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 […]
Pam Terry is thrilled to be back at her alma mater. Pam Terry, a 1990 Ozarks graduate who has more than two decades of classroom teaching and administrative experience, was recently named the director of field experiences in the Pat Walker Teacher Education Program. Terry was hired by University of the Ozarks in July 2015 […]
Dr. Allison Freed, University of the Ozarks' new assistant professor of education/science education, has a theory on how to prepare students for a career as classroom teachers. Dr. Allison Freed has joined the University of the Ozarks faculty as assistant professor of education/science education. "I think pre-service teachers should get out of their cultural comfort […]
It's nice to be wanted, and nobody knows that better than Heather Neeley. Neeley, an English major and secondary education minor from Piggott, Ark., who will graduate from Ozarks on May 15, has had 11 job interview opportunities and three job offers since she began applying for teaching jobs in late-March. She’s actually been on […]
The University of the Ozarks chapter of Kappa Delta Pi (KDP), the international honor society for teacher education, inducted five new members during a special ceremony in the Pat Walker Teacher Education Program on Thursday. The ceremony included current KPD members as well as faculty and administrators from the program and the university. The new […]