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Tyra Nicole Omier
March 8, 2024 • Posted in

Nicole ’13: A Champion for the Vulnerable and Marginalized

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 […]

Morgan Jackson and family
March 7, 2024 • Posted in

Team’s Success is Important to Jackson ’12

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 Macdonald
March 6, 2024 • Posted in

Astrophysicist, Star Trek Consultant to Speak at Ozarks on April 4

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 […]

Lilian Cruz
March 6, 2024 • Posted in

Teaching Ethics Becomes Career Path for Cruz ’90

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 […]

Jae Lynn Huckaba
March 5, 2024 • Posted in

Law and Spanish Opened the World for Huckaba ’18

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 […]

Lauren Ray
March 4, 2024 • Posted in

Ray ’13 Inspiring Love of Outdoors in Others

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, […]