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25 and 30-year Service Awards
April 28, 2023 • Posted in

University to Honor 25, 30-Year Anniversaries

The University of the Ozarks will recognize a pair of 25-year Service Awards and one 30-year Service Award this week as part of the annual Board of Trustees Awards Dinner. Those who have reached their 25-year anniversaries are, (pictured, from left) Susan Edens, associate professor of communication, and Kimberly Spicer, program specialist for the Student […]

Kneiisha McDonald
April 27, 2023 • Posted in , ,

McDonald Thrives in Biomedical Sciences Field

University of the Ozarks senior Kñeisha McDonald will begin pursuing a Ph.D. in biomedical sciences in the fall, the next step in a science journey that began when she was a small child growing up in The Bahamas McDonald, a biology major from New Providence, The Bahamas, will graduate on May 13 with Summa Cum […]

20-year service awards
April 27, 2023 • Posted in

Trio to Receive 20-Year Service Awards

A trio of University of the Ozarks staff members will be recognized for 20-Year Service Awards by the University later this week. Those who have reached their 20-year anniversaries include, (pictured, from left) Monica Frizzell, University registrar; Eddie Wood of grounds and maintenance; and Glenda Wood of housekeeping. They will be honored with a certificate […]

Senior art major Jessica Frazer
April 27, 2023 • Posted in , ,

Frazer’s Exhibit Focuses on Mental Health Awareness

University of the Ozarks art student Jessica Frazer will present her Senior Art Exhibit, “Awareness,” from May 2-11 in the University’s Stephens Gallery. Frazer, an art and psychology major from Nassau, The Bahamas, will give an artist talk at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, May 2, in Baldor Auditorium in the Boreham Business Building. There will […]

Solange Alvaro
April 25, 2023 • Posted in , , ,

Avalo Honors Nicaraguan Hometown With Book

When University of the Ozarks junior Solange V. Avalo M. was thinking about a way to honor her beloved hometown of Masaya, Nicaragua, she turned to her passion for documentary photography, ethnographic studies, and research. The result was “Yo Plural: Laberintos Múltiples de Nuestros Pasos” (I Plural: Multiple Labyrinths of our Footsteps), a black and […]

15-Year Service Awards
April 24, 2023 • Posted in

Four to Receive 15-Year Service Awards

Four University of the Ozarks faculty and staff members will be recognized for 15-Year Service Awards by the University later this month. Those who have reached their 15-year anniversaries include, (pictured, top left) Heather Dickerson, accountant; Lisa Gruben-Inness, physical plant operations coordinator; Dr. Joel Hagaman, associate professor of psychology; and Greg Stone, senior IT technician. […]

Russell Jones
April 24, 2023 • Posted in ,

Russell Jones to Join Communication Faculty

Russell Jones will join the University of the Ozarks faculty beginning the Fall 2023 Semester as an instructor of broadcast/video/multi-media storytelling. Jones has almost 20 years of experience working in multimedia, including television, magazines and newspapers.  His wife, Dr. Macy Jones, is an assistant professor of theatre and communication studies at Ozarks. “I had the […]

Firing wood kiln
April 21, 2023 • Posted in ,

Art Students Participate in Rare Wood Kiln Firing

University of the Ozarks’ ceramic art students Sydney Roberts and Lauryn Hamilton had the rare opportunity recently to participate in firing an anagama (single-chambered) wood kiln. Earlier this month, the students traveled with Assistant Professor of Art Brandy Green-Russell to the University of Montevallo in Montevallo, Ala., to join UM faculty and students as well […]

Faculty and staff 10-year service awards
April 21, 2023 • Posted in

Six to Receive 10-Year Service Awards

Six University of the Ozarks faculty and staff members will be recognized for 10-Year Service Awards by the University later this month. Those who have reached their 10-year anniversaries include, (pictured, clockwise from top left) NaLisa Brown, assistant professor of marketing; Doug Denne, director of Robson Library; Richard Dunsworth, University president; Dr. Befrika Murdianti, assistant […]

National Model UN Conference
April 20, 2023 • Posted in ,

Students Take Part in National Model UN Conference

A group of students from the University of the Ozarks’ Model United Nations Class had the opportunity to put their classroom lessons into practice recently when they attended the National Model United Nations Conference in New York City, April 10-14. The students included, sophomore Gustavo Alejandro Lugo Medrano of Diriamba, Nicaragua; junior Paulina Lukini Magloire […]