Adventure writer and international mountain guide Charlotte Austin will speak about her 2019 summit of Mount Everest as a visiting lecturer at University of the Ozarks at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 28, in the Rogers Conference Center. The event is free and open to the public, but seating is limited to the first 150 […]
Darrell Shaw III has been named the new director of Ozarks Outdoors, the outdoor education and recreation program at University of the Ozarks. He will begin his new duties on Oct. 1. A native of Lamar, Ark., Shaw served as director of outdoor education and recreation at Lyon College in Batesville, Ark., from 2013 to […]
University of the Ozarks will host the National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS) film tour titled, The Exploration, at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Nov., 29. The event, which is presented by the University’s Ozarks Outdoors program, will be held in the Rogers Conference Center. It is open to the public and there is no charge for […]
University of the Ozarks Professor Dr. Jesse T. Weiss will premiere his documentary, “Natty Parks,” on the Ozarks campus at 7 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 3, in the Rogers Conference Center’s Hanna Room. The film was written, directed, filmed and edited by Weiss, professor of sociology and environmental studies. The documentary chronicles the journey that capped […]
Ozarks Outdoors will present renowned adventure writer and climbing guide Charlotte Austin for a talk at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 10, in the Rogers Conference Center. Austin will share stories of her adventures and speak about outdoor leadership and women in the outdoors. The presentation is open to the public and there is no […]
Adventure writer and mountain guide Charlotte Austin will speak at University of the Ozarks at 7:30 p.m., Wednesday, April 4, in the Rogers Conference Center. The event, which is sponsored by the University’s Ozarks Outdoors organization, is open to the public and there is no cost for admission. A resident of Seattle, Austin has guided […]
A two-day wilderness first aid course will be held on campus Feb. 10-11, 2018. The course is being presented by the University’s Ozarks Outdoors program and will be taught by members of the Ozark Safety and Rescue Educators organization. It will be held from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day and will consist of […]
As Jake Sawyer was reading the Office of Career Services’ weekly Career Corner newsletter last semester, a line under the internship opportunities section with the title, “BookTrails: Steamboat Springs, Colorado,” suddenly caught his eye. “As an English major and an avid lover of the outdoors, the plain combination of “book” and “trails” in the same […]
Ozarks Outdoors and Ozark Safety and Rescue Educators are teaming up to offer a week-long camp on Leadership, Safety & Rescue for high school age students. This camp will take place along the Buffalo National Scenic River and includes backpacking, paddling, and rock climbing activities. The theme will be Leadership, Safety & Rescue. Successful participants […]
The 2nd Annual Arkansas Adventure Programming Conference was held from Friday, April 5 to Sunday April 7 at the beautiful Horseshoe Canyon Ranch (HCR) near Jasper, AR. This event was put together by Ozarks Outdoors | University of the Ozarks along with Henderson State University, Lyon College, and the University of Arkansas. It was a […]