If non-profit organizations don't make a profit, then how do they know whether they're doing a good job or not? Emily Towe (left) and former U.S. Senator Blanche Lincoln. Emily attended Georgetown University in Washington D.C. this summer through the Institute on Philanthropy and Voluntary Services. U of O senior and political science major Emily […]
On June 3, 2011 Mark Pearson packed up his bags and left Clarksville, Arkansas, headed for Washington, D.C. For this Clarksville native, the trip ahead was a bit daunting. "I'm from Clarksville," he says. "I've lived here my whole life, and I wasn't sure how much I'd enjoy being in Washington. Now that I've been […]
Ashley Teague says it was a verse from the Book of James, combined with her summer experiences as an intern in Washington D.C., that led her to a new realization of what she wants to do with her life. "I attended the Institute for Philanthropy and Voluntary Service at Georgetown University," said the senior political […]
When he traveled this summer to Washington D.C. to study at the Public Policy Institute, Cory Bridges wasn't sure what to expect. "I've been in Clarksville my whole life," he said, "and to be able to go to a place like that? I didn't think I'd enjoy it before I went, being from here, but […]
Christianity has always struggled in the face of changing times, new technologies, new influences. This problem is in no way new to our age. Though Christian worship goes back twenty centuries, the permutations of this worship have changed again and again. Dr. Stewart Dippel’s book The Sacralization of the World in the Seventeenth-Century: The Experience […]
This story is the fourth of several in a series on students and their summer internships and experiences while studying at the University of the Ozarks. Summer internships are one of the many ways a college student can prepare for life after, well, college. Rose Southwell, a current senior at the University of the Ozarks, […]
This story is the first of several in a series on Ozarks students and their summer internships. In the summer before his junior year, Brandon Pierson, like many college students, could have returned to his hometown of Allen, Texas, to hang out with his friends and family. However, Brandon was one of 60 college students […]
Clarksville, Ark. — Brittney Flinn, a U of O senior political science major from Hagarville, Ark., was crowned Queen Elberta 2007 at the 66th annual Johnson County Peach Festival Pageant held in July in Clarksville. With the title, Flinn will represent the pageant in the 2008 Miss Arkansas Pageant, to be held next summer in […]
University of the Ozarks senior David Ray is more than just your average college student. He is one of the most involved students on the Ozarks campus, serving in many of the student organizations while working towards a degree in both Communications and Political Science. However, the summer before his senior year, David found time […]