Impact Stories Assets
This page provides sample content for Impact Stories promotion on your department, college, initiative or divisional website as applicable.
Adding to Your Website
Institutional Communications has developed web content that can be duplicated to your main content area or your Left_Column underneath your site navigation. To add either of these to your website:
- Email websupport@uwf.edu with the following details:
- Which Impact Story or Stories you would like to display.
- The exact URL or which website Left_Column the content should be duplicated to.
- Web Services will duplicate the content to your specified location and the content will be left pending approval.
- Approve the content at your convenience for it to go live and display on your site.
Impact Stories Web Content for uwf.edu
Josh Brown
Just how does one go from learning how to install 70+ cable channels to conducting research to control HIV? For Joshua Brown, it was a big change, made easy. His professors and others from UWF made it so. They never told him that he couldn’t do it. They all told him what he needed to do to make it happen. And they encouraged and prodded him all along the way—instilling a new sense of purpose.
Will Condon
From Will’s perspective, his rapid climb up the corporate ladder to the corner office was less about what he envisioned. It’s a story about all the people who saw something bigger in him—that in all humility and honesty—he simply did not see.
Katie Garrett
Just how does a Pensacola native with a love of history become a successful businesswoman in an industry she has zero experience in? The entrepreneur behind Old History Whiskey Bar and The Kennedy found the perfect blend.
Basil Kuloba
An object at rest will remain at rest unless acted upon. That was until Basil’s early disdain for math, his friend’s Daniel’s robotic team and the Center of Entrepreneurship became the catalyst for INERTIA. Basil’s brainchild is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization that provides fun, hands-on group projects to increase STEM skills and the success of students in Escambia County.
Nicolas Laracuente
Bourbon is American’s oldest spirit. When it comes to the history of bourbon in the Commonwealth of Kentucky, there is a trail of tall tales. Lost beneath the layers of sediment and storytelling, Nick Laracuente has spent a decade unearthing new facts and authentic stories behind the barrels that true bourbon enthusiasts and tourists traversing Kentucky’s Bourbon Trail long to hear.
Emily Ley
In 10 short years, Emily started a family, shaped a sisterhood, and connected with a community of women… all while growing and leading a multi-million dollar business. This is Emily’s story about how one product launched a movement for women to live their lives, simplified.
Harrison Peters
After a family tragedy forced him to live with his Grandmother, Harrison Peters struggled to find his place in the world. Labeled a lost cause, one teacher saw the potential in him, and inspired Harrison to enroll at the University of West Florida. Now, he serves as Chief of Schools for Hillsborough County and works to impact kids the same way his teacher impacted him many years ago.
Hong Potomski
In the face of unimaginable adversity, one family’s focus to escape war and embrace uncertainty is all that stands in the way of creating a better life half a world away. Inspired by her parents’ determination, grit and sacrifice, Hong navigates her own journey—as a first generation college graduate—armed and ready to take on some of the biggest challenges facing healthcare—and her community.
Alonzie Scott
Times have changed, expectations are different, but a good conversation over a cup of coffee can still be the spark for great change. Surrounded by the smell of deep roast, we found a burning desire to give back to the University, our students and our community.
Dr. JR Harding
Athlete to quadriplegic, Dr. Harding never lets being confined to a wheelchair dampen his competitive spirit, limit his ability or curb his tenacity to advance opportunities for persons with disabilities (PWDs).
Dr. Patricia Izbicki
Beethoven, Mozart, Bach and other classical and contemporary musicians have found their way into the lab. This neurological research study is Dr. Patricia’s brainchild. It all began when her love for music and love for the brain struck a chord at UWF.
Suzanne Lewis
Suzanne Lewis was not only the first female superintendent of one national park—but five. Her 32-year career to preserve and protect our national treasures has made modern-era history.
Praise Pettus
True to her name, Praise Pettus is a deeply spiritual, positive and loving soul. One who never expected to be in the middle of a national public health emergency, but was exactly where she was called to be.
Steven Thornton
The path to earning a college degree and choosing a career isn’t always a straight line. For Steven Thornton, this is especially true.
