UWF Events

• University pursues Maritime Museum at proposed Community Maritime Park in Downtown Pensacola
• UWF named host of Florida Public Archaeology Network
• Hurricane Dennis forces campus to close for one week in July
• New 107,000 square-foot Health, Leisure and Sports Facility opens in the fall

World Events

• Terrorist bombings in London kill 52
• Hurricane Katrina devastates Mississippi Gulf Coast; New Orleans evacuated after levee breaks flood city
• Pope John Paul II, Rosa Parks and Johnny Carson die
• Cancer surpasses heart disease as leading cause of death among people 85 and younger