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January 3, 2011 • Posted in

Spring Semester classes begin Jan. 18

Clarksville, Ark. --- The University of the Ozarks will begin classes for the 2011 Spring Semester on Tuesday, Jan. 18. Students can pre-register for classes through Jan. 18. For more information on enrolling at Ozarks, please call the Admission Office at 479-979-1227. Other important dates for the 2011 Spring Semester at U of O include: […]

August 20, 2010 • Posted in

New faculty and staff introduced

The University welcomed several new faculty and staff members during its opening workshop on Aug. 19. Among the new faculty and staff members for the 2010-2011 academic year are (seated, from left) Holli Weiss, learning disabilities educational assistant in the Jones Learning Center; Bristle McIntare, admission counselor; Nikki Ambrus, assistant women’s soccer coach; Dr. Shaymaa […]

August 19, 2010 • Posted in

Side-Yard Superhero celebrates small-town life of yesteryear

Automythography: "A work of nonfiction that looks reflectively at what we think we remember and how we think we remember it; an iridescent memory based upon truth and fact." Dr. Rick Niece’s memoir The Side-Yard Superhero (Life in DeGraff: An Automythography) takes its readers on a trip to a past some of us may share […]

August 17, 2010 • Posted in

U.S. News ranks Ozarks top tier for 12th year

Clarksville, Ark. --- For the 12th consecutive year, University of the Ozarks has been ranked as a "top tier" university in the U.S. News & World Report's annual late summer publication that analyzes institutions of higher education. In the 2011 edition of “America’s Best Colleges,” released to the public on Aug. 17, Ozarks was ranked […]

August 9, 2010 • Posted in

Fall Semester classes begin on Aug. 24

Clarksville, Ark. --- University of the Ozarks will begin classes for the Fall 2010 semester on Tuesday, Aug. 24. U of O officials are expected to welcome more than 200 new students to campus on Thursday, Aug. 19, for New Student Orientation as the university sets to begin its 176th academic year. This year’s theme […]

July 26, 2010 • Posted in

U of O named “Great College to Work For”

Clarksville, Ark. --- For the second consecutive year University of the Ozarks has been named one of the top universities in the country to work for by The Chronicle of Higher Education. In the Chronicle’s 2010 “Great Colleges to Work For” survey, released on Monday, July 26, U of O was one of 30 four-year […]

July 22, 2010 • Posted in

Geocaching offers fun, outdoor, high-tech adventure

Technology has changed our diversions in the past half century. As the microchips grow smaller and subtler, the distance between the hula hoop and the Wii gets bigger and bigger. But some games never change, right? What about, oh, say, hide and seek? Or the old-fashioned scavenger hunt? If you said some things never change, […]

May 26, 2010 • Posted in

Education Division gains NCATE re-accreditation

Clarksville, Ark. --- The University of the Ozarks' Education Division has been granted full, continued accreditation by the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE), the nation's primary accreditor of teacher-education programs. The NCATE accreditation, which extends for seven years, covers the university’s initial teacher preparation program. “I am extremely proud of the NCATE […]

May 10, 2010 • Posted in

University honors faculty and staff members

Clarksville, Ark. --- University of the Ozarks recently honored several faculty and staff members during its annual Board of Trustees Awards Banquet, held April 23 in the Seay Student Center. Among those honored were (from left) Stacy Key, mathematics instructor and coordinator of academic assessment; Wilma Harris, registrar; Dr. Amy Oatis, assistant professor of rhetoric; […]