The team of business students William Guillen, Daniella Ugarte, and Gabriel Mendoza will represent University of the Ozarks in the upcoming Arkansas Governor’s Cup after winning the inaugural StartUp Challenge Competition, presented by the University’s Entrepreneurship Club (E-Club) during the 2024 Fall Semester. The Arkansas Governor’s Cup is an annual collegiate business-plan competition among students […]
A wedding, two Ph.D.s and a move to Montreal are all on the agenda over the next nine months for University of the Ozarks alums Ralph “JP” Jean-Pierre and Gaëtane Ternier. Jean-Pierre and Ternier, both 2020 Ozarks graduates from Haiti, were married in Northwest Arkansas on Dec. 7, and that’s just the start of a […]
University of the Ozarks senior Gustavo Lugo will be one of two student speakers at the EDGE (Education to Develop and Grow Entrepreneurs) Summit 2024 in North Little Rock on Oct. 30. The University’s Entrepreneurship Club, the E-Club, will send several members to the conference. The E-Club’s leadership team will attend the summit, according to […]
Solena Martinez Aleman was named the recipient of the prestigious Wiley Lin Hurie Memorial Award on Wednesday at the University of the Ozarks’ 67th annual Honors Day ceremony. The Hurie Award is presented to the outstanding senior in the graduating class as voted on by the faculty. It is named in honor of the long-time […]
When the total solar eclipse passes through Arkansas on Monday, April 8, tens of thousands of Arkansans will be viewing the rare phenomenon with eclipse glasses designed by University of the Ozarks alumna Odalis Garcia. Garcia, a 2023 business administration major from Clarksville, was one of two winners of a state-wide contest last summer that […]
When Robert Wofford, professor of economics and business, thinks back on his 41-year teaching career at University of the Ozarks, it’s his students that come to mind first and foremost. “Knowing that I played a small role in their career success or in their life makes me happy,” said Wofford, who is retiring from Ozarks […]
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 […]
When Odalis Garcia first arrived as a freshman at University of the Ozarks, she had plans on majoring in biology with an eye on becoming a dentist. A few business classes led to an abrupt change of course for the senior from Clarksville. Garcia is a business administration major who will graduate in May with […]
The recent addition of several new business-related academic programs at University of the Ozarks is providing students with more options of study and better preparation for the business world. The University added majors in finance, management and marketing as well as a minor in entrepreneurship during the fall semester. The new programs were approved by […]
When Cassidy Rolle walks across the stage to receive her diploma Saturday at the University of the Ozarks’ 2022 Fall Commencement, she will be setting a shining example for her three younger siblings. Rolle, from South Andros, The Bahamas, will graduate from Ozarks with a business administration degree and with the highest of academic honors, […]