Academic, author and pop music critic Jack Hamilton will discuss his recent book, “Just around Midnight: Rock and Roll and the Racial Imagination,” at University of the Ozarks on Wednesday, March 28. The event, which is a part of the University’s Walton Arts & Ideas Series, will begin at 7 p.m. in the Rogers Conference […]
Award-winning singer, songwriter, author and public speaker David LaMotte will present several events at University of the Ozarks as part of a two-day visit on March 13 and 14. All of the events are free and the public is encouraged to attend. Schedule March 13 · Speaking at Chapel Service, 11:30 a.m., Munger-Wilson Memorial Chapel · […]
With colorful macaws flying in formation overhead, the growls of howler monkeys echoing through the jungle and surrounded by walking palms — Tolkienesque trees that get its name from its tall, spiny root system that looks like multiple legs — Cherokee Gott found herself in disbelief as she stood in the rainforest of the Bolivian […]
It didn’t take Stephanie Alderson very long to figure out what career path was calling her name. The University of the Ozarks senior elementary education major from Clarksville, Ark., knew that teaching and learning was in her blood, even at a young age. “Teaching has been my dream since I was nine years old,” said […]
University of the Ozarks was selected as the 2017 Corporate Business of the Year at the Clarksville-Johnson County Chamber of Commerce Awards Banquet, held Feb. 3 at the Cabin Creek Lookout in Lamar. In presenting the award, chamber officials cited the University for its record enrollment of 755 students during the fall semester as well […]
University of the Ozarks Theatre will present three showings of John Cariani’s romantic comedy “Almost, Maine” in the Black Box Theatre in the Walton Fine Arts Center. Show times are 7:30 p.m. on Feb. 22 and 23 and 3 p.m. on Feb. 24. Seating is limited. Tickets are $8 each and can be purchased online or at the box […]
University of the Ozarks alumna Edna Elkins Patterson ’67 and her husband, John, have created a new scholarship endowment at Ozarks to assist elementary education students from Johnson County. The long-time Clarksville residents established The Edna Elkins Patterson and John S. Patterson Education Scholarship recently with a gift commitment of $100,000. The first preference for […]
University of the Ozarks will present Bon Appétit!, a one-act, one-woman opera about famed chef Julia Child, at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 8. The event will be held in the Rowntree Recital Hall, located in the Walton Fine Arts center on the Ozarks campus. The presentation is a part of the University’s 2017-18 Walton […]
Julia Frost, director of the University of the Ozarks’ Jones Learning Center, will make a presentation titled, “Parenting a Young Adult with a Learning Disability,” at the 2018 Learning Disabilities Association of America’s (LDAA) annual conference in Atlanta on Feb. 20-24. In preparation for the presentation, the JLC staff provided Frost with the names of […]
For the first time in almost 30 years University of the Ozarks students will have the opportunity to participate in the U.S. Army Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) program. The University has re-established its ROTC program for the Spring 2018 Semester in collaboration with the University of Central Arkansas’ (UCA) ROTC program. Ozarks last had […]