University of the Ozarks Associate Professor of English Dr. Amy Oatis has been granted tenure by the University’s Board of Trustees, effective immediately. During its April 25 meeting, the board approved the unanimous recommendation of the University’s Professional Affairs Committee that Oatis receive tenure. Oatis joined Ozarks in 2000 as an instructor and served as […]
University of the Ozarks faculty members Dr. William “Bill” Eakin and NaLisa Brown have been selected as recipients of the 2020 Bagwell Outstanding Faculty Awards, it was announced Monday. The awards were announced Monday morning during the weekly campus-wide President’s Standup meeting via Zoom. The Bagwell Awards are named in memory of long-time University trustee […]
Ramona Cogan has retired after nearly 16 years as the office manager of the Marketing and Public Relations Office at University of the Ozarks. Cogan stepped down in March after nearly two decades of coordinating and facilitating many of the University’s printing and communications projects. “You would be hard-pressed to find a more dedicated, diligent […]
University of the Ozarks will provide prorated credit adjustments for room and board fees for students who have moved off campus since the University transitioned to an all-online course delivery format. In addition, students who have remained on campus will receive a credit adjustment for diminished dining services during this period. Students who were under […]
Several U of O students recently placed in the Arkansas Phi Beta Lambda (PBL) 2020 State Leadership Conference. The conference was held online via Zoom on April 7. Ozarks received five first-place finishes in the annual business competition. The team of Guillermo Hernandez and Tanner Young won first in Hospitality Management and the team of […]
U of O junior Bradley Thompson has been named one of seven state recipients of the prestigious Jim Elder Good Sport Fund Scholarships for 2021. The award is named for the late Jim Elder, a well-known and long-time sports broadcaster in Arkansas, and is presented to college students who are pursuing a career in communications. […]
University of the Ozarks is utilizing its Innovation Hub to help provide relief to local healthcare workers in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. Ethan Hefley, information technology network manager, is leading the University’s efforts in producing ear guards for masks on four 3-D printers in the Innovation Hub, which was established last semester. The […]
In response to the ongoing threat of the COVID-19 pandemic, University of the Ozarks has cancelled its Spring 2020 Commencement ceremony that was scheduled for mid-May, University officials announced this week. In making the announcement to the campus community, University President Richard Dunsworth called Commencement “a special and sacred tradition in higher education and in […]
Rebecca Willems, a senior business administration major from Subiaco, Ark., has been hired as an admission counselor at University of the Ozarks. Willems will work part-time until she graduates next month and then will transition into full-time. Willems has worked in the Admission Office since her freshman year when she joined the office as a […]
Gloria Cizungu has always had a fascination and love for cosmetics and, thanks to University of the Ozarks, she’s well on her way to turning that passion into a career. Cizungu is a senior business administration major from the Democratic Republic of Congo, a country of about 84 million in Central Africa. While she’s not […]