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Senior Kalbe Jacobs
1 week ago • March 6, 2026 • Posted in

Senior Jacobs Earns Prestigious Grad School Fellowship

University of the Ozarks senior Kaleb Jacobs had to read the email twice to believe it was real. Just moments after leaving class earlier this semester, Jacobs opened a message informing him that he had been selected for a prestigious graduate fellowship worth more than $60,000 annually to attend graduate school at the University of […]

Arkansas Leadership Academy students from UofO
November 7, 2025 • Posted in

Political Science Students Take Part in Leadership Academy

Four University of the Ozarks political science majors and their professor are helping pilot a new statewide program designed to shape the next generation of civic leaders in Arkansas. Students Kaleb D. Jacobs, Vanessa Martinez, Isabel Shelton and Taylor Yates, as well as Dr. Daniel Fudge, assistant professor of political science, are all participating in […]

Model UN
November 20, 2024 • Posted in

Students Participate in Model UN in D.C.

Seven University of the Ozarks students recently attended the National Model United Nations (NMUN) conference in Washington D.C. Those students from U of O who attended were, Estefanía Bautsista Lopez, Maksym Maliutenko, Chandler Mullinax, Grace Price, Arely Saucedo, Keren Dona Vallecillo, and William Rivas Guillen. The group’s advisor, Dr. Chris Sarver, assistant professor of political […]

Political Scienc Club
March 11, 2024 • Posted in

Renewed Political Science Club Makes Immediate Impact

A group of civic-minded University of the Ozarks students have rejuvenated the Political Science Club on campus this semester, and their first event was a hit. The seven founding members of the club are (pictured from left) Cristhel Mejia (finance director), Estefania Bautista (secretary), Vanessa Martinez (public relations director), Fernanda Aguilar (logistics director), Dr. Daniel […]

Model UN delegates
February 13, 2024 • Posted in

U of O Delegation Excels at National Model UN

A group of University of the Ozarks political science students earned an unprecedented achievement for its program recently. The students made up a University delegation that was awarded an honorable mention for Best Delegation at the National Model United Nations (NMUN) in Washington D.C. in November. It is believed to be the University’s first NMUN […]

Poly Sci Professor Daniel Fudge
August 24, 2023 • Posted in , , ,

Fudge Selected for Leadership Arkansas Program

Dr. Daniel J. Fudge, assistant professor of political science at University of the Ozarks, has been selected to participate in the prestigious Leadership Arkansas Class XVIII.   The Leadership Arkansas program was established in 2005 and is presented by the Arkansas State Chamber of Commerce and the Associated Industries of Arkansas. The nine-month program, which […]

National Model UN Conference
April 20, 2023 • Posted in ,

Students Take Part in National Model UN Conference

A group of students from the University of the Ozarks’ Model United Nations Class had the opportunity to put their classroom lessons into practice recently when they attended the National Model United Nations Conference in New York City, April 10-14. The students included, sophomore Gustavo Alejandro Lugo Medrano of Diriamba, Nicaragua; junior Paulina Lukini Magloire […]

Colby Dolcey
September 7, 2022 • Posted in , ,

D.C. Internship Leads to New Opportunities for Dorcely

University of the Ozarks senior Colby Dorcély’s summer internship experience in Washington, D.C. was so successful that the company offered him a position once he graduated in May of 2022. The business administration and political science major from Pétion-Ville, Haiti, interned with Infineon Technologies Americas Corp. through The Fund For American Studies (TFAS) program. Headquartered […]

Sarver Joins Faculty
July 11, 2022 • Posted in ,

Sarver Joins Political Science Faculty

Dr. Christopher C. Sarver has joined the University of the Ozarks faculty as an assistant professor of political science, beginning the 2022 Fall Semester. With more than 20 years of teaching experience, Sarver most recently served as assistant professor of political science and legal studies at Manhattanville College in New York. He earned his undergraduate […]