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 […]
The University of the Ozarks’ Pat Walker Teacher Education Program has been recognized for its students’ high pass rates in the state licensure exams. U of O elementary education students ranked first in Best-Attempt Pass Rates and sixth in First-Attempt Pass Rates in Arkansas in 2021, according to the National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ). […]
University of the Ozarks will begin classes for the 2022 Fall Semester on Tuesday, Aug. 23. The University is expected to welcome approximately 300 new incoming freshmen and transfer students to campus for the New Student Orientation, which runs from Aug. 19-22. The orientation begins with move-in from 9 a.m. to noon on Friday, Aug. […]
University of the Ozarks alumna Karlee (Henson) Swartz ’18 has returned to her alma mater as creative director in the University’s Marketing and Enrollment Department. Her first day was Aug. 1. Swartz most recently served as the downtown director and marketing director of the Clarksville-Johnson County Chamber of Commerce. As creative director, Swartz will lead […]
A new academic book authored by Dr. Argelia Garcia Saldivar, assistant professor of Spanish at University of the Ozarks, reviews the impact of capitalist values and the capacity of the transatlantic press to promote emancipated models in Hispanic societies at the beginning of the 20th century. The book, Conexiones transatlánticas: Expandiendo límites en el mundo […]
Mathew Foss, a filmmaker who has taught at several Arkansas universities, has been hired as an instructor of communication at University of the Ozarks, beginning the Fall 2022 Semester. Foss has 18 years of experience in the film and entertainment industry as a writer, director, editor, producer and actor, and has seven years of collegiate […]