Community Partner Spotlight
The Community Partner Spotlight highlights mutually beneficial partnerships between the University of West Florida and organizations in our community.
Florida Power & Light Company (FPL)
Florida Power & Light Company (FPL) is committed to empowering the workforce of tomorrow by investing in education, training and professional development programs. FPL has been working together with UWF to grow skillsets and access training programs across the ever-evolving field of cybersecurity.
For several years, FPL has been a strong supporter of the UWF Center for Cybersecurity’s mission and workforce development initiatives and serves as an active participant on the Center’s Advisory Board. Recently, FPL joined the CyberSkills2Work Employers Network, a national cybersecurity workforce development program, for which UWF serves as the lead institution.
FPL also supports the economic growth of Northwest Florida and hosts the annual Northwest Florida Economic Symposium. This event brings together hundreds of community leaders from across the region and serves as a catalyst to generate conversations about the future of our region and local communities.
UWF greatly values FPL’s partnership! To learn more about FPL, and to view upcoming internship and job opportunities, please visit www.fpl.com.
2023-2024:
January-March: Pensacola & Perdido Bays Estuary Program
July-September: Booz Allen Hamilton
October-December: Florida Institute for Human & Machine Cognition
2022-2023:
July-September: Achieve Healthy EscaRosa
October-December: Girl Scouts of Gateway Council
January-March: Gulf Islands National Seashore
April-June: Emerald Coast National Writing Project
2021-2022:
July-September: Lakeview Center, Inc.
October-December: Gulf Coast Diplomacy
January-March: TeacherReady
April-June: Navy Federal Credit Union
2020-2021:
July-September: Visit Pensacola
October-December: Autism Pensacola
January-March: Pensacola Community Music School
April-June: United Way of West Florida