The Leave No Trace Center for Outdoors Ethics is an organization dedicated to educating people about how to both enjoy and preserve the natural world. On April 1-2, Planet Club and Ozarks Outbackers will host a group of Leave No Trace traveling trainers at the Ozarks Outdoors BaseCamp. Lauren Ray, a senior environmental studies major […]
Since the hit television show Glee soared in popularity, glee clubs and other show choirs have been enjoying the spotlight like never before. Now, thanks to a few enterprising students and one persistent tennis coach, Ozarks can boast its own glee club. Codie Freeman, a sophomore from McKinney, Tex., is a double major in environmental […]
The University of the Ozarks' chapter of Phi Beta Lambda (PBL) recently celebrated the week of Feb. 10-16 in conjunction with national FBLA-PBL Week. As part of the activities, Johnson County Judge Mike Jacobs (center) signed a proclamation designating Feb. 10-16, 2013, as FBLA-PBL Week in Johnson County. Those who attended the signing included U […]
Alpha and Omega, a non-denominational Christian organization on campus, is famous for its major mission trips abroad every summer. However, the group also makes a positive impact every year a little closer to home. This past December, 14 A & O members along with Dr. Ricky Casey, the group’s advisor, helped work in the Santa […]
A select group of Enactus (formerly SIFE) members have banded together to bring the basics of business to Clarksville junior high students with a project called the SPARK Initiative. Whitney Lewis is the Enactus program manager for the SPARK Initiative. Beginning Jan. 28 and lasting through Feb. 6, members of Enactus are teaching basic business […]
University of the Ozarks' student chapter of Oxfam America recently made a $1,000 donation to the Junior Auxiliary of Clarksville to help the organization in its projects to provide school supplies, clothing and hygiene products to underprivileged school children throughout Johnson County. The money was raised in the fall through a campus-wide fund-raiser in coordination […]
Cameron Coker, a junior history major from Russellville, Ark., and Steve Houserman, a sophomore political science major from Gloversville, N.Y., presented a check for $145.91 to Becky Cupp of the Interfaith Service Network in Clarksville on Nov. 22. Cameron Coker (left) and Steve Houserman (right) present a check to Becky Cupp of the Interfaith Service […]
Twenty-four members of the university's Alpha and Omega spent a week this past summer volunteering in Belize. The children and families they helped may have been in spiritual and material need, but it was the members of Alpha and Omega whose lives were changed.? Alpha and Omega, a non-denominational Christian organization at Ozarks, is renowned […]
On Wednesday, Oct. 24, University of the Ozarks welcomed more than 125 students from eight high schools throughout the region in the FBLA-PBL Business Conference, hosted by university organizations Phi Beta Lamba (PBL) and Enactus. Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) is an education association for high school students designed to prepare members for careers […]
Recently, Rotaract members Kim Clabough and Eugene Downs assisted Ozarks alumna and school librarian Kari (Pridgin) Tedford '05 with a book fair at Ozark (Ark.) Middle School. Clabough, a senior biology major from Little Rock, and Downs, a marketing major from Nicaragua, volunteered to work with Tedford in an effort to broaden Rotaract’s impact. Rotaract […]