Kevin Bailey (left), area plant supervisor for CenturyTel, presents a check for $5,000 to University of the Ozarks President Dr. Rick Niece recently. The donation from CenturyTel will help fund the university’s Eagle Alert system, a text messaging, e-mail and voice notification service designed to keep students, faculty and staff informed during emergencies. The Eagle […]
Clarksville, Ark. --- An endowment has been established for theatre productions at the University of the Ozarks to honor 1941 Ozarks alumni Cecil and Ruth Boddie Farmer. The Cecil and Ruth Boddie Farmer Theatre Production Endowment was established by their children, Dr. Pat Farmer of Clarksville and Mrs. Heber Farmer McKissack of Conway. The endowment […]
Clarksville, Ark. -- Floyd Pledger (left), manager of Arkansas Western Gas in Clarksville, recently donated $1,000 on behalf of the company to University of the Ozarks President Dr. Rick Niece. The money will go to the University's Annual Scholarship Fund.
Clarksville, Ark. -- Charles Nabholz (Left), Chairman of the Board of Nabholz Charitable Foundation in Conway, Ark., presents a donation to University of the Ozarks President Dr. Rick Niece recently. The Nabholz Charitable Foundation has pledged $20,000 over the next four years for technical computer support in Walker Hall
Clarksville, Ark. --- Kate Boreham Maurras and Debra Boreham Vicharelli, daughters of the late Roland S. Boreham Jr., announced on Dec. 21 that University of the Ozarks was one of six entities that will be beneficiaries of the $24 million Roland S. Boreham Living Trust. It is expected that Ozarks will receive in excess of […]
Clarksville, Ark. -- CenturyTel made a donation of $5,000 to University of the Ozarks on Dec. 12. The donation will be used to increase the University's bandwidth and expand the capacity to provide quick, reliable internet connectivity for U of O students. Ron Leavell (right), area plant supervisor with CenturyTel, presents a check for $5,000 […]
Clarksville, Ark. — ARAMARK Corp., which handles the food services for University of the Ozarks, recently made a $125,000 gift to the University for replacing and upgrading cafeteria and kitchen equipment in the University’s Seay Student Center. Among those at the presentation were (front row, from left) Sherée Niece, University First Lady; Angel Herrera, Regional […]
Clarksville, Ark. --- The University of the Ozarks has announced a $2.96 million gift from the Willard and Pat Walker Charitable Foundation of Fayetteville that will give teacher education in Arkansas another big boost. The gift will endow the maintenance and operations of the University's Walker Hall, the 34,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art, teacher education and communications center […]
Clarksville, Ark. --- Marie Baskin Lewis of Clarksville has made a substantial financial commitment to the University of the Ozarks' Raymond Munger Chapel in memory of her late husband, Jimmy Lewis. The gift will establish the Jimmy Lewis Memorial Chapel Preservation Endowment Fund. <#IMAGE:1#>In a special announcement on Oct. 3 during the university’s weekly chapel […]
Clarksville, Ark. -- Mrs. Helen R. Walton of Bentonville, Ark., has made a $20 million gift to University of the Ozarks, university officials announced on Tuesday, Feb. 14. Faculty, staff, students, friends and alumni gathered in the university's Munger Chapel to hear the announcement from Ozarks President Dr. Rick Niece. The gift launches a broader […]