Several staff promotions have been announced recently in the University of the Ozarks’ Office of Administrative Services (OAS). (Pictured, from left) Lauryn Houston has been promoted from OAS office coordinator to financial aid coordinator; Stephenie Squire has been promoted from student account coordinator to student account manager; and Kimberly Maddox has been promoted from director […]
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 […]
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, 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]