University of the Ozarks will award bachelor degrees to 101 graduating seniors during its 2018 Spring Commencement ceremony, scheduled for 10 a.m., Saturday, May 12, on the campus mall. Dr. Eric Steinmiller, a 2002 Ozarks graduate who is an educator, instructional leader and administrator in Chicago, will serve as the keynote speaker during Commencement. A […]
University of the Ozarks senior Azalia Molina will present her senior art show, “Honduras, Prefiero Verte con Alegría,” May 3-12 in the Stephens Gallery. There will be a lecture by Molina from 3-4 p.m. on Wednesday, May 2, in Baldor Auditorium in the Boreham Business Building. There will also be a reception to meet the […]
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 […]
Historic Outcome For the first time in the 11-year history of the University’s Project Poet, there are co-champions. Sophomores Bekah Moore of Mountainburg, Ark., and Jake Sawyer of Mena, Ark., took top honors and the title of Poet Laureates of the Spadra Valley recently by winning the annual fall semester competition. A total of 20 […]
There are several events for the community that the University will be presenting this Halloween season. Friday, October 27 The University will host a Safe Trick or Treat Night for children from 4 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. in the Rogers Conference Center. Both events are free and open to the public. The All Hallows Eve Concert will […]
David Estrada, Azalia Molina and the team of Ashley Clayton, James McClellan and Magan Holmes took home the top honors at the fifth annual ARCH (Advanced Research and Creative Highlights) Symposium, held this week in the Rogers Conference Center. The annual competition is an opportunity for Ozarks students to showcase their research and art projects […]
The team of Lidia Caz, Gladis Alvarez and Manuel Sac took home first-place honors during the 6th annual Recycled Fashion Show, presented by the student art organization OzArts on April 12. Caz modeled the winning outfit that was designed by the three Guatemalan students in the annual competition that promotes fashion designs that utilize recycled […]
University of the Ozarks has launched a new semester-long awareness campaign, #AllAreWelcomeHere, to celebrate its legacy of being a university that embraces inclusion, equality and justice. The #AllAreWelcomeHere campaign will kick off during the week of Jan. 23 by being incorporated into a number of previously planned campus events, including a wrestling match on Jan. […]
Whether she's writing poetry about vegetarianism, sperm donation or questioning the gender of God, Emilie Williams enjoys challenging her classmates to think outside their comfort zones. Williams, known around campus as "Weave," was recently selected the champion of the 10th annual Project Poet competition. Williams not only won the $1,000 first-place prize, she earned the […]
Daniel Valencia, a senior-to-be from El Salvador, has been elected by the University of the Ozarks student body to serve as president of the Student Government Association (SGA) for the 2016-17 academic year. Daniel Valencia, a rising senior from El Salvador, was recently elected president of the Student Government Association for 2016-17. Valencia, a marketing […]