The Arkansas Wildlife Federation (AWF) recognized University of the Ozarks for the conservation volunteerism of its faculty, staff and students during the organization’s 2018 Conservation Achievement Awards ceremony, held July 28 in White Hall, Ark. The AWF presented U of O representatives with a Special Conservation Award for the University’s almost decade-long assistance in the […]
University of the Ozarks is helping to bring free books to preschool children in Johnson County. The University is sponsoring the Dolly Parton Imagination Library, a program that provides preschool children a brand new, age-appropriate book per month from birth to the fifth birthday. In addition to U of O sponsoring the Imagination Library’s Johnson […]
University of the Ozarks Associate Professor of Physics Dr. Salomón Itzá has teamed with teachers from the Lamar (Ark.) School District to secure a space science grant that will benefit the school's first-graders. Itzá and Lamar first-grade teachers Deanna Bates, Amy Hamlett and Brandy Freyaldenhoven received a NASA-Arkansas Space Grant Consortium (ASGC) grant to develop […]
The University of the Ozarks community is joining several local organizations to aid the victims of Sunday's tornadoes in central Arkansas. The University’s Student Life Office is spearheading the University’s relief efforts, joining the City of Clarksville and Johnson County as well as the local Wal-Mart and The Journey Church. Among the most immediate donations […]
The Johnson County Sheriff's Office recently donated $1,212 to the University of the Ozarks Women's (UOW) Christmas Angels project, which provides clothing and toys to needy children in Johnson County. The donation came from money collected during the Johnson County Sheriff Office’s annual Poker Run, held in June. Members of UOW who joined Sheriff Jimmy […]
University of the Ozarks juniors Lakyn Robinson, an art education major from Oark, Ark., and Brittany Green, an art major from Malvern, Ark., recently served as judges for the annual NASA Space Destination Art Competition at Waldron Middle School in Waldron, Ark. Robinson and Green were responsible for judging the poster presentation competition during the […]
In conjunction with the Clarksville-Johnson County Chamber of Commerce, recent University of the Ozarks art graduates Rikki Runyan and Carlos Ramirez began painting murals on facades of downtown buildings as a way to beautify the downtown area and connect Ozarks with the Clarksville community. Runyan, a McGehee, Ark., native who graduated on May 11 with […]
On Friday, March 29, an Exxon Mobil pipeline ruptured in Mayflower, Ark., releasing thousands of barrels of Canadian Wabasca heavy crude oil into neighboring areas. Almost two dozen homes were evacuated following the spill, but the wild residents of the area had little chance to escape. Within hours, the first birds and animals caught in […]
In the spirit of the Easter season, members of the student organizations Presbyterian Campus Ministries (PCM) and Young Democrats put together dozens of Easter baskets for underprivileged children in the community. Cameron Coker, a junior history major from Russellville, Ark. and president of both PCM and Young Democrats, organized the donation and delivery process. "We […]
Not every university professor of physics would consent to teach a preschool class, but Dr. Salomón Itzá, associate professor of physics at Ozarks, jumped at the chance to present to the students at a local preschool on Feb. 19. Itzá spoke to the students, who range in age from 2-5 years old, at KidsCare, a […]