University of the Ozarks has announced its academic honor lists for the Spring 2024 Semester. To be included on the University’s President’s List, a student must carry at least 15 hours and maintain a 4.00 grade point average. To be included on the Dean’s List, a student must carry at least 15 hours and maintain […]
University of the Ozarks conferred degrees on 100 graduates on Saturday, May 11, during its Spring 2024 Commencement held on the campus mall. Alumnus and University trustee Peter Van Dyke served as the keynote speaker. The 1987 Ozarks graduate is the vice president of complex casualty claims at CNA Insurance headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. He […]
The Rev. Dr. Jim Freeman, pastor of the Broadmoor Presbyterian Church in Shreveport, La., will be the guest speaker during the University of the Ozarks’ Baccalaureate service at 4 p.m. on Friday, May 10, in Munger-Wilson Chapel. The University’s Baccalaureate service is a long-standing tradition at Ozarks on the day preceding the Spring Commencement ceremony. […]
University of the Ozarks Executive Vice President Gloria Arcia, Ed.D., has been named the new executive vice president for finance and administration and chief financial officer at Roger Williams University in Bristol, Rhode Island. Arcia has served as executive vice president for finance and administration at U of O since Aug. 2023. She was the […]
Jimmy Clark is stepping down as director of athletics at University of the Ozarks at the end of May to join the University’s development team as the new major gift officer for athletics. Clark, who was hired at Ozarks to coach baseball in 2001, has served as athletics director at Ozarks for 17 years — […]
The Rev. Sara Anne Berger has joined University of the Ozarks as the assistant director of the Thriving Congregations Program. Her first day at Ozarks was April 23. Berger will work with director Rev. Phillip Blackburn to assist the University in directing the Lilly Foundation’s recent $1 million Thriving in Ministry grant to support congregations […]
Solena Martinez Aleman was named the recipient of the prestigious Wiley Lin Hurie Memorial Award on Wednesday at the University of the Ozarks’ 67th annual Honors Day ceremony. The Hurie Award is presented to the outstanding senior in the graduating class as voted on by the faculty. It is named in honor of the long-time […]
University of the Ozarks administrators and faculty presented the University’s top academic and division awards for the 2023-24 academic year during the 67th annual Honors Day ceremony, held Wednesday afternoon in the Walton Fine Arts Center. Solena Angeli Martinez Aleman was named the recipient of the 2024 Wiley Lin Hurie Memorial Award, presented to the […]
The University of the Ozarks Pat Walker Teacher Education Program honored several of its students on April 30 with a pinning ceremony and inductions into the Ozarks Student Education Association (OSEA) and Kappa Delta Pi (KDP). The newest inductees included, (pictured, from left) Haley Howard (K-6 elementary education), Aislinn Zapata (K-6 elementary education), James Johnson […]