Clarksville, Ark. --- University of the Ozarks is the top-ranked best value in the South, according to U.S. News & World Report's 2012 edition of "America's Best Colleges," which hit the newsstands this week. In the annual later summer publication that analyzes institutions of higher education, Ozarks was ranked first in the "Great Schools, Great […]
Clarksville, Ark. --- University of the Ozarks welcomed several new faculty and staff members during the 2011-2012 Opening Workshop, held Aug. 18 in the Seay Student Center. Among the new employees for the upcoming academic year are (seated, from left) Kristen Griffin, admission counselor; Lisa Hibbard, instructor of physical education; Stacy O’Mary, assistant women’s softball […]
Clarksville, Ark. --- University of the Ozarks honored six faculty and staff members with awards during the 2011 Board of Trustees' Awards Banquet in April. The annual awards, sponsored by the Board of Trustees, are voted on by University personnel and honor faculty and staff members for the 2010-2011 academic year. The 2011 Bagwell Outstanding […]
Clarksville, Ark. --- University of the Ozarks and the city of Clarksville are teaming up to install pedestrian improvement areas to enhance safety along a stretch of College Avenue that runs through campus. The project will include a series of nine traffic calming areas, or "islands," that will stretch 1,280 feet, or just under a […]
It takes a heap o' loving to make a house a home. College campus, same thing. The old song says "Summertime, when the livin' is easy," but for the two dozen or so people who work in the Maintenance and Housekeeping department at the U of O, summertime is when the hammer comes down. The […]
Clarksville, Ark. --- University of the Ozarks will begin classes for the Fall 2011 Semester on Tuesday, Aug. 23. U of O officials are expected to welcome more than 200 new students to campus on Thursday, Aug. 18, for New Student Orientation as the university sets to begin its 177th academic year. This year’s theme […]
Clarksville, Ark. --- The University of the Ozarks Bookstore will be open Saturday, Aug. 6, and Sunday, Aug. 7, for customers to take advantage of the Arkansas Tax Free Weekend. The Bookstore, located on the bottom level of the Seay Student Center, will be open from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 6, […]
Clarksville, Ark. --- On Wednesday, July 20, University of the Ozarks will unveil an update to the university's websites. The university websites were last redesigned about six years ago, according to Vice President for Enrollment Management Kim Myrick. At that time, facebook, Twitter, and other social media were not factors in website development, but because […]
Clarksville, Ark. --- The University's Advancement Office has announced several staffing changes, effective July 1. Brandy Cox, a 1999 alumna who has served as Ozarks’ director of alumni relations since 2005, will head the University’s fund-raising efforts as the new director of development. Lori McBee, who has served as a development officer since 2008, will […]
Clarksville, Ark. --- The University of the Ozarks campus escaped injuries and damages from a pair of tornadoes that roared through Johnson County during the early morning hours of Wednesday, May 25. The tornadoes, both rated as EF3’s, struck Johnson County just after midnight Tuesday, killing two people in rural areas and causing significant damage […]