University of the Ozarks senior Abby Lewis’ experience in her kinesiology class during her sophomore year brings a hold new meaning to applying classroom knowledge to real life. The health science major from Greenbrier, Ark., will graduate with Summa Cum Laude honors on Saturday, May 13. Lewis was in Dr. Piroska Boros’ kinesiology class during […]
University of the Ozarks senior Kñeisha McDonald will begin pursuing a Ph.D. in biomedical sciences in the fall, the next step in a science journey that began when she was a small child growing up in The Bahamas McDonald, a biology major from New Providence, The Bahamas, will graduate on May 13 with Summa Cum […]
When University of the Ozarks junior Solange V. Avalo M. was thinking about a way to honor her beloved hometown of Masaya, Nicaragua, she turned to her passion for documentary photography, ethnographic studies, and research. The result was “Yo Plural: Laberintos Múltiples de Nuestros Pasos” (I Plural: Multiple Labyrinths of our Footsteps), a black and […]
Jon Langlois will join University of the Ozarks this summer as an instructor of business and coordinator of auxiliary housing. He will begin on July 1, 2023. Langlois is currently a business faculty member at Dawson Community College in Glendive, Montana. He also served as associate dean of student success at Dawson. “My family and […]
Dr. Janie Diels, interim provost of Alma College in Michigan, has been named the new vice president for academic affairs at University of the Ozarks, University officials announced today. Diels has served as interim provost at Alma since 2022 and was associate provost at the college from 2019 to 2022. She is an associate professor […]
A trio of University of the Ozarks alumni from the Class of 2021 are thriving at some of the top law schools in the country and they credit their undergraduate education at Ozarks for helping them succeed. (Pictured, from left) Haley Grace Clark, Braxton Leding and Riki Haase are completing their second years of law […]
University of the Ozarks senior music major Rosie Wade of Clarksville has been around music as long as she can remember. “It seems like I have been around music my entire life,” she said. “I was a member of my church youth choir and the hand bell choir as soon as I could and even […]
Six biology students from University of the Ozarks recently attended the South Central Regional Tri-Beta Convention in Cedar Hill, Texas. The students who attended included (pictured, from left) Faith Duran, Emily Spillers, Josue Maldonado Paredes, Joseph Chrisman, Victoria Lopez and Jayden Glover. Five of the U of O students presented research projects at the convention, […]
University of the Ozarks senior Katherine Martinez Bojorquez had the unique experience of presenting her senior seminar research paper in philosophy at the prestigious Mid-South Philosophy Conference at Rhodes College in Memphis, Tenn., this past weekend. Bojorquez is a philosophy, sociology and business administration major from Honduras who will graduate in May. She presented her […]
Eight University of the Ozarks faculty members are gaining invaluable professional development opportunities this academic year, thanks to the Dr. Helen McElree Faculty Enrichment Endowment. The McElree endowment was established in 2015 by the Ozarks alumna and long-time professor of biology at Emporia (Kan.) State. Dr. McElree created the fund to support faculty scholarly and […]