Dr. Steve Oatis has been named as the new associate vice president for academic affairs (AVPAA) beginning June 1, University of the Ozarks officials announced this week. Oatis, who has taught at Ozarks since 1999, will remain a professor of history at the University and will continue to teach a couple of classes each semester. […]
Heath Spillers, who has taught science at Subiaco Academy since 2015, has been named the new science laboratory coordinator for the Wilson Science Center, effective June 1, 2022. The science lab coordinator position manages the operations of the teaching and research laboratories and also teaches laboratory sections of science courses. Responsibilities also include, developing laboratory […]
University of the Ozarks senior art major Aaliyah O. Knowles will present her Senior Exhibit, “Da Sun on My Skin,” from April 15-22 in the University’s Stephens Gallery. There will be an artist talk at 7 p.m. on Monday, April 18, in Baldor Auditorium in the Boreham Business Building. There will also be a reception […]
When the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Pharmacy began notifying applicants last summer of their acceptance into the college’s incoming Class of Fall 2022, the first call they made was to Kerigan Bradshaw. The University of the Ozarks senior chemistry major from Bergman, Ark., learned she had been accepted into the […]
Representatives from Arkansas Valley Electric Cooperative Corporation (MyEnergyAVECC) made a $3,500 donation to the University of the Ozarks’ Wallace M. Milton Scholarship Fund on April 12. Those attending the presentation included (from left), U of O alumnus Philip Taylor ’85, AVECC board member; U of O President Richard Dunsworth; Sam Davis, AVECC board member; and […]
A pair of University of the Ozarks alumna who teach mathematics in the Arkansas River Valley were recently presented with a prestigious regional honor by the Mathematics Association of America (MAA). Kimberly (Corley) Griffin ’12 (pictured left), a teacher at Scranton High School, was named the sectional MAA 7-12 Mathematics Teacher of the Year and […]
Dr. Christie L. Sampson, whose academic work has focused on the conservation of endangered species and who most recently taught at University of Calgary and Clemson University, has joined the University of the Ozarks faculty as an assistant professor of biology, beginning the Fall 2022 Semester. Sampson is an Eyes High Postdoctoral Scholar at Calgary […]
When University of the Ozarks senior Nicolas Dunsworth of Clarksville decided to add a second major in English to one in mathematics, even he didn’t fully understand how the two completely different disciplines would complement each other. Dunsworth, who is spending the Spring 2022 Semester studying abroad at the University of Saint Andrews in St […]
Stacy Key, who has taught mathematics and held numerous administrative positions at University of the Ozarks since 1999, has announced his retirement from the University at the end of the Spring 2022 Semester. Key was an instructor of mathematics from 1999 until 2015, when he was promoted to associate professor of practice of mathematics. He […]
“There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.” — Maya Angelou, poet. When asked why she loves the field of communication studies, University of the Ozarks senior Sade Seymour quickly points to her passion for storytelling. “I know it’s sort of cliche but producing content and storytelling is the only thing […]