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Old UWF Flag
The first flag of UWF featured the date “1963” in Roman Numerals. This was the year that the Florida Legislature first appropriated funds for the building and creation of the University of West Florida to open for classes in the Fall of 1967.
Also in the Fall 1963, the Board of Control (later Board of Regents) approved the 1,000 acre campus by Nine Mile Road and the 150 acre tract on Santa Rosa Island as the sites for UWF. The original University of West Florida flag was created in 1971, and later changed to the present version in 2003. |
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New UWF Flag
The new UWF flag was developed by members of the 2003 Leadership Enhancement and Development Program. The design represents UWF’s colors and symbols. After approval by President Cavanaugh and the Board of Trustees, the flag was unveiled at the 2004 Festival on the Green. |
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Bob Annin Cannon
Cannon found by UWF student, Bob Annin, brought to foundy for firing and later placed on Library Green in front of Library, June 1970. |
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Student Services Arch
The arch outside of the Student Services building has become one of UWF’s traditional symbols since it was built in 1991. |
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Nautilus Shell
The Nautilus shell is emblazoned on the University’s first insignia which appeared in print in early 1967 on the University’s premiere catalog. First President Crosby noted in a 1965 report of the University’s natural relationship to the sea, and in his first commencement address in 1968, that “education is an inherent part of living, because it is a necessary condition of growth” and “growth involves a continuing series of beginnings.” Incorporating Oliver Wendell Holmes’ poem, “The Chambered Nautilus,” Crosby fostered UWF’s guiding principles of growth through education ‘by life’s unresting sea” embodied in the symbol of the Nautilus shell. |
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UWF Entrance Gate
Entrance sign at main gate (Scenic Highway entrance) in 1972. |
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UWF Billboard
University of West Florida and the Edward Ball Wildlife Sanctuary, next right! |
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