The University of the Ozarks Alumni Association will recognize nine of the University’s distinguished graduates with its prestigious alumni honors during the Ozarks Awards Ceremony, which will be held on Saturday, Oct. 10, as part of Homecoming 2020. The ceremony will begin at 6 p.m. and will be a virtual event that will be broadcast […]
University of the Ozarks alumni Dax Clark ’18 (pictured), Christie Shuffield Shoulders ’02, Rick Armstrong ’00 and Dr. Josue Gutierrez ’09 will be featured in a pair of Ozarks Speaks events that will be held via Zoom on Oct. 5 and Oct. 7 as part of Homecoming 2020. The first Ozarks Speaks will feature Clark […]
The University of the Ozarks’ Office of Advancement and Alumni Engagement has announced its philanthropy and friend awards for Homecoming 2020, scheduled for Oct. 5-11. The recipients will be recognized during the virtual Ozarks Awards Ceremony at 6 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 10, The link for the ceremony is: Direct Zoom Link Doris Bird of […]
University of the Ozarks Chaplain Rev. Jeremy Wilhelmi has been appointed by the Presbyterian College Chaplains Association (PCCA) to represent the group on the board of directors of the Association of Presbyterian Colleges and Universities (APCU). Wilhelmi is filling an unexpired term on the board due to the departure of the current president of the […]
For former University of the Ozarks Walton Scholar Juan Pablo Vivar ’04, it is an exciting time to be working in the finance industry. Vivar is living in Mexico City and working as a senior consultant at the Dubai-based Amarante Consulting, a firm that offers advisory projects to a variety of public and private institutions […]
Award-winning Arkansas filmmaker Larry Foley is partnering with University of the Ozarks to present a live virtual screening of Foley’s new documentary “Indians, Outlaws, Marshals & the Hangin’ Judge,” at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 6. The event, which is part of the University’s 2020-21 Walton Arts & Ideas Series, will be presented via Zoom. […]
University of the Ozarks senior Jakob Case recently completed a challenging year of study in a completely foreign country during a world pandemic. It’s an experience that he wouldn’t change for anything. Case, a health science major and education and religion minor from Keller, Texas, returned from an 11-month study abroad experience in Japan in […]
University of the Ozarks has been ranked in multiple categories in the latest U.S. News & World Report’s annual college rankings. In the 2021 edition of Best Colleges, released this week, U of O ranked in a tie for fifth overall among more than 80 regional colleges in the South — the 22nd consecutive year Ozarks has been […]
University of the Ozarks’ 2020 Fall Semester enrollment is the second largest in University history and a slight increase over fall 2019. A total of 836 students were enrolled at Ozarks as of Sept. 8, the official day of record for the semester. It marks the second-highest enrollment in the University’s 186-year history, behind 2018’s […]
A trio of University of the Ozarks mathematics majors are volunteering their knowledge and skills to enhance the University’s public reporting of COVID-19 cases on campus. David Bondy, Juan de la Cruz and Nicolas Dunsworth have begun work to improve the Covid-19 dashboard, located on the University’s website, ozarks.edu. The dashboard is updated each day at […]