Valeria “Vale” Robleto is ready to get to work on behalf of her fellow classmates who elected her University of the Ozarks? Student Government Association president for the 2017-18 academic year. Valeria “Vale” Robleto was elected SGA president for 2017-18. Robleto, a senior-to-be chemistry and biology major from Nicaragua, was elected SGA president during the […]
The donation of a polytunnel by the national Presbyterian Women (PCUSA) will allow the University of the Ozarks’ Food for Thought Garden to double its already impressive production, according to University officials. The polytunnel is being donated through a competitive Thank Offering Grant of $7,000 by the national office of Presbyterian Women, located in Louisville, […]
University of the Ozarks will award bachelor degrees to 87 graduating seniors during its 2017 Spring Commencement ceremony, scheduled for 10:30 a.m., Saturday, May 13, on the campus mall. Doug Black, a member of the University’s Board of Trustees since 2010, will serve as the keynote speaker at the 2017 Spring Commencement on May 13. […]
The Jones Learning Center (JLC) honored its outstanding student tutors for the 2016-17 academic year during a special ceremony on May 3. Jose Salinas,a junior from Honduras, was named the overall tutor of the year. The JLC provides academic support services for student with learning disabilities, AD/HD, and autism spectrum disorder. Tutors are vital contributors […]
University of the Ozarks presented its top division and university academic awards on Wednesday, May 3, during the 60th annual Academic Awards Day ceremony, held in the Walton Fine Arts Center. Samuel Binns, a senior English major from Hot Springs, Ark., was presented the Hurie Award as the outstanding member of the Class of 2017 […]
Maria Corea’s essay “Authority and Power: Government’s Integrative Role in Environmental Protection,” took the top honors during the twelfth annual Earth Day Essay contest. Corea, a sophomore business major from Honduras, won the $400 first-place Workman Award for her essay advocating that governments take a lead role in protecting the environment. Corea wrote: “Protecting the […]
One of the University of the Ozarks’ newest student organizations, Wordsmiths, recently spent a weekend in the Big Easy, soaking up the culture and gleaning inspiration from a regional poetry festival. Several members of Wordsmiths, the creative writing club that was organized in 2016, travelled to New Orleans to attend the second annual New Orleans […]
Alejandra Arreaga, a psychology and early childhood education major from Guatemala, was named the University of the Ozarks’ Student Support Services (SSS) Overall Tutor of the Year during the organization’s annual Spring Fling awards ceremony on April 17. Staff members from SSS announced the tutor awards in several subject areas during the ceremony. Award recipients […]
The University of the Ozarks chapter of Kappa Delta Pi (KDP), the international honor society for teacher education, inducted several new members during a special ceremony in the Pat Walker Teacher Education Program on Thursday, April 27. The ceremony included current KDP members as well as faculty and administrators from the program and the university. […]
David Estrada, Azalia Molina and the team of Ashley Clayton, James McClellan and Magan Holmes took home the top honors at the fifth annual ARCH (Advanced Research and Creative Highlights) Symposium, held this week in the Rogers Conference Center. The annual competition is an opportunity for Ozarks students to showcase their research and art projects […]