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• February 17th- Thesis Deadline for Spring 2012, Final draft to School Director
• UWF's 11th Annual Women's Studies Conference is seeking submissions that address women's issues in literature, politics, religion, culture, the sciences and humanities, etc. Individual or group submissions may include essays, posters, artwork, or performances. If submitting a paper we require an abstract of at least 250-300 words or the completed paper. Deadline for proposals is February 21, 2012. Proposals should be sent to: womens@uwf.edu, or for more information call 850.474.2969 or click here for more information!
• Thursday, February 9th, noon: Chat –n- Chew Series – SPBS invites members of the campus community and students to the Chat –n- Chew series, Thursday, February 9th in Building 41, Room 115 from noon to 12:55 p.m. Dr. Jenelle Fitch will be presenting a talk entitled, “The Place Attachment Questionnaire (PAQ)".  This talk will discuss how the PAQ has been developed to provide a complex and dimensional measure of place attachment. This colloquium will focus on the development and validation of the PAQ and will also provide current and future research directions for its use, specifically as a way to ensure resiliency and growth in the wake of natural disasters.. Information: Diana Robinson, drobinso@uwf.edu.
• Friday, February 10th- UWF Center on Aging Faith-Based Workshop at the UWF Conference Center 9:00 A.M. - 12:00 Noon click here for more information

• March 19-24th- Spring Break!
• April 30th- May 5th- Finals

UWF to Participate in Annual Fire Safety Drills

The Office of Environmental Health and Safety will begin conducting fire drills for campus buildings beginning late January through the first full week of February. The fire drills are being conducted per the state fire marshal, as required by Florida statute 633.085 (2). The building emergency coordinators will help facilitate the fire drills; however, it is the responsibility of all faculty, staff and students in the building to immediately evacuate after hearing the fire alarm sound. Everyone should remain outside the building until notified by EH&S staff they can re-enter the building. The university fully expects that the local fire marshal will be participating in the drills. Information: Peter Robinson, Ext. 2435, or click here for more information.

UWF gets $600,000 grant to research ways to support women faculty

Congratulations to Drs. Laura L. K. Bryan, Pamela Vaughan, Sherry Schneider, Susan Walch, and Rosemary Hays-Thomas for being awarded nearly $600,000 in grant money from the National Science Foundation to support women faculty in the fields of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM). Click here to read more!

Click here to view Inside UWF's Sandra Averhart interview Drs. Bryan and Vaughan.

UWF Suicide Outreach and Support Program awarded $300,000 Grant

Dr. Susan Walch, along with Dr. Rebecca Kennedy and Dr. April Glenn of UWF Health and Counseling Services, Student Affairs, are the recipients of a $300.000 grant over a 3 year period, funded by the Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), Center for Mental Health Services. They proposed an integrated, coordinated multi-level program called Suicide Outreach and Support (SOS), which includes universal prevention strategies aimed at the general campus population, targeting male and female students of all racial and ethnic backgrounds and ages. Special emphasis will be placed on reaching gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and questioning (GLBTQ) students and military-affiliated students, including active duty service persons, veterans, and military spouses and dependents. SOS is anticipated to provide an effective mechanism for early identification of students in trouble and effective response to their needs. Click here to read more!

Dr. Sam Mathews, Associate Professor in the School of Psychological and Behavioral Sciences and Director of the Center for Applied Psychology, is part of a consortium which was recently awarded a 5-year National Institutes of Health grant to study health outcomes of the Deep Water Horizon oil disaster along the northern Gulf coast from Apalachicola, Florida to Baldwin County, Alabama. Dr. Mathews is a co-investigator with Dr. Tracy Irani, Professor and Development Director, Center for Public Issues Education in Agriculture and Natural Resources at The University of Florida. Dr.'s. Irani and Mathews are focusing on community outreach and dissemination of the results of the research supported by the grant. Their work will be based on understanding concerns, needs, and resources of the communities along the Gulf Coast and developing educational programs to meet those needs. The goal is to develop a regional interstate information and referral network to mitigate harm from future disasters whether human initiated or natural across the northern Gulf Coast.

The School of Psychological and Behavioral Sciences, the Center for Applied Psychology, the Department of Communication Arts, the Department of Government, and the School of Justice Studies and Social Work were pleased to co-sponsor the Robert Barnes, Supreme Court correspondent for The Washington Post speaking event. Click here to watch the video.

The University of West Florida School of Psychological and Behavioral Sciences (SPBS) invites applications for a tenure track position at the rank of Assistant Professor beginning August 2012. Interested applicants may obtain more information and/or apply for this position by clicking here.

Questions? Please contact SPBS Director, Dr. Laura L.K. Bryan at lkbryan@uwf.edu

The University of West Florida School of Psychological and Behavioral Sciences (SPBS) invites applications for a tenure track position at the rank of Assistant Professor beginning August 2012. Interested applicants may obtain more information and/or apply for this position by clicking here.

Questions? Please contact SPBS Director, Dr. Laura L.K. Bryan at lkbryan@uwf.edu