Jerrod Cowell and Chase Cecil have joined the University of the Ozarks physical plant. Cowell (pictured, left) and Cecil both started in June and are part of the University’s maintenance and grounds department. Cowell previously worked for Hanes Brand Inc. as a machine technician and at the Walmart Distribution Center. A graduate of Clarksville High […]
Elodie Jabouin, a May 2021 graduate of Ozarks, has joined the Office of Administrative Services (OAS) as the new student accounts coordinator. Her first day was June 15. A native of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Jabouin graduated with Summa Cum Laude honors with a degree in business administration and minors in psychology, Spanish, marketing and strategic communication. […]
Dr. Sergio L. Molina has been hired as an assistant professor of physical education at University of the Ozarks, beginning in the Fall 2021 Semester. Molina has most recently taught as an adjunct professor at Missouri Western State University in St. Joseph and Northwest Missouri State University in Maryville. He has also been an assistant […]
Dr. Jeff Elwell, who has nearly four decades of experience as a professor and administrator in higher education, has been selected to serve as visiting vice president of academic affairs at University of the Ozarks for the 2021-22 academic year. Elwell, a former chancellor for the Eastern New Mexico University System, will also serve as […]
Dr. Matthew Bumbach will join University of the Ozarks as the new assistant professor of music, beginning the Fall 2021 Semester. Bumbach (Boom-bahk) has served as an assistant professor of music and director of choirs at South Dakota School of Mines and Technology in Rapid City since 2017. He held those same titles at College […]
University of the Ozarks Assistant Professor of Philosophy Nathan Eric Dickman has completed his first book, “Using Questions to Think: How to Develop Skills in Critical Understanding and Reasoning.” The book, published by Bloomsbury Academic, is currently available in digital format and will be available in hard copy in the United States in mid-July. The […]
Baylor University Ph.D. candidate Steven Machek has been named an assistant professor of health science at University of the Ozarks, beginning the Fall 2021 Semester. Machek is expected to complete his doctorate in kinesiology, exercise nutrition and health promotion at Baylor in December. A native of the California, Machek earned a bachelor’s degree in dietetics […]
Chava Roberts remembers as a young child receiving a hand-held microscope from a relative. It was a gift that helped spur a life-long love for science. Roberts, from New Providence in The Bahamas, earned a health science degree with high honors from University of the Ozarks in May 2021. She is spending this summer at […]
University of the Ozarks Office of Admission staffers Joey Hughes and EmmaLee Morrow have each received promotions, University officials announced this week. Hughes, who has served as director of admission operations since 2020, became the University’s new executive director of admission, effective June 1, 2021. Morrow will serve as marketing and enrollment operations manager, starting […]
Recent University of the Ozarks graduate Crystal Oudomvilay is spending her ideal summer working as a postgraduate associate at Yale University, thanks to some mammalian Ozarks connections. The May biology graduate from Paris, Ark., is working at the Yale School of Medicine where she is assisting with a research collaboration between Dr. Frank Knight, U […]