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Tri-Beta Ceremony
April 26, 2019 • Posted in , ,

Tri-Beta Inducts New Members

The University of the Ozarks’ Nu Eta Chapter of Tri-Beta, the National Biological Honor Society, inducted nine full members and three associate members into its organization during a special ceremony held on April 23. Among the full member inductees were, Breanna Aguilar, Mason Badour, Marana Fulmer, Brittany Holt, Joelle Long, Crystal Oudomvilay, Chloe Peacock, Hannah […]

Weave Williams

Williams Has Prestigious Options For Grad School

Harvard or Yale? That was the win-win decision facing University of the Ozarks senior religion and philosophy major Emilie “Weave” Williams earlier this month on where to pursue a graduate degree after she was accepted into both of the prestigious Ivy league universities. The Keller, Texas, native who will graduate with Magna Cum Laude honors […]

Chris Skinner
April 11, 2019 • Posted in , ,

Skinner To Join Ozarks Faculty

West Virginia native Chris Skinner will join the University of the Ozarks faculty as an assistant professor of health science, beginning the Fall 2019 Semester. Skinner, who is expected to complete his Ph.D. in nutrition from West Virginia University (WVU) in May, is a native of Buckhannon, West Virginia. He earned his bachelor’s degree in […]

Kappa Delta Pi
April 9, 2019 • Posted in , ,

Kappa Delta Pi Honors Inductees, Seniors

The University of the Ozarks’ chapter of Kappa Delta Pi (KDP), the international honor society for teacher education, inducted several new members during a special ceremony in the Pat Walker Teacher Education Program on Thursday, April 4. The ceremony included current KDP members as well as faculty and administrators from the program and the University. […]

Randi House
April 4, 2019 • Posted in , ,

Teacher Education Pinning Ceremony Set For April 18

The University of the Ozarks’ Pat Walker Teacher Education Program will formally welcome nine new students into the program during a special induction and pinning ceremony on Thursday, April 18, in the Walker Hall Community Room. The ceremony, which begins at 11:30 a.m., is a symbolic, time-honored tradition marking the occasion when students are welcomed […]

Math Students
March 14, 2019 • Posted in , ,

U of O Team Takes First in State Math Competition

The University of the Ozarks team of Juan Fernando de la Cruz, Julio Molina-Pineda, Alec Mertin and Richard Javier Rodriguez beat out nine other collegiate teams from across the state to take first place in the 2019 Arkansas Undergraduate Mathematics Competition (AUMC), held Feb. 23 on the U of O campus. It is the first […]

Casey Orndorff
March 5, 2019 • Posted in , , ,

Math Professor Defies Odds In Half Marathon

“Why be disabled when I can be me.” That’s the personal mantra of University of the Ozarks Assistant Professor of Mathematics Dr. Casey Orndorff, who on Sunday completed the Little Rock Half Marathon in a time of 1:59:27. Orndorff, 28, believes he’s the first person with cerebral palsy to break the two-hour barrier in the […]