The University of the Ozarks’ incoming class for the 2022 Fall Semester represents a 19 percent increase over last year’s incoming class, University officials announced this week. A total of 785 students were enrolled at Ozarks as of the end of business on Sept. 7, the official day of record for the semester. It marks […]
Photo: The management team for Horn and Son Construction includes (from left) Chris Smith, property manager; Amie Hughes, office manager; Kenny Colvin, job superintendent; and owners Brianna and Travis Horn. Horn and Son Construction of Clarksville, which has partnered with University of the Ozarks on several recent facility projects, will receive the University’s 2022 Community […]
University of the Ozarks senior Colby Dorcély’s summer internship experience in Washington, D.C. was so successful that the company offered him a position once he graduated in May of 2022. The business administration and political science major from Pétion-Ville, Haiti, interned with Infineon Technologies Americas Corp. through The Fund For American Studies (TFAS) program. Headquartered […]
Clarksville natives Dr. Don Pennington ’68 and Philip Taylor Jr. ’85 will each be recognized by their alma mater, University of the Ozarks, with the prestigious Alumni Legacy Award during Homecoming 2022. Pennington (pictured, left) and Taylor will be honored during the Ozarks Awards Ceremony on Friday, Oct. 21, as part of the University’s annual […]
When it came to pursuing his professional calling, 2022 University of the Ozarks graduate Vicente Vasquez Velasquez didn’t wait for the opportunity to come to him. He took the initiative. Vasquez is interning as a research assistant at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) in Panama. The STRI is considered a standard-setting global platform for […]
University of the Ozarks welcomed approximately 30 new employees to the University family on Aug. 16 for New Employee Orientation. Among the new faculty and staff who took part in the workshop were (seated, from left) Krista Denne, instruction and outreach librarian; Sierra Jasna, assistant softball coach, Dr. Daniel Fudge, assistant professor of political science; […]
Dr. Murat Atasoy has been named an assistant professor of environmental science at University of the Ozarks. Atasoy has served as a post-doctoral research fellow in the Department of Geoscience at Auburn University since 2021. He previously was an assistant professor ad department head of the Department of Environmental Sciences at Osmaniye Korkut Ata University […]
Former world beatbox champion Kaila Mullady will visit University of the Ozarks to present a performance and talk on Thursday, Sept. 15, to kick off the University’s 2022-23 Walton Arts & Ideas Series (WAIS). The event begins at 7 p.m. in the Walton Fine Art Center’s Seay Theatre and there is no cost for attendance. […]
Star Lowrey-LaGrone will join the University of the Ozarks faculty this fall as an instructor of health science. Lowrey-LaGrone most recently served as an adjunct faculty member teaching health courses at the University of Arkansas-Fort Smith. She recently completed a master’s of science in nursing degree from the University of Arkansas. “Being raised in a […]
MaKenzie Douglas has joined the University of the Ozarks as an academic support coordinator in the Jones Learning Center (JLC). Her first day at Ozarks was Monday, Aug. 8. Douglas most recently served as an academic advisor at the University of Arkansas Community College at Morrilton. She also served a graduate school internship at U […]