Environmental activist and author Severn Cullis-Suzuki, known as the girl who silenced the world, will speak University of the Ozarks on Monday, Nov. 11, as part of the Walton Arts & Ideas Series. The event, which is also sponsored by the university’s Ozarks Outdoors program, will begin at 7:30 p.m. in the Rogers Conference Center. […]
Independent films and filmmaking will be the topic of a Reel Arkansas Film Symposium, hosted by University of the Ozarks on Nov. 9 and 10. The symposium is sponsored by the university’s Walton Arts & Ideas Series and its Radio/Television/Video (RTV) program. Several of the events during the two-day symposium are free and open to […]
Award-winning foreign policy correspondent and author Stephen Kinzer will present a lecture at University of the Ozarks at 7:30 p.m., Nov. 6, in the Rogers Conference Center. The event, which is a part of the University’s 2013-14 Walton Arts & Ideas Series, is free and open to the public. Kinzer, a professor at Brown University, […]
University of the Ozarks will offer a pair of on-campus events in the spirit of Halloween for the Clarksville community on Monday, Oct. 28 and Tuesday, Oct. 29. U of O Professor of Music and Organist Dr. Sharon Gorman will present her 12th annual Halloween organ concert at 7 p.m. on Oct. 28 in Munger […]
Dr. Thomas "Tom" Jones, ambassador-at-large for Habitat for Humanity International, will speak at University of the Ozarks at 7 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 22, as part of the University's Walton Arts & Ideas Series. The event, which is free and open to the public, will be held in the Rowntree Recital Hall on campus. There will […]
Four years ago, Ryan Smith was a high school senior from Springdale, Ark., trying to decide where to attend college. He accepted an invitation to University of the Ozarks' Discover Ozarks Fall Preview Day, and suddenly his decision became easier. "Attending Preview Day at Ozarks definitely helped me make my decision," said Smith, who is […]
The University of the Ozarks campus community is gearing up for the annual Family Weekend, scheduled for Oct. 11-13. The theme for Family Weekend 2013 is "Family Weekend Roundup," and several hundred visitors are expected to attend the various activities offered throughout the weekend, beginning with the opportunity for family members to attend classes on […]
University of the Ozarks will offer a night of poetry readings on Tuesday, Oct. 1, featuring three nationally renowned poets, including Arkansas native C.D. Wright and her husband, Forrest Gander. The event, which is part of the University’s Walton Arts & Ideas Series, will begin at 6:30 p.m. in Rowntree Recital Hall, in the University’s Walton […]
On Sunday, Sept. 8, University of the Ozarks hosted a local Freedom Salute Ceremony in the Rogers Conference Center for 72 Army National Guard soldiers from the Clarksville and Conway, Ark., areas. Seventy-two soldiers from the Arkansas 39th Brigade Special Troops Battalion were honored during a recent Freedom Salute Ceremony in the University’s Rogers Conference […]
A pair of historians and authors, a collegiate theatre festival and a quartet of poets highlight the fall schedule for the University of the Ozarks' 22nd annual Walton Arts & Ideas Series. The series, which was established in 1992, brings programs and events to campus "to enrich the quality of life and cultural appreciation in […]