1997 to 2006

UWF students during this time saw the opening of the Health, Leisure and Sports Facility. They also braved Hurricane Ivan as it ravaged the Gulf Coast and descended on campus. This decade in history was marked by the turn of the century and the Y2K bug that threatened to upend the World Wide Web as we knew it—and a Harvard dropout launched Facebook.

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Tyson Ray ’97

Founding Partner of FORM Wealth Advisors | Founder of Children’s World Impact
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John Gormley ’98

Senior Vice President, Commercial Banking at BBVA Compass
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Kelly Addington and Becca Tieder ’98, ’04

Co-founders, One Student Nonprofit
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Chris Lovell ’01

CEO and Founder of Lovell Government Services
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Rev. LuTimothy May ’02

Senior Pastor, Friendship Missionary Baptist Church | Executive Director, Dixon School of the Arts
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Derrik Lang ’03

Senior Editor, American Way Magazine | Former Entertainment Reporter and Producer, the Associated Press
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Rockford Sansom ’03

Actor and Educator in New York City
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Jason Crawford ’04, ’10

 
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Erik Medley ’05

Owner, Medley Sports Construction
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Emily Ley ’05, ’07

Founder and Creative Director, Emily Ley
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Justin Tate '05

Vice President, Corporate Middle-Market Banking at BBVA Compass
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Hong Potomski ’06

Executive Director, Andrews Research & Education Foundation