University of the Ozarks Theatre will present four online performances of David Auburn’s poignant Pulitzer Prize-winning drama, “Proof.” The performances will be at 7 p.m. on April 22, 23 and 24 and at 2 p.m. on April 25. It will be shown live and in real-time on the University’s Youtube Channel at Youtube.com/c/universityoftheozarks. The play […]
University of the Ozarks alumnus Ruben Aleman ’94, who is serving as the president of the Administration of Aqueducts and Sewers (ANDA) in El Salvador, will discuss his work and career in a special online alumni event on Monday, April 26. The event will begin at 6 p.m. on the Zoom platform and is presented […]
University of the Ozarks students in professor Rebecca Bailey’s voice and diction class are putting their skills and training to use while also entertaining area children. The students are reading children’s books to their young audience members via Zoom each Thursday for three consecutive weeks in April. The reading project is in partnership with the […]
Three University of the Ozarks faculty and staff members have been recognized for 10-Year Service Awards by the University this month. (Pictured from left) Connie High, director of the Student Success Center; Charmaine Hutchinson, administrative coordinator for the Student Success Center; and Dawn Holder, associate professor of art; have each marked their 10-year anniversaries at […]
University of the Ozarks art major Madison Clary of Tulsa, Okla., will present her Senior Art Exhibit, “Save the Sea,” from April 13-26 in the Stephens Gallery. Madison will present an artist lecture at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday, April 14, in Baldor Auditorium. This event has a limited in-person capacity, but will be shown via […]
University of the Ozarks has raised more than $73 million in gifts and commitments in its seven-year Climb Higher: A Campaign for Students, shattering the campaign’s initial goal of $55 million. The most ambitious and successful fund-raising campaign in the University’s 185-year history concluded on April 14. The campaign raised a total of $73,191,457 for […]
Rebecca Bailey, assistant professor of theatre at University of the Ozarks, has been named the recipient of the 2021 Visionary Award for Arkansas by the National Sexual Assault Resource Center and the Arkansas Coalition Against Sexual Assault (ACASA). Several members of ACASA were on campus Monday to present the award to Bailey in a surprise […]
University of the Ozarks will host a limited in-person Commencement ceremony on Saturday, May 15, 2021. The ceremony will take place outdoors on the Hurie Soccer Field beginning at 10 a.m. and will be held in accordance with Arkansas Department of Health guidelines as well as the University’s COVID pandemic protocols and guidelines. Each graduate […]
The Rev. Phillip Blackburn of First Presbyterian Church in Fort Smith, Ark., has been named the director of the new Thriving in Ministry program at University of the Ozarks. Established through a grant from the Lilly Endowment Inc., the program supports pastors of rural and minority-serving Presbyterian Churches throughout Arkansas. The program will be based […]
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 March 30. 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 […]