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U of O Skills Academy
4 days ago • August 4, 2025 • Posted in

U of O Launches New Online Skills Marketplace

CLARKSVILLE, ARKANSAS — University of the Ozarks is proud to announce the launch of the University of the Ozarks Skills Academy, an online skills marketplace designed to equip learners with in-demand skills through short-term credential and certificate programs. Created to meet evolving workforce demands, the Skills Academy offers a dynamic alternative to traditional degree programs. […]

Stone Faulkenberry
7 days ago • August 1, 2025 • Posted in

Faulkenberry Named Assistant Professor of PE

Stone Faulkenberry has joined the University of the Ozarks faculty as an assistant professor of physical education, beginning the Fall 2025 Semester. A native of Bentonville, Ark., Faulkenberry has a master’s degree in education and a bachelor’s degree in kinesiology and general science, both from the University of Central Arkansas. Faulkenberry has nearly 30 years of […]

Eric Kremers
1 week ago • July 31, 2025 • Posted in

Kremers Named Science Lab Manager

Col. Eric Kremers has joined the University of the Ozarks full-time as the science lab manager in the Wilson Science Center and as an instructor in the health science promotion and exercise science programs. Kremers has served as an adjunct faculty member in health sciences at U of O for the past two years. He […]

Fall 2025 Classes begin Aug. 26
1 week ago • July 29, 2025 • Posted in

Fall Semester Classes Begin Aug. 26

University of the Ozarks will begin classes for the 2025 Fall Semester on Tuesday, Aug. 26. The University is expected to welcome an incoming class of approximately 300 new students to campus for the New Student Orientation, which runs from Aug. 22-25. The orientation begins with move-in from 7:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. on Friday, […]

campus
2 weeks ago • July 28, 2025 • Posted in

U of O Student Support Programs Receive $1.6 Million Grant

University of the Ozarks has been awarded $1.6 million in anticipated federal grant funding from the U.S. Department of Education for its TRIO Student Support Services programs. The funds are awarded to colleges and universities to provide opportunities for students’ academic development as well as to motivate students toward the successful completion of their postsecondary […]

WAIS speakers for 2025-26
July 24, 2025 • Posted in

Olympic Swimmer, Star Wars Cartoonist, CIA Spy Highlight 2025-26 WAIS

Three-time Olympian swimmer Lilly King (pictured, from left), award-winning Star Wars cartoonist Jeffrey Brown, and former Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) chief of disguise and best-selling author Jonna Mendez will highlight the University of the Ozarks’ 2025-26 Walton Arts & Ideas Series. WAIS is made possible by an endowment established by the Walton Family Charitable Support Foundation. […]

Class of 2024 graduates
July 23, 2025 • Posted in

Job Placement Rate is 95 Percent for Class of 2024

For the ninth consecutive year, the initial employment and graduate school placement success rate of recent University of the Ozarks graduates exceeds 90 percent, according to the University’s 2025 First Destination and Career Profile Report. The latest survey looks at the Class of 2024 graduates and whether or not they had employment or were in […]

Stickley, Clark and Banning
July 22, 2025 • Posted in

U of O Promotes Stickley, Hires Clark and Banning 

There has been one promotion and two new hires recently in the University’s Jones Learning Center (JLC) and Student Success Center (SSC) programs, according to Dody Pelts, vice president for student success. Melodye Stickley (pictured, left) has been promoted to academic services coordinator in the JLC/SSC programs. In addition, Kelli Clark (center) was hired as […]

Lorraine Darnell
July 22, 2025 • Posted in

Darnell ’56 Gift Establishes Scholarship Endowment 

Lorraine G. Darnell ’56 of Clarksville, Ark., has made a $20,000 gift to create a scholarship endowment at University of the Ozarks in memory of her mother, Frances W. Darnell ’33, and to honor a legacy of more than 50-years of combined teaching for the mother-daughter alumni duo. The Frances W. Darnell ’33 and Lorraine […]

Alumna Emily Black
July 14, 2025 • Posted in

Black ’15 Living Her Dream with WNBA Front Office

Emily Black’s childhood career dream hasn’t quite come true yet, but the University of the Ozarks marketing graduate has landed pretty close to her target in the decade since graduating. The Clarksville, Ark., native grew up watching the WNBA on television and dreaming of someday being the commissioner of the women’s professional basketball league. Today, […]