In 2023, University of the Ozarks alumna Tyra Nicole Omeir ’13 earned the prestigious honor of representing her home country of Nicaragua as a “One Young World – European Commission Peace Ambassador” in the United Kingdom, capping a decade of work as a champion for the underserved and for victims of human trafficking. The former […]
As director of global logistics-delivery for Walmart, there’s no better feeling for Morgan (Goates) Jackson ’12 than watching her team succeed. Jackson, who graduated from University of the Ozarks in 2012 with a degree in business, leads a team at Walmart that supports and manages the movement of containerized goods — merchandise, food, and perishables […]
Dr. Erin Mcdonald, an astrophysicist, aerospace engineer, and science fiction consultant who has served as the science adviser for the Star Trek franchise since 2019, will speak at University of the Ozarks on Thursday, April 4, in the Rogers Conference Center. The event begins at 7 p.m. and is part of the University’s 2023-24 Walton […]
The Business Ethics class that Lilian Cruz de Santizo ’90 took at University of the Ozarks in the late 1980s made such an impact on her that she made it her career. The former Walton Scholar earned a business administration degree at Ozarks in 1990 before returning to her home country of Guatemala where she […]
It didn’t take Jae Lynn Huckaba ’18 long to discover that her undergraduate education at University of the Ozarks gave her an advantage over her classmates at the University of Miami School of Law. The first-generation college graduate from Forrest City, Ark., earned majors in English and Spanish with high honors from Ozarks in 2018 […]
In the decade since graduating from University of the Ozarks, Lauren Ray ’13 can appreciate even more the customized undergraduate education she received at the University. Ray has worked for the National Park Service in a number of locations since leaving Ozarks, including Arches National Park in Utah, Pecos National Historical Park in New Mexico, […]
(The following article was written by Janice Penix and appeared in the Feb. 28 edition of The Graphic newspaper in Clarksville. It is reprinted with the permission of The Graphic.) Students at Clarksville Junior High heard an inspirational message on Thursday from local native Kaye Bagsby Person, who was crowned the first Black Miss College […]
University of the Ozarks senior Seria Cash called it the highlight of her singing career after advancing last week to the semifinals of the Arkansas Chapter of the Southern National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS) annual conference and student audition in Arkadelphia, Ark. Cash, a psychology major and music minor from Nassau, The Bahamas, […]
University of the Ozarks has begun construction this month on a new $27 million, four-story residence hall, one of the largest capital construction projects in the University’s 190-year history. The 250-bed residence hall will be located on the east side of College Avenue, just north and adjacent to MacLean Hall. It is expected to be […]
When the total solar eclipse passes through Arkansas on Monday, April 8, tens of thousands of Arkansans will be viewing the rare phenomenon with eclipse glasses designed by University of the Ozarks alumna Odalis Garcia. Garcia, a 2023 business administration major from Clarksville, was one of two winners of a state-wide contest last summer that […]