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====Single-student housing====*Southside VillagesPresidents Hall (opened Fall 2012)
→Mascot: I am the current SGA Senate President at UWF; no one refers to us as the fighting seashells, as this article previously suggested.
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The '''University of West Florida''' is a mid-sized public university, located in Pensacola, it is a member institution of the State University System of Florida. UWF is a Doctoral/Research university, specializing in engineering and the humanities. It is a space-grant institution that was established in 1955, sitting on the third largest campus in the Florida University System, 1600 acres. The UWF main campus is a nature preserve wildlife refuge that is bordered by two rivers and Escambia Bay. The University of West Florida is an exceptionally progressive university in terms of technology and environmental policy, as exemplified by their investment in the new Science and Engineering building, the BEST house and their investments in solar powered student housing. UWF is known for its small class sizes and its intimate, private school like educational atmosphere, which distinguishes it from the larger universities in the Florida SUS. The university's mascot is an Argonaut, and the school's logo is the Chambered Nautilus.
==Organization==
===Housing===
Nearly 1,500 800 students choose to live on campus. UWF offers traditional residence halls, small community residence halls, and University-owned apartment complexes. Single-student housing is also available.<ref>[http://uwf.edu/housing/ UWF Housing]</ref>
====Traditional residence halls====
*Southside Villages
*Argo Hall
*Martin Hall
*Pace Hall
*Heritage Hall (opened in the 2010-2011 school year)
====Student apartments====
As of the Fall 2006, the UWF Men's soccer team ranked third in Division II.<ref>[http://www.gulfsouthconference.org/scheduleResults.asp?sport=MEN'S%20SOCCER Conference/National Ranking Information]</ref>
On August 18, 2011, UWF announced that they plan to organize a football team.
====Men's intercollegiate sports====
* Baseball
[[Image:09_argo.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Fall 2009: New Athletic Mascot.]]
UWF's official mascot is the [[Argonaut]], a mythical group of Greek sailors, who accompanied Jason to Colchis in his quest for the Golden Fleece. However, the official logo of the institution is the Chambered Nautilus; because of this, students jokingly refer to themselves as the UWF "Fighting Seashells."{{Fact|date=February 2007}}
The official logo of the institution is the Chambered Nautilus. Dr. [[Harold Crosby]], the university’s first president, selected the chambered nautilus to represent UWF because he was inspired by the poem [http://www.uwf.edu/standards/graphic/pop/poem.html The Chambered Nautilus] by Oliver Wendell Holmes; it is "a symbol of growth, change and accomplishment."<ref name ="Nautilus">[http://www.uwf.edu/standards/graphic/logo.html Offical page about the logo]</ref>
==References==
