UWF Usha Kundu, MD College of Health recently partnered with journalist and entrepreneur Dustin Plantholt on a new HeirStory business. Students in the UWF College of Health and UWF Hal Marcus College of Science and Engineering will help develop a technology that preserves family legacies.
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UWF Center for Cybersecurity earns prestigious CompTIA award
Congratulations to UWF Center for Cybersecurity for receiving the Pathways Champion Award: Cybersecurity Award at the CompTIA Partner Summit!
UWF to offer new behavior analysis degree
UWF is launching a Master of Science in Behavior Analysis beginning in Fall 2024, pending approval from the Florida Board of Governors. The proposed graduate degree will be offered online and housed in the Health Sciences & Administration within the Usha Kundu, MD College of Health.
UWF launches ‘Here for Good capital campaign,’ announces gift in excess of $9 million to name football stadium
WF launched the public phase of the “#HereforGood capital campaign,” the largest campaign in University history. President Martha Dunagin Saunders announced the campaign at a gala, alongside an extraordinary gift exceeding $9 million from Darrell and Debbie Gooden to break ground on the Darrell Gooden Stadium.
Former director of UWF Japan House recognized with the Order of the Rising Sun award
Congratulations to Shigeko Honda, who was director of the #UWF Japan Center and Japan House for 26 years, for being awarded the prestigious Order of the Rising Sun, Silver Rays at the 20th-anniversary celebration of the Japan House.
UWF ranks in top five nationally for Military Friendly® Schools and Military Spouse Friendly® Schools
UWF has been recognized with a 2024-2025 Top Ten Military Friendly School designation, ranking No. 5 in the large public category. The University was also designated as a Military Spouse Friendly® School in the large public school category.
UWF’s student-managed Argo Bond Fund places second in national competition
Congratulations to the student-managed Argo Bond Fund for placing second among the nation’s student-managed bond funds at the Quinnipiac University Global Asset Management Education’s Global Portfolio Competition!
UWF, FIU to host free cybersecurity leadership and strategy training for Florida public sector executives
UWF Center for Cybersecurity and the UWF Aylstock, Witkin, Kreis & Overholtz Center for Leadership, in collaboration with FIU Jack D. Gordon Institute for Public Policy, will host free cybersecurity leadership and strategy training sessions for Florida public sector executives.
UWF and DOD SkillBridge program help veteran transition to civilian nursing educator career
After serving in the U.S. Army for 24 years, Lt. Col. Brandy Clayton seamlessly transitioned from military nurse educator to civilian professor through the DOD SkillBridge program, finding her new home at UWF Usha Kundu, MD College of Health School of Nursing.
Ascension Sacred Heart and University of West Florida establish immersive nursing experience
UWF and Ascension Sacred Heart will begin a strategic initiative that allows 16 upper-level UWF Usha Kundu, MD College of Health School of Nursing students to complete the final three semesters of their clinical and classroom time on Sacred Heart Pensacola’s campus.
UWF Center for Cybersecurity-led CyberSkills2Work Program awarded $2.5 million expansion grant, highlighted in White House national strategy
UWF Center for Cybersecurity received a $2.5 million grant from the National Centers of Academic Excellence in Cybersecurity (NCAE-C) Program at the National Security Agency to expand the National Cybersecurity Workforce Development program, CyberSkills2Work.
UWF excels in metrics measuring high-impact practices, retention and median wages of graduates in Board of Governors’ performance metrics
UWF excelled in many key areas in the Florida Board of Governors’ 2022-23 performance-based funding model and earned high marks in metrics measuring median wages upon graduation, high-impact practices and retention in a state.
UWF to launch MBA program in executive leadership
Beginning in Fall 2023, UWF will offer a new online Executive Master of Business Administration: Leadership Practice and Purpose.
UWF’s Center for Cybersecurity GenCyber camps for area students inspire, educate about careers in cybersecurity
UWF Center for Cybersecurity is preparing the next generation of professionals through its innovative GenCyber Experience Cyber Challenge courses and GenCyber Summer Camp.
UWF shatters record for amount raised during fifth annual Day of Giving
UWF’s fifth annual #UWFDayofGiving breaks record by raising nearly $219,000 and connecting with more than 1,380 donors from around the world during the 24-hour event!
UWF breaks ground on Sandy Sansing Sports Medicine Center
UWF celebrates with a groundbreaking ceremony for the Sandy Sansing Sports Medicine Center, a $6 million facility dedicated to providing quality care to all student-athletes.
UWF to celebrate Day of Giving on April 20
University of West Florida Argonauts from across the country and around the world will come together to support the University and its programs on UWF’s fifth annual Day of Giving scheduled for Thursday, April 20.