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Senior Raegan Swafford
May 8, 2025 • Posted in

Swafford Named 2025 Hurie Award Recipient 

University of the Ozarks senior Raegan Swafford, an English and psychology major from Van Buren, Ark., has been named the recipient of the prestigious 2025 Hurie Award, given to the outstanding member of the graduating class.  The award was announced during Wednesday’s Honors Day ceremony. She is pictured center with University of the Ozarks President […]

Enya Trinidad
April 11, 2025 • Posted in

Trinidad Overcomes Challenges on Way to College Diploma

While most college students might be a bit timid and nervous to get on a plane for their first study abroad trip, University of the Ozarks student Enya Trinidad was excited and prepared, thanks to her history of accepting new challenges and experiences in order to improve herself. Trinidad, a senior psychology major from Mexico […]

Pet Buddy students
March 18, 2025 • Posted in ,

Pet Buddy Trio Advances to Finals of Arkansas Governor’s Cup

A trio of University of the Ozarks business students have reached the pinnacle of a state-wide collegiate business-plan competition. (Pictured, from left) Gabriel Mendoza, Daniella Ugarte, and William Guillen have earned a spot to compete in the finals of the prestigious Arkansas Governor’s Cup on April 14-16 in Little Rock for their prospective business, Pet […]

Nathaly Herrera
October 21, 2024 • Posted in ,

Herrera Receives Prestigious Scholarship from State Organization

University of the Ozarks junior Nathaly Herrera has been awarded the prestigious 2024 Robbie Lyle Scholarship, named after a long-time educator in Arkansas and a staunch advocate for human rights. The scholarship is awarded annually through the Arkansas Association of Student Assistance Programs (AASAP). It was presented at the AASAP conference Oct. 6-8 in Hot […]

Summer interns
October 11, 2024 • Posted in ,

Internships with El Savadoran Government Prove Beneficial for Students

For the third consecutive year, a group of University of the Ozarks students spent their summer serving an internship in El Salvador with that government’s National Administration of Aqueducts and Sewers (ANDA). The students included, Naila Pierre, Melissa Coronado Escalante, Jesus Munguia Reyes, Jonathan Santamaria, Raquel Andrea Castellanos Queme, Victoria Lopez, Valerie Marie Mejia Tabora, […]

Students Murillo and Vindas
August 2, 2024 • Posted in , ,

Summer Class Inspires Entrepreneurship Club Members Murillo, Vindas

A summer academic course on entrepreneurial development at one of Mexico’s most prestigious universities, Universidad Iberoamericana, has University of the Ozarks students Eduardo Murillo and Nataly Vindas fired up for the upcoming academic year. Murillo and Vindas, both Walton International Scholars from Costa Rica, complete the six-week course in Mexico City in late June. The […]

April 24, 2024 • Posted in ,

Williamson Elected SGA President for 2024-25

Cody Williamson, a rising senior political science major from Fayetteville, Ark., was elected earlier this month by the student body as University of the Ozarks’ Student Government Association president for the 2024-25 academic year. As a 24-year-old with a one-year-old child, Rowan, and a fiancé, Ashton Nickell, Williamson believes he can bring a new perspective […]

April 3, 2024 • Posted in

Little Making Family Proud as First-Gen Graduate

When Carter Little walks across the stage on May 11 to receive his diploma during the University of the Ozarks’ 2024 Spring Commencement, it will mark a milestone in his immediate family’s history. The business administration major from Oklahoma City will be the first in his family to earn a college degree. “It makes me […]