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2020 Bagwell Award Winners
April 27, 2020 • Posted in ,

Eakin, Brown Receive 2020 Bagwell Awards

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
April 20, 2020 • Posted in

Cogan Retires from Ozarks After 16 Years

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 […]

Campus
April 17, 2020 • Posted in

University to Provide Credit Adjustments for Room and Board

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 […]

3Dprinter printing ear guards
April 9, 2020 • Posted in ,

Innovation Hub Producing Ear Guards for Healthcare Workers

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 […]

Campus
April 9, 2020 • Posted in , , ,

U of O Cancels Spring Commencement

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 […]

Dr. Bill Eakin
March 30, 2020 • Posted in ,

Professor Eakin Announces Retirement

A wind comes up the snowy slopes of the great mountain. It comes from the Valley of Muses where grass is imprinted by sheep hooves and shepherds’ feet. The wind is made eloquent by something too deep to be seen or heard or even felt in human terms. Do you hear it, there along the […]