University of the Ozarks has established the Town Square Collaborative (TSC), a regional ecumenical initiative to serve and support rural communities, congregations, and their leaders. In conjunction with TSC, the University has announced programmatic partnerships with three area nonprofits — Community Action Partnership, Winthrop Rockefeller Institute and Innovative Poverty Solutions. These organizations will receive grants from the University […]
University of the Ozarks has received a grant of $4,877,803 from Lilly Endowment Inc., through its Ministry in Rural Areas and Small Towns Initiative. The grant will support the University’s efforts to help rural churches embrace their calling as anchor institutions within their communities. The aim of the Ministry in Rural Areas and Small Towns […]
University of the Ozarks has received a $966,099 grant from Lilly Endowment Inc., to help establish the Thriving Rural Congregations Program to support rural Presbyterian Church (USA) congregations within the Presbytery of Arkansas. The program is being funded through Lilly Endowment’s Thriving Congregations Initiative. The aim of the initiative is to encourage the flourishing of […]
University of the Ozarks was named Employer of the Year during the 102nd annual Clarksville-Johnson County Chamber of Commerce Awards Ceremony, held on Oct. 14 at The Levee in downtown Clarksville. In addition, University President Richard Dunsworth was honored with the 2023 Pillar of Progress Award and Matt Bewley, director of career services, received the […]
As a way of celebrating the work they do in our community, University of the Ozarks continued a recent Christmas tradition last week by donating a total of $3,000 to four local nonprofit organizations in Johnson County. This year’s beneficiaries included the Arkansas Single Parent Scholarship Fund of Johnson County, Johnson County Youth Coalition, the […]
Pressed Ink, a University of the Ozarks-owned screen printing and embroidery business, will open in downtown Clarksville on Monday, Oct. 3. The business is located at 100 N. Johnson Street. Hours of operation will be from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. Pressed Ink will feature in-house designers and digitizers for services ranging […]
The University of the Ozarks Athletic Department was recognized recently by the NCAA for the outstanding community service efforts of its student-athletes. The NCAA announced last week that U of O finished third among NCAA Division III athletic programs in the Team Works Service Challenge. NCAA Team Works, which coordinates community service efforts at the […]
As part of an annual Christmas tradition, University of the Ozarks this week donated a total of $3,000 to five local nonprofit organizations in Johnson County. This year’s beneficiaries included, Safe Haven Ministries, Arkansas Single Parent Scholarship Fund of Johnson County, Johnson County Youth Coalition, the Dolly Parton Imagination Library of Johnson County, and The […]
University of the Ozarks is utilizing its Innovation Hub to help provide relief to local healthcare workers in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. Ethan Hefley, information technology network manager, is leading the University’s efforts in producing ear guards for masks on four 3-D printers in the Innovation Hub, which was established last semester. The […]
Four local Johnson County business owners recently received marketing and promotion recommendations for their businesses, courtesy of University of the Ozarks students in Marketing Instructor Jaime Encinas’ Promotion Strategies class. As part of a semester-long class project, students were divided into small groups to work with the local business owners to create ways to help […]