In her Senior Art Exhibit, "Family Ties and Lifelines ? The String," Chelsey Becker explores the ever-changing family connections and perspectives that affect and impact people throughout their lives. Becker, a general business and art major from Claremore, Okla., is scheduled to graduate from Ozarks during the Dec. 19 Fall Commencement ceremony. Her senior exhibit […]
Cassidy Topps is the new Poet Laureate of the Spadra Valley. Topps, a sophomore psychology and biology major, took home the top prize at the 10th annual Project Poet competition on Wednesday evening. A record 28 students took part in this year’s six-week creative poetry event. Topps won the $1,000 grand prize following Wednesday’s season […]
Matt McClure, who was named one of the top new chefs in the country in April by "Food & Wine" magazine, will present a cooking demonstration and talk at University of the Ozarks on Wednesday, Dec. 2. The presentation, titled "Foods of the South," is part of the university’s 2015-16 Walton Arts & Ideas Series. […]
Junior English major Samuel Binns will present a one-day exhibit titled “Larger than Life,” on Monday, Nov. 23, in the Stephens Gallery. There will be a reception to meet the artist at 6 p.m. on Nov. 23, in the gallery, located in the Walton Fine Arts Center. Binns said the one-day duration of the exhibit […]
The University of the Ozarks Political Science department will present national health care and medical policy expert Paul Howard for a guest lecture at 4:30 p.m., Wednesday, Nov. 18, in the Boreham Business Building on the U of O campus. Health care and medical policy expert Paul Howard will give a lecture at Ozarks on […]
University of the Ozarks has recently forged academic partnerships with a pair of universities in France. U of O President Richard L. Dunsworth and Director of International Programs Florence Galy Lebois traveled to France in October to sign international agreements with the Paris School of Business (PSB) and ISCPA, a journalism and communications university with […]
The University of the Ozarks Stephens Gallery will host an art exhibit from the Arkansas Society of Printmakers (ASP) in the month of November as part of the university?s Artist of the Month Series. The exhibit, “Arkansas Society of Printmakers: Impressions in Ink,” will run from Nov. 5-20 in the gallery, located in the Walton […]
For four University of the Ozarks students, the nation's capital was their educational playground this past summer. Kyle Eberhardt, David Estrada, Andres Acosta, and Badria Mryyan spent eight weeks during the summer of 2015 taking classes at George Mason University and serving various internships in Washington D.C. as part of The Fund For American Studies […]
The University of the Ozarks Theatre company took home 12 awards, including the prestigious Director's Choice Award and Respondent' Choice Award, at the Arkansas Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival, held over the weekend in Fort Smith. The University Theatre’s production of "BUG" by Tracy Letts was the Arkansas premiere of the play. By winning […]
Faculty members in the University of the Ozarks' art program have been active this semester in the regional art community. Dawn Holder, assistant professor of art, was chosen earlier this month to receive an Individual Artist Fellowship Award by the Arkansas Arts Council. Also, Professor of Art Tammy Harrington and her husband Neal Harrington, who […]