University of the Ozarks will showcase its teacher education program to prospective students during its first Future Educators Day, scheduled for Wednesday, March 12. High school students will have the opportunity to tour campus, visit with education professors, and talk with current and former education students. The event will begin at 9 a.m. with registration […]
Dr. Shelli Henehan, assistant professor of education at University of the Ozarks, has been elected to the board of the Arkansas Early Childhood Association (AECA). Henehan’s two-year term began on Jan. 1. She will serve as the board’s treasurer. AECA is a non-profit organization that is affiliated with the regional Southern Early Childhood Association (SECA). […]
Teyah Green's journey to finding her career path has taken her from nursing to business to Nicaragua and, finally, to early childhood education. Teyah Green, a sophomore from Jacksonville, Ark., is pursuing a career in early childhood education. Green, a sophomore from Jacksonville, Ark., will take the first part of the Praxis I exam in […]
As University of the Ozarks enters its 179th year, the University's Division of Education is celebrating its status as one of the most well-respected teacher education programs by sponsoring its first event specifically for high school students interested in teacher education. Ozarks’ first Future Educator Day is scheduled for March 12, 2014, and will allow […]
Dr. Glenda Ezell, chair of the Division of Education, has been selected by Arkansas Governor Mike Beebe to serve on the Arkansas Early Childhood Commission. The three-year term began on Aug. 8, 2013, and will run through July 1, 2016. Ezell was chosen for the new position on the commission to represent institutions of higher […]
The University of the Ozarks chapter of Kappa Delta Pi (KDP), the international honor society for teacher education, inducted 10 new members during a special ceremony in the Pat Walker Teacher Education Program on Thursday morning. The ceremony included current KPD members as well as faculty and administrators from the program and the university. The […]
This semester, the Ozarks campus community will have the opportunity to follow Kelly Gorny, a junior from Clarksville, Ark., as she spends five months studying teacher education at Stranmillis University College in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Kelly Gorny, a junior from Clarksville, Ark., will spend the next five months studying teacher education at Stranmillis University College […]
University of the Ozarks Assistant Professor Brett Stone will receive the 2012 Leadership Award by the Arkansas Governor's Council on Fitness and Baptist Health during a special ceremony in Little Rock on Oct. 19. Assistant Professor of Health and Physical Education Brett Stone has been named the 2012 Leadership Award recipient by the Arkansas Governor’s […]
Katie Adan is no stranger to embarking on an adventure in a strange land, so in 2010 when it looked like her teaching job in Tulsa was going to fall victim to budgetary cuts, she began looking for teaching jobs overseas. That's how she ended up teaching elementary school in Kuwait. Adan, who graduated from […]
Despite a tight job market and a slowed economy, recent University of the Ozarks teacher education graduates continue to be in high demand to fill teaching jobs. Why is this so? Depth of training and advanced preparation, says Ozarks’ Education Division Chair Dr. Glenda Ezell. "The education field is always on the move, and we […]