Spending a semester abroad is a scary and exciting prospect for most students, but what many don't realize is that the experience lasts long after the return flight home. Rosa Ruiz and Kurt Shemanske, both juniors at University of the Ozarks, spent the 2012 Fall Semester studying abroad and can attest to how life-altering such […]
University of the Ozarks Professors Dr. Bill Clary and Dr. Kim Van Scoy do not teach similar subjects. Clary teaches Spanish and Van Scoy specializes in biology and earth science. But the two professors combined their knowledge to create an interdisciplinary class they believed could end up being a life-changing experience for their students. Clary, […]
Even though Kurt Shemanske, a junior from El Reno, Okla., is only about half finished with his semester abroad in Sydney, Australia, his life has been already been irrevocably changed by his experiences there. Kurt Shemanske got an up close view of a Koala bear during his study abroad trip to Australia this semester. Shemanske’s […]
Clarksville, Ark. --- University of the Ozarks has entered into a student-exchange agreement with Hannam University in Daejeon, South Korea, according to Ozarks Provost Dr. Daniel Taddie. The two universities are expected to begin exchanging students as early as the 2012 Summer or Fall semesters. Like Ozarks, Hannam is a Presbyterian-affiliated university. Established in 1956 […]
Called "The Lungs of the World," the Amazon rainforest in South America covers 1.7?billion acres spread across nine different countries. The Amazon represents over half of the planet's remaining rainforests, and it comprises the largest and most species-rich tract of tropical rainforest on the planet. This fall, a handful of intrepid students will travel to […]
For those with a desire to find out what Italy is like, now is the time. This spring, Ozarks Abroad will offer "Italy: From Rome to the Renaissance," a course which fulfills the requirements for social analysis or global awareness credits and includes an intensive 10-day trip to Italy from May 16 - 25. Assistant […]
Clarksville, Ark. --- Travel broadens the mind, as is famously said. Each of us has experienced this, looking out the car window at a new place or walking out the airport into a world where the colors are somehow brighter, the air fresher, the sounds of traffic more exciting. Why should this be? The University […]
Mundo Maya wraps up with a sixteen day trip touring the most prominent archeological and cultural sites of the ancient Mayan civilization, all the way from Merida to Playa del Carmen. Dr. Kim Van Scoy, one of the course instructors, sent this story of one of the stops on the trip. Dr. William Clary and […]
Biology and art major set to study for a year at Irish universities. CLARKSVILLE, ARK. (April 7, 2006) -- University of the Ozarks students Katie Mobley and Kate Schoenhals have been selected for the Irish-American Scholar Program, which sends American college students to study at universities in Northern Ireland. Schoenhals was accepted to study animal […]
Clarksville, Ark. --- Three University of the Ozarks students have been selected to spend the Spring 2002 Semester studying abroad as participants in Syracuse University's Division of International Programs Abroad. Aaron Coats, Daniel Sigala, and Jason Small will each spend a semester learning European history and culture while continuing their academic studies abroad. Coats and […]