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 […]
Clarksville, Ark. --- The University of the Ozarks Alumni Association will present its annual awards to seven distinguished honorees during the Alumni Weekend 2011 Awards Banquet, scheduled for 5:30 p.m., on Friday, April 15, in the Seay Student Center. Fred and Andrea Romo, both 1968 Ozarks graduates, will receive the Alumni Merit Award on April […]
Clarksville, Ark. --- Several years ago, when Clayton Guiltner and his parents' car broke down on I-40, an employee from Ozarks' financial aid office stopped to lend a hand. Through that chance meeting, Guiltner learned about the university's theatre program, and decided to enroll. “I remember my first encounter with Dr. Farmer, the day I […]
Clarksville, Ark. --- Seven new members have recently been named to the University of the Ozarks Alumni Association's Board of Directors. The new board members who began their three-year terms on July 1: Bill Aydelott ’53 of Sallisaw, Okla.; Richard Franks ’65 of Bartlesville, Okla.; David Lasater ’75 of Clarksville; Ann Patterson ’75 of Little […]
Clarksville, Ark. --- A lecture series featuring a former U.S. Army Judge Advocate General, a Mardi Gras-themed carnival, and an awards banquet honoring nine distinguished alumni are a few of the highlights of the University of the Ozarks' Alumni Weekend 2010, scheduled for April 15-17. More than 400 alumni, family members and friends of the […]