Parking and Transportation

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Food for Fines, Fall 2025

Food for Fines is co-sponsored by UWF SGA.

• Students and Employees may have up to $75 in parking citations waived.
• The following citations are NOT eligible: parked in handicapped, parked in reserve, parked in a fire lane, false/improper registration, boot fees.
• Participants must donate a total of FIVE items per citation. For example, a citation would require a donation of 5 items (one from each category). The table below shows the items:
  • Any canned Meat item, 5 oz. can or larger
  • Any canned Soup, 10.5 oz. can or larger
  • Any Peanut Butter, 40 oz. container or larger
  • Any canned Fruit item, 15 oz. or larger
  • Any canned Vegetable item, 15 oz. or greater
• Items will be dropped off at the Parking Services office on Nov. 19, 20, and 21 between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m.
• There will be no refunds for citations already paid.

All food items received will be donated to the Argo Pantry.

• Note: Food items will not be accepted if they are damaged, opened, missing a label or expired. Also, glass jars/containers cannot be accepted.

UWF regulates its parking facilities

Parking a vehicle on any of the University of West Florida’s campuses is a privilege that may be granted and revoked by the University. The University is authorized and reserves the right to regulate its vehicle parking facilities for the exclusive use of designated groups or individuals. All vehicles parked on campus are parked at the risk of the owner.

How parking is organized at UWF: The University manages more than thirty parking lots on the Pensacola Campus. Each lot is designated with a letter name and is available to a specific user group. Signs are posted at the entrance to each lot indicating the user designation(s). Parking spaces are marked with signs within the lot for specific user groups. For example, Lot Y is designated for resident students, marked with blue signs and is located close to Martin Hall. For complete information on parking lot designations, see the Parking Map 2024-2025 (PDF) or view the new Interactive Parking Map at uwf.edu/campusparking.

UWF uses virtual permits. Therefore, your license plate serves as your permit. Plate information is entered by you into the system when you purchase your permit via MyUWF. No tangible permit is needed. The user can enter three plates, however only one plate can be on campus at a time. Vehicles may only be parked nose in, back in parking is not allowed.

All University students and employees parking on campus must be registered with Parking Services. Registration can be accomplished online via MyUWF. Visitors should stop by the Visitors Center, Bldg. 81 and pick up a temporary permit. The Visitors Center is open weekdays from 8am to 5pm except on UWF holidays. After hours and weekends, temporary permits are available at the UWF Police office, Bldg. 94.

UWF user groups are designated as follows (signs indicate parking ares):

• Commuters – green (Visitors may park in commuter spaces if no designated visitors spaces are available.)
• Resident students – blue (Pace, Argo, Heritage, Presidents and Martin Hall); black permits (Village East and Village West)
• Motorcycles – brown
• Faculty and staff – yellow 
• Faculty and staff reserved
• Senior administrators – blue and green
• Visitors – temporary/white permits
• Handicapped – standard handicapped permit

Loading Zone Policy: The period of use for loading or unloading purposes will be restricted to 2 hours. Prior permission from Parking Services to park in a Loading Zone is required. Parking regulations in Loading Zones will be enforced at all times.

Once parked, walking on campus is encouraged. In most cases, it is possible to reach your destination with 15 minutes. See the estimate of Campus Walking Times (pdf). 

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Contact Us

Parking and Transportation Services

Chip Chism, Manager
jchism@uwf.edu
850.473.7711