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Members First Credit Union gifts     
$100k to name UWF hitting facility

The University of West Florida recently 

received a $100,000 gift from Members 

First Credit Union of Florida to name the 

hitting facility used by the baseball and 

softball teams. 

The facility is slated to be named 

Members First Credit Union Hitting 

Facility, pending UWF Board of Trustees 

approval.

“It is great to have community partners 

like Members First Credit Union that take 

an interest in your athletic program,” said 

Dave Scott, UWF athletic director. “This 

gift is an investment in the development 

of our student athletes and will assist in 

‘Building Champions for Life.’”

The hitting facility is the University’s 

new multi-purpose, 9,100-square foot 

indoor training center for baseball 

and softball, which was opened at the 

beginning of the 2016 season. 

“Members First is excited to partner 

with the athletic program at the 

University of West Florida,” Members 

First Credit Union President Caryl 

Greene said. “Our roots are in education, 

and partnering with UWF seemed like a 

natural progression. 

Baseball Head Coach Mike Jeffcoat 

described the new facility as the 

“icebreaker” for the UWF athletic 

department’s master plan to upgrade its 

sports facilities.

UWF is in the public phase of its 50th 

Anniversary Capital Campaign, the 

largest capital campaign in University 

history. To support the campaign, visit 

uwf.edu/give.

Pensacola Museum of Art presents 
“Metaphor as Manifestation”

The Pensacola Museum of Art 

announces the opening of “Metaphor as 

Manifestation,” an exhibition of prints 

by Jasper Johns and Robert Motherwell 

(1915-1991), which will be on display 

from May 5 through Aug. 26. The 

exhibition is part of Justin C. Baldwin’s 

personal collection, which has been 

assembled through travels, dealers, 

auctions and artists across the globe.

The exhibition features prints produced 

in cross-disciplinary collaborative efforts 

between Motherwell and the Spanish poet 

Rafael Alberti; and Johns and the avant-

garde novelist and poet Samuel Beckett. 

These creative projects interrogate 

the intersections of visual and literary 

art forms by experimenting with the 

relationships of image and text.

The 19 lithographs by Motherwell 

included in this exhibition are the artist’s 

response to a poem written in 1980 by 

Alberti to the artist.

Located at 407 S. Jefferson St. in historic 

downtown Pensacola, the Pensacola 

Museum of Art is open Tuesday through 

Friday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday 

from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Sunday from 

noon to 4 p.m.

For more information about the 

PMA, call 850.432.6247 or visit 

pensacolamuseum.org.

UWF recognizes student excellence 
in leadership and service

The University of West Florida 

honored more than 175 students at the 

29th annual Student Leadership Awards 

Banquet, hosted by the Division of 

Student Affairs on April 9 in the UWF 

Conference Center and Ballroom.

The division presented 14 awards 

recognizing students for various 

achievements, including completing 

thousands of hours of community service 

and embracing leadership roles that 

benefi t the campus and community. 

  

Awards for Sustained Leadership            

and Service

The Awards for Sustained Leadership 

and Service recognize two seniors for 

their signifi cant contributions, sustained 

leadership and service to campus life. 

Each award included a $500 scholarship. 

Dr. Kevin Bailey, vice president for 

student affairs, and Dr. Jim Hurd, senior 

associate vice president for student 

affairs, presented the recipients with 

these awards.

Linda O. Dye Award, Kenneth L. 

Curtis Award. Hal Crosby Leadership 

Award. Deborah L. Ford Emerging 

Leader Award. Outstanding Student 

Leader Award, Outstanding Graduate 

Student Leader Award, Global 

Citizenship Award Student-Athlete 

Leadership Award, Intramural Hall of 

Fame, William M. Healey Leadership 

Award, Legacy Awards, Cannon 

Citations, President’s Volunteer Service 

Award and Who’s Who Among Students 

in American Universities and Colleges.

For more information about the 

Student Leadership Awards, visit uwf.

edu/sla.

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