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In This Issue
University News
Regional Engagement
Alumni Spotlight
Student Success
Creating Great Futures Campaign
Useful Links
UWF Hompage
UWF Calendar
Alumni Homepage
Alumni
Events
Creating Great
Futures
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University
News
 UWF
is StormReady
Representatives from the National Weather Service have designated
the University of West Florida as a StormReady university. UWF is the
third university in Florida to achieve this designation and the 29th
in the nation. StormReady is a nationwide preparedness program started
in 1999 by the National Weather Service to help arm America's universities
and communities with the communication and safety skills needed to save
lives and property-before and during a severe weather event. Link: UWF
Top Story
Regional Engagement
 UWF
Responds to Regional Need for IT and Health Sciences Programs
In order to meet increasing workforce needs within the region, a $302,727
grant was awarded to UWF by Florida's Great Northwest to develop and deliver
a new executive-style, online program for the Master of Science in Computer
Science Software Engineering specialization. Twenty-five students from
within Florida's Great Northwest region were selected for the first cohort
which began Feb. 19. Link: UWF
Top Story
Alumni Spotlight
 High-Tech
Alumnus Staying Connected to UWF
Ambitious and hard working, Jeremy Wyatt, '98, electrical engineering,
is definitely a multi-tasker. Whether he's working on software publications
or serving as master of ceremonies at a UWF Florida Boosting Engineering,
Science and Technology (BEST) robotics competition, he still finds time
to inspire and recruit new talent for his industry. Wyatt is the director
of Software Engineering for Actigraph, which specializes in designing
ambulatory activity monitors that are used to sense movement in the
body. Currently designing new features for Actigraph's interactive Web
application, the software department is working to help its users with
their fitness goals by providing the ability to share data with other
users, as well as provide weight loss tracking, diet tracking and heart
health analysis. Link: UWF
Top Story
Student Success
 UWF
Legal Studies Student Ready for Future Career
"Surprise, surprise, right in your eyes!," exclaimed Logan
McEwen to Kimberly Tatum, assistant professor of Criminal Justice and
Legal Studies, when the UWF Mock Trial Team captured the Spirit of the
American Mock Trial Association Award at the East Coast Regional Tournament.
McEwen, a UWF senior majoring in Legal Studies, was excited and proud
to represent his university against some of the top schools in the United
States. McEwen will graduate from UWF in May. He plans to attend the
Florida State University College of Law. Ultimately, he hopes to pursue
a career as a prosecutor in the International Criminal Court at The
Hague in the Netherlands. Link: UWF
Top Story
Creating Great Futures Campaign
 Charitable
Gift Continues to Create Great Futures and Beautiful Music
A grand tradition was established in 2005 at the Department of Music—the
Kathleen T. and Philip B. Phillips, M.D. Jazz Piano Competition. Made
possible by the generosity of the Phillips family, the annual event
has become a nationally recognized jazz performance competition and
an opportunity for the country's best jazz pianists to showcase their
talents. Attracting outstanding young musicians and judges from around
the country, the competition is open to currently enrolled undergraduate
and graduate students, ages 17 to 35, at colleges and universities throughout
the United States. The final round of the competition was held
as a free public performance April 3 at the Saenger Theatre located
in downtown Pensacola, with cash prizes totaling $10,000. Link:
Creating
Great Futures
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