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Rite of Passage

Celebrating UWF faculty recently promoted to Professor.


The Rite of Passage lecture series event celebrates UWF faculty recently promoted to full professor. This series commemorates the work of top academics in achieving the highest level in higher education teaching -- the coveted full professorship. The lecture series gives the professor the opportunity to share with colleagues, students, friends and community members life lessons outside the classroom. 


Next Rite of Passage - September 22, 2023

 Speaker and Lecture Details

Dr. Brian Elzweig Rite of Passage Poster 9-22-23

Dr. Brian Elzweig
Accounting and Finance
College of Business

Lecture Title
"Good Faith, Trustworthiness, and Dumb Luck"

Dr. Lane Lambert Rite of Passage Poster 9-22-23

Dr. Lane Lambert
Accounting and Finance
College of Business

Lecture Title
"Why My Family and I Cherish the Students, Faculty, and Staff at UWF"

The event will begin at 2:00 p.m. and be held in the Argonaut Athletic Club.


Date/TimeSpeakers
Friday, September 22, 2023
2:00 pm
Argonaut Athletic Club

Dr. Brian Elzweig
Accounting and Finance
College of Business

Dr. Lane Lambert
Accounting and Finance
College of Business

Friday, November 3, 2023
2:00 pm
Argonaut Athletic Club

Dr. Giang-Nguyen Nguyen
School of Education

Dr. Debra Vinci
Movement Sciences and Health
Usha Kundu, MD College of Health

Friday, December 1, 2023
2:00 pm
Argonaut Athletic Club

Dr. Bhuvaneswari Ramachandran
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Hal Marcus College of Science and Engineering

Dr. Dallas Snider
Information Technology
Hal Marcus College of Science and Engineering

Friday, January 26, 2024
2:00 pm
Argonaut Athletic Club

Dr. Alison Green
Commerce
College of Business

Dr. Felicia Morgan
Commerce
College of Business

Friday, February 16, 2024
2:00 pm
Argonaut Athletic Club

Dr. Hasan Buker
Criminology and Criminal Justice
College of Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities

Mr. Joseph Herring
Art and Design
College of Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities

Friday, April 5, 2024
2:00 pm
Argonaut Athletic Club
Dr. Lisa Blalock
Psychology
Usha Kundu, MD College of Health