Social media sensation Garden Marcus will speak at University of the Ozarks on Thursday, March 9, as part of the Walton Arts & Ideas Series. The event begins at 7 p.m. in the Rogers Conference Center and is free and open to the public. Marcus Bridgewater, known as Garden Marcus to his large social media […]
Nicole Roundy, a Paralympic snowboard champion and motivational speaker, will present a talk at University of the Ozarks on Wednesday, Feb. 15, as part of the University’s 2022-23 Walton Arts & Ideas Series. Roundy’s event will begin at 7 p.m. in the Rogers Conference Center. The event is open to the public and there is […]
University of the Ozarks will present “How Stories Can Save Us: An Evening with Mark Yaconelli,” at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 9, in the Rogers Conference Center. The event is part of the University’s 2022-23 Walton Arts & Ideas Series. There is no cost for admission and the event is open to the public. […]
University of the Ozarks will present a performance by the ZUZU African Acrobats at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 11, in the University’s Walton Fine Arts Center Seay Theatre. Sponsored by the Walton Arts & Ideas Series, this is a free performance that is open to the public. The ZUZU Acrobats are a Tanzanian troupe […]
“Forgiveness made me free from hatred. I still have many scars on my body and severe pain most days, but my heart is cleansed. Napalm is very powerful, but faith, forgiveness, and love are much more powerful.” — Kim Phuc Phan Thi Kim Phuc Phan Thi, best known as the 9-year-old child running away from […]
University of the Ozarks will present two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and screenwriter Lynn Nottage on Thursday, Feb. 10, 2022. Nottage will give a talk at 7 p.m. in the Walton Fine Arts Center as part of the University’s 2021-22 Walton Arts & Ideas Series. The event is open to the public and there is no […]
Because everyone deserves a chance to win, be awesome, and feel awesome.” That’s the motto of the For the Win Project, a Los Angeles-based nonprofit that helps transform seriously ill and disabled children into super heroes. Two of the co-founders of the project will speak at University of the Ozarks on Monday, Nov. 29, as […]
The University of the Ozarks’ Walton Arts & Ideas Series event scheduled for October featuring author Kim Ruehl has been postponed to April. The event will now take place on Thursday, April 7, 2022. Ruehl is a writer, editor and folk music advocate from Asheville, N.C. Her 2021 book, “A Singing Army: Zilphia Horton and […]
Journalist and professor Nigel Poor, co-creator and co-host of the popular Ear Hustle Podcast about life in prison, will speak at University of the Ozarks on Thursday, Sept. 9 to kick off the 2021-22 Walton Arts & Ideas Series. The event begins at 7 p.m. in the Walton Fine Art Center’s Seay Theatre. There is […]
The co-creator of a popular podcast about prison life, a two-time Pulitzer winning screenwriter and a woman whose Vietnam War-era picture as a little girl is one of the most iconic photographs in U.S. history highlight the University of the Ozarks’ 2021-22 Walton Arts & Ideas Series (WAIS). WAIS is made possible by an endowment […]