CLARKSVILLE, Ark. ---University of the Ozarks has named Dr. Elizabeth Gomez as interim vice president for academic affairs, effective July 1. Gomez, who has served as chairman of U of O’s Sciences and Mathematics Division since 1997, replaces Dr. Caroline Whitson, who is leaving to take over the presidency at Columbia College in Columbia, S.C. […]
CLARKSVILLE, Ark. --- University of the Ozarks Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs Dr. Caroline Whitson of Clarksville has been named the 17th president of Columbia College in Columbia, S.C., effective July 1. Columbia College’s Board of Trustees on Monday unanimously approved Whitson to lead the private, liberal arts college for women. The United […]
CLARKSVILLE, Ark. --- University of the Ozarks officials on Monday announced a spring enrollment of 601 students. The current student body represents a 9 percent increase over the spring 2000 semester enrollment of 553 and a 24 percent increase over the spring 1999 enrollment of 486 at the private, liberal arts university. "The enrollment figures […]
CLARKSVILLE, Ark. --- Dr. George C. Stone has been named the new chairman of the Education Division at University of the Ozarks. Stone, who earned his undergraduate and advanced degrees at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, has served as Dean of the School of Education at Buena Vista University in Storm Lake, Iowa, for the […]
CLARKSVILLE, Ark. --- University of the Ozarks has announced its Fall 2000 Semester Dean's Honor Roll and Dean's List. To be eligible for the Dean’s Honor Roll, a student must carry at least 12 hours and achieve a 4.0 grade point average. To be eligible for the Dean’s List, a student must finish with at […]
CLARKSVILLE, Ark. ---University of the Ozarks officials on Wednesday announced a fall enrollment of 622 students, a 4.4 percent increase over fall 1999 numbers and the college's largest enrollment in almost 10 years. Ozarks’ fall enrollment of 622 is the largest since 1991 when the college also reported a fall enrollment of 622. This year’s […]
CLARKSVILLE, Ark. ---For the second consecutive year University of the Ozarks has been ranked in the top tier of Best Regional Liberal Arts Colleges in the South by U.S. News & World Report in its 2001 guide to colleges and universities. Ozarks was also ranked as the fourth-best value among the 131 colleges and universities […]
CLARKSVILLE, Ark. ---Jon Janssen of Clarksville has been hired as the head coach of the new University of the Ozarks women's fastpitch softball program, which will begin competition during the Spring 2001 semester. ?Baptist University, has been an admission’s counselor at U of O since 1996 and head coach of the men’s and women’s cross […]
CLARKSVILLE, Ark. ---Dr. E. Fay Bennett said the liberal arts education he received at University of the Ozarks 50 years ago was the catalyst to a successful and diverse career serving others as an educator, minister and missionary. Bennett, now retired and living in Clarksville with his wife Jean, will be honored with the prestigious […]
CLARKSVILLE, Ark. ---University of the Ozarks had the second-largest endowment percentage growth among colleges and universities in the United States for the 1998-99 fiscal year, according to a survey in the Feb. 18 edition of ?The Chronicle of Higher Education. Ozarks’ endowment went from $33.6 million to $71.7 million, an increase of 113 percent. Only […]