Even before she graduated from Ozarks this spring with her degree in accounting and management/administration, Mayra Hoch knew she wanted to do a project with the Red Cross during the summer. She had volunteered with them before, so she decided to go to the place where the Red Cross started: Geneva, Switzerland. "I have been […]
Clarksville, Ark. --- Kayla Todd has not let being blind since birth prevent her from achieving her educational and employment goals. Now she is employed as a benefits counselor and encourages other people with disabilities to achieve their goals. Todd, a 2005 Ozarks graduate from Paris, Ark., helps Arkansas residents with disabilities understand and use […]
Clarksville, Ark. --- Greenwood School Superintendent Dr. Kay (Bridges) Johnson, a 1977 Ozarks graduate, has been named the Arkansas 2011-12 Superintendent of the Year by the Arkansas Association of Educational Administrators.
Clarksville, Ark. --- Brandy Cox, director of development at University of the Ozarks, has been named as a Certified Fund Raising Executive (CFRE) by CFRE International. Brandy Cox, director of development at University of the Ozarks, has been named as a Certified Fund Raising Executive (CFRE) by CFRE International. Cox, a 1999 Ozarks graduate, joins […]
Clarksville, Ark. --- The Arkansas Library Association recently named author Nancy Dane as the recipient of the Arkansiana Fiction Award for her "Tattered Glory" Series. Nancy Dane has been named as the recipient of the Arkansiana Fiction Award for her "Tattered Glory" Series. Dane, who lives in Dover, Ark., attended Ozarks in the early 1980s […]
Clarksville, Ark. --- Two University of the Ozarks alumni, Lauren Christy, of Kittanning, Penn., and Brittney Flinn, of Hagarville, Ark., received their Juris Doctor degree from the University of Arkansas School of Law during commencement ceremonies held May 21 in Fayetteville. Christy and Flinn both graduated from Ozarks in 2008 with a B.S. degree in […]
If you Google "Dzerzhynsk, Ukraine," you don't get much: "Dzerzhynsk is a city in Donetsk Oblast (province) of Ukraine. Population is 43,371 as of 2001." Lydia Brown, however, can tell you a lot more about it. Lydia, who graduated from Ozarks in 2008 with a degree in Management, has spent the months since last September […]
The University of the Ozarks cross country teams hosted the annual Alumni Weekend 5K Run/Walk on Saturday, April 16. The winners were (from left) Calvin Scharf, a U of O student from Sinton, Texas, who won the overall male title with a time of 17:48; Dr. Kim Van Scoy of Clarksville, a professor of life […]
Clarksville, Ark. --- A lecture series featuring one of the top sports ethics professors in the country, a luncheon celebrating the Class of 1961, and an awards banquet honoring seven distinguished alumni are a few of the highlights of the University of the Ozarks' Alumni Weekend 2011, scheduled for April 14-16. More than 500 alumni, […]
Clarksville, Ark. --- The annual University of the Ozarks Alumni Weekend 5K Run/Walk is scheduled to begin at 8 a.m., Saturday, April 16. The race will begin near the soccer field on the U of O campus. Registration will start at 7:30 a.m. in the Walton Fine Arts Center parking lot. The race is sponsored […]