Meet Your Alumni Board members is an ongoing series where we highlight members of the Alumni Association Board of Directors. This month we are featuring board member Elizabeth (Thames) Allcon ’91 (pictured above, right, with her daughter, Laura). Elizabeth is a 1991 graduate of Ozarks who is an elementary school teacher living in Benbrook, Texas. […]
Nearly eight years after graduating from University of the Ozarks and now working at one of the top global accounting and auditing firms in the world, Adriana Beltran can look back at her Ozarks education with a thankful perspective. Originally from El Salvador, Beltran earned a degree from Ozarks in management and accounting with Summa […]
Dr. Matthew Bumbach, assistant professor of music at University of the Ozarks, has been appointed to the national board of the National Collegiate Choral Organization (NCCO). Bumbach will represent the organization’s central region and will begin his four-year term in February. The NCCO exists “to serve the specific needs of university and collegiate conductors, choral […]
Several University of the Ozarks science programs will benefit from the addition of two new pieces of equipment this semester, thanks to a pair of shared instrumentation grants. The grants, which totaled more than $52,000, are from the Arkansas IDeA Network of Biomedical Research Excellence (INBRE) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Institute […]
Tokyo-born sculpture artist Manami Ishimura will present her art show, Scale/Tension, in the University of the Ozarks’ Stephens Gallery through Feb. 17 as part of the University’s Artist of the Month Series. There will be reception to meet Ishimura from 5-6 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 7 in the gallery, which is located in the Walton […]
University of the Ozarks has announced its academic honor students for the 2021 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 […]
As covid-19 numbers continue to rise in Johnson County and around the country, Ozarks has implemented a mask mandate for all students, staff, and faculty. This means that in all indoor public spaces on campus, everyone will be required to wear a mask. Students will not be required to wear their masks in their resident […]
University of the Ozarks will hold a dedication ceremony for the new Thomas and Frances Wilson Science Center on Saturday, April 9. The event will begin at 4 p.m. in front of the new $18.4 million facility on campus. The ceremony is open to alumni and friends of the University and will include refreshments and […]
University of the Ozarks will present two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and screenwriter Lynn Nottage on Thursday, Feb. 10, 2022. Nottage will give a talk at 7 p.m. in the Walton Fine Arts Center as part of the University’s 2021-22 Walton Arts & Ideas Series. The event is open to the public and there is no […]
Gentry, Ark native, Danielle Spencer-Rogers wasn’t sure what she would get when she came to Ozarks her freshman year. She quickly fell in love with the campus and community, though. Because of the close-knit feeling on campus and the ability to make connections with everyone on campus, she became comfortable calling Ozarks her second home. […]