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Campus in spring bloom
January 9, 2023 • Posted in ,

Spring Semester Begins Jan. 17

Classes for the Spring 2023 Semester at University of the Ozarks will begin on Tuesday, Jan. 17. Residential housing will open on Sunday, Jan 15, for students to move in for the spring semester. There will be no classes on Monday, Jan. 16, as the University observes Martin Luther King Jr. Day. However, University offices […]

Campus fountain and Chapel
January 5, 2023 • Posted in ,

Honor Students Announced for Fall 2022 Semester

University of the Ozarks has announced its academic honor students for the 2022 Fall 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 […]

Dody Pelts
December 21, 2022 • Posted in ,

Pelts Recognized Nationally as Advocate for First-Year Students

Dody Pelts, vice president for student success at University of the Ozarks, has been named an “Outstanding First-Year Students Advocate” by a national organization. The National Resource Center for The First-Year Experience and Students in Transition, along with co-sponsor Cengage, recently named Pelts as one of 10 recipients across the country for its annual award […]

University supports local nonprofits
December 20, 2022 • Posted in ,

University Supports Local Nonprofits

As a way of celebrating the work they do in our community, University of the Ozarks continued a recent Christmas tradition last week by donating a total of $3,000 to four local nonprofit organizations in Johnson County. This year’s beneficiaries included the Arkansas Single Parent Scholarship Fund of Johnson County, Johnson County Youth Coalition, the […]

Class of Fall 2022 on Chapel steps
December 17, 2022 • Posted in , ,

University Celebrates Fall 2022 Graduates

University of the Ozarks conferred degrees upon 30 graduates on Saturday, Dec. 17, during its Fall 2022 Commencement ceremony in Munger-Wilson Chapel. University alumnus Rick Armstrong ’00 of Seattle, Wash., provided the keynote address. Armstrong is the director of product marketing at Tangle, a tech start-up founded by games experts who are building a virtual […]

Cassidy Rolle
December 14, 2022 • Posted in , , ,

Honors Graduate Rolle Sets Example for Siblings

When Cassidy Rolle walks across the stage to receive her diploma Saturday at the University of the Ozarks’ 2022 Fall Commencement, she will be setting a shining example for her three younger siblings. Rolle, from South Andros, The Bahamas, will graduate from Ozarks with a business administration degree and with the highest of academic honors, […]

Heather Dickerson and Jessica Baumgarten
December 13, 2022 • Posted in

Dickerson, Baumgartner Earn Promotions

University of the Ozarks has announced a pair of recent promotions in the Mabee Administration Building. Heather Dickerson (pictured, left) has moved from student account manager to accountant, effective Nov. 28.  She replaces Debbie Siebenmorgen, who is leaving Ozarks later this month for a new job opportunity. Dickerson joined Ozarks in 2008, and was the […]

Cody Sparks

Hometown University Proves Right Choice for Sparks

When Cody Sparks graduated from Lamar (Ark.) High School in 2019 as third in her class academically and with superior honors, she had numerous options on where to attend college. Three and a half years later, she knows that her “hometown” University was the right choice for her. Sparks will graduate from University of the […]

Teacher ed students
December 7, 2022 • Posted in ,

Education Program Honors Students

The University of the Ozarks’ Pat Walker Teacher Education Program held a pinning ceremony for several of its students on Dec. 6 in the Rogers Conference Center. The pinning ceremony is a symbolic, time-honored tradition marking the occasion when students are formally welcomed into the teacher education program. The newest inductees received a pin that […]

Faculty promotions

Professors Smith, Brown, Edens Earn Promotions

Long-time University of the Ozarks professors (pictured, from left) Pam Smith, NaLisa Brown and Susan Edens have all been promoted and placed on the tenure-earning track, effective Jan. 1, 2023, University officials announced this week. Edens was promoted from associate professor of practice of communication to associate professor of communication, Smith will advance from associate […]