University of the Ozarks will begin classes for the Fall 2014 Semester on Tuesday, Aug. 26. U of O officials are expected to welcome approximately 200 new students to campus on Thursday, Aug. 21, for FIRST Week, a new-student orientation presented by the university’s Student Life Office. The four-day orientation helps new students and their […]
Steven Weaver has been named the new dean of students at University of the Ozarks, it was announced Monday by University officials. Weaver most recently served as director of residential life and housing at Carroll University in Waukesha, Wis. Steven Weaver was recently named the new dean of students at Ozarks. Weaver will begin his […]
Two long-time administrators at University of the Ozarks have recently accepted positions at other universities. Dr. Elissa Heil has been named the vice president for academic affairs and dean of the faculty at Wilson College in Chambersburg, Penn. Also, Sherrie Arey has accepted the position of vice president for student development at University of Great […]
University of the Ozarks has named Dr. Travis Feezell as its new provost. Currently an associate professor of business and chair of the Department of Sport and Motorsports Management at Belmont Abbey College in Belmont, N.C., Feezell will begin his new duties on June 16. Dr. Travis Feezell, an associate professor of business and chair […]
The University of the Ozarks Board of Trustees presented its annual faculty and staff awards during the 2014 Trustees? Awards Banquet, held April 25 in the Rogers Conference Center. Among the recipients for 2014 were (pictured, from left) Aramark Catering Manager Amanda McCartney, Assistant Professor of English Dr. Amy Oatis, Director of Information Technology Rick […]
CLARKSVILLE, Ark. --- Richard L. Dunsworth, J.D., was formally installed as the 25th president of University of the Ozarks during a special Inauguration Ceremony on Friday, April 11, 2014. The ceremony, which was the culmination of a week-long celebration involving numerous campus events, was attended by more than 500 students, faculty, staff, alumni and friends […]
University of the Ozarks President Richard L. Dunsworth, J.D., has been selected as one of 14 graduates who will receive the Outstanding Graduate Alumni Award for 2014 from Eastern Illinois University. The award recognizes "exemplary achievements of alumni who hold graduate degrees" from EIU. Dunsworth, who earned a master of science degree in education from […]
University of the Ozarks will begin its 2014 Spring Semester on Tuesday, Jan. 21. Registration will be held on Jan. 20 and 21, with classes beginning on Jan. 21. The last day to register for classes is Jan. 28. Other key dates for the 2014 Spring Semester include, Homecoming Week, Feb. 10-15; Scholar Weekend for […]
The SAT exam scheduled on the Ozarks campus for Saturday, December 7, has been cancelled. A winter storm moved into the area on Thursday, bringing ice and several inches of snow. The freezing precipitation has caused dangerous driving conditions and power outages in the county. The next SAT exam on campus is scheduled for Saturday, January 25. For more information, […]
University of the Ozarks lost a dear member of its University family with the recent passing of Dr. Roger Bost, a 1943 graduate and long-time member of the University’s Board of Trustees. Bost died on Nov. 19, 2013, at the age of 92, at his home in Little Rock. There will be a funeral service […]