Bishop Bass and Whitney Lewis, two University of the Ozarks business students, are spending their summer helping the Clarksville-Johnson County Chamber of Commerce with community marketing efforts. Bass, a junior management major from Greenwood, Ark., and Lewis, a senior management/administration major from Clarksville, Ark., are both working with Chamber CEO Travis Stephens this summer to […]
A new international business degree has been added to the University of the Ozarks' curriculum. The University’s Board of Trustees approved the new major during its annual Spring meeting in April. The bachelor of arts in international business degree will be added to the course catalog for the 2013-2014 academic year. According to the University’s […]
In just a few weeks, four University of the Ozarks students will have the rare opportunity to hear and meet some of the country's top movers and shakers in the financial and economics field. Dru Evans, Kurt Shemanske, Gerardo Navarrete and Gerrad Unger will join Political Science Professor Gilbert Parks at the third annual Global […]
What do you think of when you hear the word "slave?"? Many people in the U.S. may think that slaves are found only in other parts of the word - primarily in Africa, Cambodia, or Asia. Or they may associate the word with the southern U.S. cotton plantations of the 1800s, and think that slavery […]
Less than two years after graduating from University of the Ozarks, Dorisel Talavera finds herself in her dream job with one of the top companies in the world. Talavera, who earned a degree in marketing and management from Ozarks in 2011, is living in Managua, Nicaragua, where she is a marketing and communications consultant for […]
Carol Spieckerman, president and CEO of the retail strategy firm newmarketbuilders, has been named the University of the Ozarks' 2012-2013 Business Leader of the Year by the University's Division of Business, Communication and Government. Spieckerman, a Bentonville, Ark.-based retail and brand thought leader, speaker, strategist, and author, spoke at U of O on Feb. 13 […]
One of the most useful assets any college graduate can list on his or her resume is the internship experience. It is in fact just that: actual experience, as opposed to book or classroom knowledge. Ozarks senior Bill Eldridge is spending the summer in San Francisco in an internship for Glam Media. The trick is […]
Shanghai is not only the largest city in the People's Republic of China but also the largest city in the world. And this fall, Rosa Ruiz is going to find out what it's like up close and personal. Rosa Ruiz, a junior management/administation and strategic communication major, will spend the 2012 fall semester at Shanghai […]
The proof is in the pudding, as they say. And so says Dr. Rickey Casey, professor of management and business and executive director of International Studies at Ozarks. What he’s referring to is the 24th annual U of O report on the Students In Free Enterprise (SIFE) program. SIFE’S purpose is to establish and direct […]
It's all about the shrilk. When Ivan Chavez and Andrea Lagos were announced finalists in this year's Donald Reynolds Governor's Cup in Little Rock, it was the result of a lot of intense work and an evolving project that began with a new form of organic plastic called shrilk and a business start-up plan to […]