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 […]
It's raining and you're hungry. No umbrella. Do you walk to the cafeteria and get wet, or just starve? Or your desk is piled high with work. No time to stop for lunch. What do you do? What can you do?
When Ward Lee of Clarksville Family Pharmacy was approached by Professor Deborah Sisson about participating in her "Promotion Strategies" class, he was pleased by the opportunity. Nonetheless their class project - designing a personalized marketing plan for his fledgling business - surprised him. In a good way. "It was clean, concise, very well presented, and […]
Judith Lopez may have never thought she could accomplish so much in her time at the University of the Ozarks. After just one year of studying at Ozarks, Judith enrolled in summer classes at Tecnologico de Monterrey in her hometown of Chihuahua, Mexico. Judith found out in less than a week just how valuable her […]