The University of the Ozarks Board of Trustees presented its annual faculty and staff awards during the 2015 Trustees' Awards Banquet, held April 24 in the Rogers Conference Center. Among the recipients for 2014 were (pictured, from left) Director of Public Safety Jeannett Willis, Walton Professor of Music Dr. Sharon Gorman, Chair of the Humanities […]
University of the Ozarks Provost Dr. Travis Feezell is one of 23 senior-level administrators in higher education nationwide selected by the Council of Independent College (CIC) to participate in a year-long Executive Leadership Academy. Individuals chosen for the program are vice presidents or cabinet officers in higher education who aspire to the presidency of an […]
University of the Ozarks officials have announced that the university will not raise the cost of tuition, fees and room for the 2015-16 academic year. It is the second consecutive year the university's Board of Trustees has chosen not to increase tuition and other fees for students. "University of the Ozarks is committed to economic […]
University of the Ozarks will begin classes for the 2015 Spring Semester on Wednesday, Jan. 21. Students can begin moving into the residence halls at 2 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 19, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, and registration will take place on Tuesday, Jan. 20. There will be some night classes held on the evening […]
University of the Ozarks President Richard Dunsworth, J.D., has been selected to serve as a member of the NCAA Division III Financial Aid Committee, effective immediately. U of O President Richard Dunsworth was recently appointed to the NCAA Division III Financial Aid Committee. Dunsworth was appointed to the 12-person committee to fill a vacancy left […]
Three new first-time members have been elected to the University of the Ozarks' Board of Trustees. Sister Judith Marie Keith of Fort Smith, Ark.; Patrick "Pat" Clifford of Tyler, Texas; and Malcolm Hall of Nichols Hills, Okla., were elected to the Class of 2017 during the annual fall board meeting, held Oct. 4 on the […]
University of the Ozarks' 2014 Fall Semester enrollment is its largest in three years and marks the second consecutive year of rising numbers. As of Sept. 10, the official reporting day, the University’s enrollment was at 587, a two-student increase over last fall and the largest since 2011. Ozarks has seen a 2 percent increase […]
University of the Ozarks has been ranked the fourth best college in the South in the latest college rankings by "U.S. News & World Report." In its 2015 edition of America’s Best Colleges, which hit the newsstands on Sept. 9, U.S. News & World Report listed Ozarks fourth overall among the 117 Regional Colleges in […]
University of the Ozarks welcomed several new employees to the campus community during the University's opening workshop for faculty and staff on Thursday, Aug. 21, in the Rogers Conference Center. Among the new employees for the 2014-2015 academic year are (front row, from left) Kourtni Williams, assistant women’s basketball coach; Samantha Parker, assistant women’s soccer […]
University of the Ozarks Professor of Communication Dr. Greta Marlow and Professor of History Dr. Steve Oatis have been named division chairs, University officials announced Wednesday. Both appointments are effective immediately. Marlow will serve as division chair for Business, Communications and Government. Oatis will serve as chair of the Division of Humanities and Fine Arts. […]