Ted ’58 and Joe Ann (West) Young ’57 of Clarksville will be presented with the Alumni Legacy Award during the 2024 Ozarks Awards Ceremony on Oct. 18. The awards ceremony is held in conjunction with the University’s annual Homecoming week. The Alumni Legacy Award is presented in recognition of Ozarks graduates “who have given unselfishly […]
A trio of 2012 University of the Ozarks graduates — Tristan and Andrea (Muffuletto) Cooper of Clarksville, Ark., (pictured left) and Ethan Harbour of Booneville, Ark. — have each been chosen to receive the 2024 Emerging Philanthropist Award by the University’s Office of Advancement and Alumni Engagement. The awards will be presented during the Ozarks […]
For the second consecutive year and third time in four years, University of the Ozarks has been ranked the No. 1 Best Value in the South Region in U.S. News & World Report’s annual college rankings. In the 2025 edition of U.S. News and World Report’s Best Colleges, released this week, U of O ranked […]
Krista Denne, instruction and outreach librarian at University of the Ozarks, will share her expertise on Artificial Intelligence (AI) at several campus and state-wide events within the next few weeks. Denne will organize and facilitate AI Week on the U of O campus this week. Presented by Robson Library, AI Week will feature a different […]
University of the Ozarks alumna Brenda Gabriela Sandoval ’19 is another notable example of a Walton International Scholar who is using her Ozarks education to make a difference in her home country. Sandoval, from Guatemala City, earned a B.A. degree in international business and history with Summa Cum Laude honors from Ozarks in 2019. Returning […]
Photo: The management team for Duffield Gravel Company includes (from left) David Duffield, Luke Duffield, Matt Duffield and Peyton Duffield. Duffield Gravel Company of Russellville, which has partnered with University of the Ozarks on the new Wilson Athletic Complex as well as other recent facility projects, will receive the University’s 2024 Community Champion Award. The […]
Former NBA player Pat Burke, founder of the youth-development program HOOPSLife, will speak at University of the Ozarks on Thursday, Oct. 10, as part of the University’s 2024-25 Walton Arts & Ideas Series. The event will begin at 7 p.m. in the Rogers Conference Center. There is no cost for admission and the public is […]
The Rev. Jane Anabe, pastor and head of staff at The Presbyterian Church of La Porte, Indiana, will visit campus on the week of Sept. 23 as part of the University of the Ozarks’ Struthers Visiting Pastoral Study Leave Program. She will speak at the University’s weekly Chapel Service at 11:30 a.m. on Tuesday, Sept. […]
Coming from the small town of Scranton, Arkansas, and never having had the opportunity to travel abroad, University of the Ozarks senior Alexia Olmos took a giant leap of faith this past summer. Olmos spent the months of June and July studying abroad in Buenos Aires, Argentina, where she took a class through the University […]
University of the Ozarks will present two couples who have each supported the University for more than three decades with the Pay it Forward Champions Award during the 2024 Ozarks Awards Ceremony on Friday, Oct. 18. Gilbert Parks and Susan Burden ’67 of Clarksville (pictured, left) and Dr. C. Gene and Lynda Adkins Stephenson of […]