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Homecoming Tailgate Friday, October 19 5:00-7:00 UWF Baseball Fields November 12 Veterans Day November 22 & 23 Thanksgiving Holidays Saturday, December 15 9:00 Undergraduate ceremony 2:30 Graduate and Doctoral Pensacola Civic Center |
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UWF Archaeologists Discover Second =
Oldest
Shipwreck in the U.S. It was the last week of Archaeology field school in the summer of 2006 when two University of West Florida students found a few stones lying on = the floor of Pensacola Bay and thought there may be something more. That̵= 7;s all it took for John Bratten and Gregory Cook, both maritime archaeology professors at UWF, to look further and find that they had a lot more on t= heir hands than a few stones. UWF publicly announced that after several months= of evaluation, the shipwreck in Pensacola Bay formerly known as “Target 17” is the remains of one of the colonization ships of the Tristan = de Luna fleet that sank in Pensacola Bay during a hurricane in 1559.<= span lang=3DEN style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-= ansi-language: EN'> Click here for complete story Sixty-five volunteers are needed to assist with the Emerald Coast BEST Robotics Competition to be held Oct. 27 in the UWF Field House. Twenty robotics te= ams from middle and high schools across the West Florida region will particip= ate. Total attendance will be approximately 1,200 people, including about 800 prospective UWF students. Volunteers will judge the robot competition on = the field, table displays, oral presentations, engineering notebooks and spir= it and sportsmanship. No prior judging experience is required. Score sheets = will be provided along with instruction on how to use them. In addition to jud= ges and scorekeepers, volunteers are also needed to set-up and take down the event, check teams in and provide information and crowd control. To volunteer, contact Bill Weber at wweber= @uwf.edu. For more information on the competition, visit http://uwf.edu/ece/emeraldcoastbest/. = To view a video of a BEST Robotics Competition, visit h= ttp://www.bestinc.org/MVC/Game/best_videos/ and select the "South's BEST" link. |
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UWF President Cavanaugh announced that during the silent phase of the
campaign, which started July 1, 2004, $22.1 million was raised in support=
of
the university. This total includes gifts and pledges, as well as endowme=
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and facilities matching funds from the state of Florida. The goal of the
“Creating Great Futures” campaign is to raise a total of $35
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style=3D'color:#0000E4'>Click here for complete story… |
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Richard
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Brosnaham has be=
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employed in the museum field his entire working career. He has served in =
progressively
responsible positions from volunteer services specialist, to museum educa=
tor,
to associate director and currently as executive director of WFHPI. =
He
is a member of the Florida Association of Museums, the American Associati=
on
of Museums, the Florida Trust for Historic Preservation, the American
Association of State and Local History and the National Trust for Historic
Preservation. He has served on a number of historic preservation and muse=
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exhibit grant review panels and recently served on the Special Task Force=
on
State-Owned Historic Properties in St. Augustine. Brosnaham is
responsible for all aspects of WFHPI daily museum operations and public
programming, which serves about 15,000 school children and 50,000 museum
visitors each year. The Florida
Association of Museums is the not-for-profit professional organization for
Florida's museums and museum professionals. The mission of the associatio=
n is
to represent and address the needs of the museum community, enhancing the
ability of museums to serve the public interest. WFHPI is a direct support organization of the University of West Florida. |
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850-863-6565, is designed to be a point of ent=
ry for
general questions regarding programs, special events, and other UWF Emera=
ld
Coast “happenings.” The phone will be answered by a UWF Emerald Coast staff member,=
and
is not an automated system. Please let us know how this new point of entry
works for you. REEF Open House &nbs=
p; UWF Emerald Coast and the University of Florida hoste=
d an
open house on August 28 celebrating the UWF engineering program’s m=
ove
to the University of Florida’s Research and Engineering Education
Facility (REEF). students have been given the opportunity to immerse themselves in= an engineering/research environment, which will make them even better engine= ers by the time they are finished with their programs," said UWF Emerald Coast Engineering Program Coordinator, Dr. Tom Gilbar.
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Around Campus Single tickets are $16 for adults, $12 for seniors an=
d active
military and $10 for non-UWF students. Discounts are available for season
ticket purchases. All shows will be performed at the Center for Fine and
Performing Arts (CFPA), Building 82 on the UWF Main Campus. Tickets may be reserved by calling t=
he
CFPA box office at (850) 857-6285. Visit http://uwf.edu/theatre/ “Once on this Island” =
(Mainstage Theatre) October 18, 19, 20, 26 and 27 at 8 pm October 21 and 28 at 2:30 pm “Antigone” (Studio Theatre)=
November 15, 16 17 at 8 pm November 18 at 2:30 pm “A Christmas Carol” (Mainstage
Theatre) December 6, 7, 8, 13, 14 and 15 at 8 pm December 9 and 16 at 2:30 pm “House of Bernarda Alba” (Studio
Theatre) February 21, 22, 23, 28, 29 and March 1 at 8 pm February 24 and March 2 at 2:30 pm
"Guys and Dolls" (Mainstage Theatre) April 10, 11, 12, 18 and 19 at 8 pm April 13 and 20 at 2:30 pm Best House Groundbreaking The Ceremonial Groundbreaking for the UWF BEST House was the best =
ever!
The grand event took place on Friday, September 28, at the BEST House Sit=
e on
the UWF campus. We unveiled the conceptual plans and placed the sign at t=
he
site. For more information =
and to
see BEST house images click here.
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phone: 850-474-2758
1-800-226-1UWF
fax: 850-474-2714
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