University of the Ozarks will present a concert by up-and-coming Arkansas country music musicians Heath Sanders and Mallory Everett on Saturday, April 13, on the campus mall. The concert, which will begin at 6 p.m. on the campus mall, is part of the inaugural Ozarks Fest, an event for current and prospective U of O […]
For the third consecutive year, University of the Ozarks has been ranked No. 3 in the Best Regional Colleges of the South category by U.S. News & World Report. In its 2019 edition of Best Colleges, which hit the newsstands this week, U.S. News listed U of O third among the list of more than […]
University of the Ozarks continues to be one of the fastest-growing universities in the region, shattering enrollment and admission records for the second consecutive year and topping 800 students for the first time in its history. A total of 872 students are enrolled at U of O for the Fall 2018 Semester, the most in […]
University of the Ozarks is expanding its new full-need tuition scholarship program for students from Johnson County to the neighboring counties of Logan, Franklin, Madison, Newton and Pope. Under the new program, which took effect this year for Johnson County students, the University covers the direct cost of tuition after all federal and state aid, […]
Reggie Hill has been promoted to vice president for marketing and enrollment at University of the Ozarks, according to University President Richard Dunsworth. Hill, who has led Ozarks to record enrollment growth since joining the University in 2016, previously served as the assistant vice president for advancement and director of enrollment management. His promotion becomes […]
On the verge of another record enrollment, University of the Ozarks has closed admissions for the Fall 2018 Semester. The University will continue to enroll those students who have been accepted, but will not accept any new applications for the fall semester, according to Reggie Hill, assistant vice president for advancement and director of enrollment […]
University of the Ozarks has entered into an articulation agreement with Northwest Arkansas Community College (NWACC) in Bentonville, Ark., to simplify the process for students at NWACC who want to transfer to U of O. Under this new partnership, a number of NWACC degrees—Associate of Applied Science (A.A.S), Associate of Arts (A.A.) and Associate of […]
A new hands-on science class at University of the Ozarks will have students hunting for undiscovered viruses to benefit the scientific community. The freshman-level, two-semester biology class is part of a national pedagogical program called SEA-Phages, which stands for Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science. The program is an initiative of the […]
It didn’t take Stephanie Alderson very long to figure out what career path was calling her name. The University of the Ozarks senior elementary education major from Clarksville, Ark., knew that teaching and learning was in her blood, even at a young age. “Teaching has been my dream since I was nine years old,” said […]
For the first time in almost 30 years University of the Ozarks students will have the opportunity to participate in the U.S. Army Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) program. The University has re-established its ROTC program for the Spring 2018 Semester in collaboration with the University of Central Arkansas’ (UCA) ROTC program. Ozarks last had […]