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May 4, 2021 • Posted in ,

Additional Greystone Students Earn Appointments

Three more students from the Greystone Preparatory School at University of the Ozarks recently learned they had received appointments into a U.S. military service academy. Those students were (pictured from left) Anthony Chambers of Denver, Col.; Jackson Collier of Danville, Calif.; and Benjamin Johnson of Jackson, Miss. The students are enrolled in Greystone, a one-year, […]

Destinee Manning

Manning Plans to Make Impact in STEM Field

According to the National Science Foundation, African American women are significantly under-represented in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) professions, holding less than five percent of those jobs in the workforce. University of the Ozarks senior Destinee L. Manning plans to help change that trend. Manning, a chemistry major from Memphis, Tenn., will graduate with […]

Maddy

Windel Planning to Make Impact Through Environmental Law

University of the Ozarks senior Maddy Windel is passionate about making a difference in the environment and she believes the best way to do that is through a career in law and policy. The political science and philosophy major and environmental studies minor from Deer, Ark., plans to pursue a career in environmental administrative law […]

Greystone
March 8, 2021 • Posted in ,

Four Greystone Students Receive Appointments to Academies

Four students from the Greystone Preparatory School at University of the Ozarks recently received the great news they have been working toward for many years. The students learned that they had received appointments to one or more of the country’s military service academies. Those students were (pictured, from left) Noah Harding of Roanoke, Va.; Jimmy […]

Elodi Jaoubin
February 25, 2021 • Posted in , , , ,

Business Students Collaborate with Paris College on Food Industry Project

Twenty University of the Ozarks business students are putting their classroom knowledge and experience to work this semester on a cross-cultural project to help the food industry navigate the Covid pandemic. The Ozarks students, who are in an upper level special studies elective in the Business Administration program, are collaborating with college students from the […]

Haley Clark
February 1, 2021 • Posted in , , ,

Clark’s Route to Law School Goes Through Theatre

Majoring in theatre may not seem like the most logical route to law school, but don’t tell that to Haley Grace Clark. The University of the Ozarks senior from Tulsa, Okla., will attend Southwestern Law School in Los Angeles this summer as she pursues a career in entertainment law. The theatre and communications (radio/television/film) major […]

Casie Ballard
January 20, 2021 • Posted in , , ,

Senior Ballard Authors Book on Faith

The vulnerable life of a small-town girl with big-time faith. That’s how University of the Ozarks senior Casie (Zapf) Ballard of Cabot, Ark., succinctly summarizes her new book, “Do You Have a Minute?” Ballard, an English and business administration major who will graduate with honors in May, wrote the self-published book over the past two years. […]

Daicza Garcia
December 8, 2020 • Posted in , ,

Garcia Proves an Exemplary Scholar

Daicza Garcia could be a poster child for how to do college. The University of the Ozarks senior is graduating college in 3½ years and with high honors and no debt. It’s quite an accomplishment for the Clarksville native who will earn a degree in business administration with Magna Cum Laude honors during the University’s […]

Blanca Almaraz Martinez
October 20, 2020 • Posted in , , , ,

Almaraz-Martinez to Present Senior Exhibit

Recent University of the Ozarks graduate Blanca Claudia Almaraz-Martinez of Clarksville will present her Senior Art Exhibit, “And a Million More…,” from Oct. 26 through Nov. 6 in the University’s Stephens Gallery. Almaraz-Martinez graduated in May with Cum Laude honors with a bachelor’s degree in art and psychology. Her senior show was postponed in the […]