University of the Ozarks administrators and faculty presented the University’s top academic and division awards for the 2024-25 academic year during the 69th annual Honors Day ceremony, held Wednesday afternoon in the Walton Fine Arts Center. Raegan Swafford was named the recipient of the 2025 Wiley Lin Hurie Memorial Award, presented to the outstanding senior […]
A group of University of the Ozarks faculty and staff have begun a Nature Preserve Urban Forest Restoration Project on the north end of campus that will provide numerous academic and recreation opportunities for the campus community. The team leading up the project includes, Dr. Murat Atasoy, assistant professor of environmental studies; Dr. Darrin Hunt, […]
University of the Ozarks has announced its academic honor roll for the 2024 Fall Semester. To be included on the University’s President’s List, a student must carry at least 15 hours and maintain a 4.00 grade point average. To be included on the Dean’s List, a student must carry at least 15 hours and maintain […]
University of the Ozarks conferred bachelor degrees on 44 graduates on Saturday morning during the 2024 Fall Commencement ceremony. Jerry Glidewell, a 1979 Ozarks graduate and retired CEO of the Fort Smith (Ark.) Boys & Girls Clubs, was the keynote speaker at the ceremony. Glidewell told the graduates to be flexible and to embrace the […]
University of the Ozarks has joined into a new academic partnership with the University of Arkansas – Fort Smith’s Carolyn McKelvey Moore School of Nursing for students interested in careers in nursing. Under the 2+2 articulation agreement, students complete the first two years of study at U of O and transfer all credit hours to […]
A wedding, two Ph.D.s and a move to Montreal are all on the agenda over the next nine months for University of the Ozarks alums Ralph “JP” Jean-Pierre and Gaëtane Ternier. Jean-Pierre and Ternier, both 2020 Ozarks graduates from Haiti, were married in Northwest Arkansas on Dec. 7, and that’s just the start of a […]
The University of the Ozarks’ Board of Trustees recently approved the creation of a graphic design major during its fall meeting in October. The graphic design major will be implemented beginning the Fall 2025 Semester and will be a part of the University’s art program. In addition to the new graphic design major, faculty have […]
Krista Denne, instruction and outreach librarian at University of the Ozarks, will share her expertise on Artificial Intelligence (AI) at several campus and state-wide events within the next few weeks. Denne will organize and facilitate AI Week on the U of O campus this week. Presented by Robson Library, AI Week will feature a different […]
Dr. Sergio L. Molina has been named interim director of athletics at University of the Ozarks, effective immediately. Molina has been an assistant professor of physical education at U of O since 2021 and has served as the University’s faculty athletics representative (FAR) since February of 2022. He replaces Jimmy Clark, who transitioned to a […]
After serving as an adjunct instructor for the past seven years, Pam Cogan has joined the University of the Ozarks full-time as an assistant professor or accounting. Cogan has more than 15 years of experience as an accountant and has taught as an adjunct accounting instructor at Ozarks since 2017. Among the classes she has […]