Graduate School

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University News

Graduate Spotlight

Outstanding Master's Thesis Award

UWF 2017 Outstanding Master's Thesis Award

Congratulations to Mitchell McMillan, M.S. Environmental Science, for being selected for the 2017 Outstanding Thesis Award. His thesis titled "Evaluating and Developing Streambank Erosion Models in the Gulf of Mexico Coastal Plain" was directed at producing an effective and efficient predictive model for local streams.

Honorable Mention
Colin Keohane, M.A. Anthropology
Thesis: Of Schipes Al the World at Ones: The Significance of John Gower's Use of Maritime Vocabulary in Professional Amantis
Advisor/Thesis Chair: Dr. John Bratten

Honorable Mention
Mariah O'Neil Pfleger, M.S. Biology
Thesis: Taxonomy and Phylogeography of Deep Sea Dogfish Sharks
Advisor/Thesis Chair: Dr. Toby Daly-Engel

UWF accounting students No. 3 in nation in passing CPA Exam

University of West Florida accounting students ranked third in the nation in 2016 for first-time pass rate on the Certified Public Accountant Examination.

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Master of Accountancy

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UWF Graduate School

Building 11
11000 University Pkwy.
Pensacola, FL 32514
(850) 473-7716
(866) 931-4872 Toll Free
graduate@uwf.edu

Important Dates:

Oct

1

11:59pm / All Campuses
Spring 2018 Application Deadline
Deadline for Spring 2018 Applications
Oct

4

10:30am - 12:00pm / Bldg 53, 201A
Mentoring and Advising in Graduate School
Advice on working with your graduate advisor, seeking and working with a mentor, and serving as a peer mentor to graduate colleagues.
Oct

11

10:30am - 12:00pm / Bldg 53, 201A
Managing a Thesis from Start to Finish
This session will address how to work with your advisor on a topic, select and work with members of your thesis committee, and attend to milestone goals and university deadlines to finish a thesis in a timely manner.
Oct

16

11:59pm / Graduate School
Deadline to submit dissertation to the Graduate School
Deadline to submit dissertation to the Graduate School
Oct

27

11:59pm / ProQuest
Deadline to submit thesis to the Graduate School via ProQuest
Deadline to submit thesis to the Graduate School via ProQuest
Nov

6

11:59pm / ProQuest
Deadline to submit dissertation to ProQuest
Deadline to submit dissertation to ProQuest
Nov

8

10:30am - 12:00pm / Bldg 53, 201A
Time Management for Graduate Students
Graduate school presents new challenges for time management.This session provides advice on how to manage these multiple demands.
Nov

24

11:59pm / ProQuest
Deadline for HMCSE and COH students to submit thesis to the Graduate School via ProQuest
Deadline for Hal Marcus College of Science and Engineering and College of Health students to submit thesis to the Graduate School via ProQuest
Dec

15

11:59pm / ProQuest
ProQuest Final submission - deadline to submit cleared thesis to ProQuest
ProQuest Final submission - deadline to submit cleared thesis to ProQuest