Chris and Martha Allen of Clarksville have established an endowed scholarship at University of the Ozarks to aid future educators. With a $50,000 commitment, the Allens created the Chris and Martha Allen Scholarship Endowment for Teacher Education. The scholarship will be awarded to education majors at U of O with financial need, with a preference […]
Three out of ten new classroom teachers in Arkansas are leaving the profession within five years, a disturbing trend that the University of the Ozarks’ Pat Walker Teacher Education Program is working to help change. The U of O education program is partnering with the Guy Fenter Education Service Cooperative in a unique initiative to […]
It didn’t take Stephanie Alderson very long to figure out what career path was calling her name. The University of the Ozarks senior elementary education major from Clarksville, Ark., knew that teaching and learning was in her blood, even at a young age. “Teaching has been my dream since I was nine years old,” said […]
University of the Ozarks alumna Edna Elkins Patterson ’67 and her husband, John, have created a new scholarship endowment at Ozarks to assist elementary education students from Johnson County. The long-time Clarksville residents established The Edna Elkins Patterson and John S. Patterson Education Scholarship recently with a gift commitment of $100,000. The first preference for […]
Teaching runs deep in Sarah Scroggins’ family and she’s excited about being the latest in a long line of educators. The University of the Ozarks senior from Oark, Ark., is completing her Internship II at Lamar High School this semester. She will graduate in December 2017 with majors in business administration and business education, following […]
The University of the Ozarks chapter of Kappa Delta Pi (KDP), the international honor society for teacher education, inducted several new members during a special ceremony in the Pat Walker Teacher Education Program on Thursday, April 27. The ceremony included current KDP members as well as faculty and administrators from the program and the university. […]
Several students in the University of the Ozarks’ teacher education program recently gained valuable experience by taking part in professional education conference on dyslexia. The first “Teaching and Learning Conference Focus on Dyslexia: Building Bright Futures,” event was held Oct. 6-7 at the Fort Smith Convention Center. It was presented by the Guy Fenter Education […]
University of the Ozarks Associate Professor Dr. Brett Stone has been awarded the 2016 Outstanding Professor of the Year Award by the Guy Fenter Education Cooperative, which encompasses more than 44,000 students in 22 school districts throughout western Arkansas. Stone, dean of the U of O Division of Business, Communication and Education, has taught health […]
The University of the Ozarks chapter of Kappa Delta Pi (KDP), the international honor society for teacher education, inducted several new members during a special ceremony in the Pat Walker Teacher Education Program on Tuesday, April 26. The ceremony included current KDP members as well as faculty and administrators from the program and the university. […]
When education student Abbeigh Rainwater graduates from University of the Ozarks in a few short months, she knows beyond a doubt that she will be ready for the teaching profession. Rainwater, a senior early childhood education major from Jonesboro, Ark., is currently serving her second semester as an intern in a first grade class at […]