One of the newest student organizations on the University of the Ozarks campus is making all the right moves. The Yelé Dance Club was officially founded in September of 2021 as an organization where students could express their passion for dance, explore freedom of movement, and engage in physical and mental exercise. The club was […]
For the second time in its long, illustrious career, the 2024 version of the University of the Ozarks’ Project Poet finale ended in a tie for first place. This year’s title of Poet Laureate of the Sprada Valley was shared by Seria S. Cash, a senior psychology major from The Bahamas; and Jorge Mendoza, a […]
University of the Ozarks will present cross-disciplinary performer, poet, educator, conceptual dramaturg, and social engagement artist Robert Farid Karimi to campus on Friday, April 14, as part of the University’s 2022-23 Walton Arts & Ideas Series. The event begins at 7:30 p.m. in the Rogers Conference Center. There is no cost for admission and the […]
Arkansas Coalition Against Sexual Assault (ACASA) will present the play, “Actually,” on the campus of University of the Ozarks on Wednesday, March 8. Written by Anna Ziegler, the play brings to life the struggles of consent, Title IX and the consequences of blurred lines on a college campus. The play will begin at 7 p.m. […]
The Rev. Marie Mainard O’Connell, a minister in the Presbytery of Arkansas, will visit campus on the week of Sept. 12 as part of the University of the Ozarks’ Struthers Visiting Pastoral Study Leave Program. Mainard O’Connell is currently serving as the interim director of adult education at Second Presbyterian Church in Little Rock. She […]
Newly elected Student Government Association (SGA) President Benjamin Stormes and Vice President Garrett Houston can’t wait to begin helping their fellow classmates in the fall. Stormes (pictured, left) and Houston were among several students elected recently to hold leadership positions in SGA for the 2022-23 academic year at University of the Ozarks. Stormes is a […]
Jennifer Schmitt was apprehensive about going to Ireland for her study abroad experience, but not just because it was a country she was unfamiliar with, but because she was going in September 2021, during a very unsure time in the pandemic. Jenny is also one of our JLC students, so navigating the academic requirements of […]
Adventure writer and international mountain guide Charlotte Austin will speak about her 2019 summit of Mount Everest as a visiting lecturer at University of the Ozarks at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 28, in the Rogers Conference Center. The event is free and open to the public, but seating is limited to the first 150 […]
Darrell Shaw III has been named the new director of Ozarks Outdoors, the outdoor education and recreation program at University of the Ozarks. He will begin his new duties on Oct. 1. A native of Lamar, Ark., Shaw served as director of outdoor education and recreation at Lyon College in Batesville, Ark., from 2013 to […]
In response to the ongoing threat of the COVID-19 pandemic, University of the Ozarks has cancelled its Spring 2020 Commencement ceremony that was scheduled for mid-May, University officials announced this week. In making the announcement to the campus community, University President Richard Dunsworth called Commencement “a special and sacred tradition in higher education and in […]