigration status about obtaining H-1B visas and green cards. “It’s a service they would typically...

By: Jonathon Short

The University of West Florida’s Emerald Coast Campus was unable to provide heat to its facilities from Feb. 5 to Feb. 10 because of a break in the main water system. Although heat was unavailable at the Fort Walton Beach campus during the five-day ...

By: Miriam Longsworth

At the Feb. 19 Student Government Association meeting, Ruth Davison, director of the Department of Housing and Residence Life, told the SGA that UWF needs to raise its housing rates for 2010-2011. “If we don’t raise our rates, then we can&rsqu...

By: Brittany Carr

The United Faculty of Florida and the University of West Florida administration held an impasse hearing on Feb. 9 in an attempt to bring months of disagreement to an end. In the hearing, each side had an opportunity to present its point of view to the mag...

By: Matt Foster

The University of West Florida School of Science and Engineering is partnering with AT&T to develop a science and discovery program for high school students. Beginning in late spring, Northwest Florida high school students will travel to the new Disco...

By: Lucretia M. Brown

The University of West Florida hopes to bring awareness to the TRiO program on the National TRiO day, on Feb. 27, 2010. President Lyndon B. Johnson began the TRiO program in the 1960s as part of the War on Poverty. TRiO started with three different progra...

By: Brie Redfield

Females Achieving Cultural Exploration with Service and the Chinese Student Association have united to co-host the second Chinese-Vietnamese Lunar New Year Celebration. The celebration, which was originally scheduled for Feb. 12 but was snowed out, featur...

By: Valerie Thornewell

A forum on Feb. 10 at Pensacola Junior College addressed Escambia County’s water quality and a recent study’s conclusion that Pensacola has the worst water in the country. The event was organized by Emerald Coastkeeper Chasidy Hobbs, an instru...

By: Shelley Austin

To provide students with in-depth experience and guidance, the University of West Florida now offers the Post-baccalaureate Pre-professional Preparation Program for students who have earned baccalaureate degrees and want to enter a medical or allied healt...

By: Brigette Maxfield

A departmental honor code appears to be having a positive effect in the Department of Music, members of the Music Honor Council said. A banner bearing the code and the signatures of all participants now hangs in the rehearsal hall. The department plans to...

By: Jonathan Short

Peter Diamandis, founder of the X Prize Foundation, encouraged advances in space travel and other exploration in a speech at a Feb. 5 event commemorating the opening of the new University of West Florida science and engineering building. “We are liv...

By: Brittany Carr

After much debate, the Pensacola City Council approved the University of West Florida plan for the Admiral John H. Fetterman State of Florida Maritime Museum and Research Center during a special meeting on Feb. 2. The meeting was called after the Communit...