University of the Ozarks has announced its academic honor lists for the 2018 Spring Semester. Sixty-seven students were named to the President’s List, which requires that a student carry at least 12 hours and maintain a 4.00 grade point average. In addition, 170 students were named to the Dean’s List, which requires at least 12 […]
The University of the Ozarks’ Jones Learning Center presented its 2017-18 tutor of the year awards during its annual reception, held on May 3. The JLC provides academic support services for students with learning disabilities. Tutors are scored by students and staff in each of the nine departments reflective of the Ozarks LENS program. From […]
On the verge of another record enrollment, University of the Ozarks has closed admissions for the Fall 2018 Semester. The University will continue to enroll those students who have been accepted, but will not accept any new applications for the fall semester, according to Reggie Hill, assistant vice president for advancement and director of enrollment […]
The University of the Ozarks’ art program has received a grant for $109,000 from the Windgate Charitable Foundation to improve facilities and assist students in exhibiting their artwork. The grant has two components — $59,000 for renovations and safety improvements to art facilities and a $50,000 Windgate Student Fine Art Exhibit Endowment to provide funds […]
President Richard L. Dunsworth, J.D., has been elected to the Higher Learning Commission (HLC) Board of Trustees. The HLC is the nation’s largest regional accrediting agency, representing nearly 1,000 colleges and universities in 19 states in the north central region of the U.S. Commission trustees are elected by the leaders of its member […]
University of the Ozarks is partnering with Publishing Concepts, Inc. (PCI) to gather alumni data and to create the University’s first alumni directory in more than 20 years. Over the next five months, PCI will be collecting information from U of O alumni from around the world for a directory that will be published and […]
Joel Rossmaier has been appointed interim dean of the Division of Business at University of the Ozarks for the 2018-19 academic year. Rossmaier, associate professor of practice of business and accounting, joined Ozarks in 2002 as an adjunct instructor and became a full-time professor in 2003. “I am delighted that Joel has agreed to take […]
Rebecca Bailey will join the University of the Ozarks’ faculty as an assistant professor of theatre, beginning in the Fall 2018 Semester. Bailey has served as an adjunct instructor at the University of South Dakota (USD) since 2016. She also has extensive acting and directing experience on both the university and community theatre levels. A […]
The University of the Ozarks’ Board of Trustees presented its annual faculty and staff awards during the 2018 Trustees Awards Banquet, held April 27 in the Rogers Conference Center. Among the recipients for 2018 were (pictured, from left) Patti Schuh, enrollment data manager; Debbie Siebenmorgen, accountant; Tammy Harrington, professor of art; Susan Edens, assistant professor […]
Dr. Isaac L. Hunter will join the University of the Ozarks faculty in the fall as an assistant professor of psychology. Hunter has served as a visiting assistant professor at Earlham College in Indiana since 2016. He previously taught at The College of Idaho, Oregon State University, and Colorado State University. After earning his undergraduate […]