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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 […]

Geoshan Lee

Lee Continues Family Legacy at Ozarks

When Geoshan Lee graduates from University of the Ozarks this month, he will continue a family legacy that began approximately 40 years ago when his parents met as students on the Ozarks campus. Lee, from Penang, Malaysia, will graduate with a communications degree and minors in marketing and theatre. His parents, George Lee and Naomi […]