University of the Ozarks' Student Support Services (SSS) program has been awarded $1.3 million from the U.S. Department of Education over a five-year grant cycle that will enable the program to provide new and existing academic initiatives to students from disadvantaged backgrounds. The award goes into effect Sept. 1. The SSS program is part of […]
Bolstered by the largest incoming new student class in 12 years and a retention rate approaching 80 percent, University of the Ozarks officials announced Wednesday that they have closed admission for the Fall 2015 semester. Ozarks is expecting 270 first-time students to begin classes on Aug. 25, the largest incoming class since 279 in 2003. […]
University of the Ozarks will welcome its incoming freshman class on Aug. 20-24 with First Week, a series of events to help new students become oriented to college life at the University. Ozarks is expecting approximately 250 new freshmen and transfer students for the Fall 2015 Semester. Classes officially begin on Tuesday, Aug. 25. First […]
University of the Ozarks will present a soft opening of its new campus coffee shop for the Clarksville community on Wednesday, Aug. 12. Campus Perks, located on the northeast corner of the first floor of Robson Library, will be open from 9 a.m. to noon on Aug. 12, for members of the Clarksville community. The […]
University of the Ozarks Assistant Professor of Art Dawn Holder was recently honored at the opening reception of "Organic Matters: Women to Watch 2015," at the National Museum of Women in the Arts (NMWA) in Washington, D.C.? Holder’s porcelain installation, Monoculture, is one of 13 works of art selected by NMWA Associate Curator Virginia Treanor […]
Aaron England believes he will always remember the month of June 2015 as one of the most significant experiences of his life. England, a senior pre-medicine and biology major from Elkins, Ark., recently spent four weeks serving an international medical internship at the Pasteur Institute in Da Lat, a city of about 200,000 in the […]
Spending the summer developing training modules and dashboards for a new business intelligence tool may not sound like an ideal summer break for most people, but for Austin Benner it's perfect. Benner, a University of the Ozarks senior business administration major from Houston, is spending 12 weeks this summer interning at the AT&T corporate headquarters […]
Florence "Flo" Lebois has been named the new director of international programs at University of the Ozarks. A native of France, Lebois has served as director of international advancement at Millikin University in Decatur, Ill., since 2012. She began her new duties at Ozarks on June 8. "I am honored and excited to be a […]
Before coming to University of the Ozarks, Sheridan Barajas knew very little about the academic research process. She knew even less about armadillos. Senior biology major Sheridan Barajas operated on several armadillos as part of a research project she is working on with Professor Frank Knight. Now the senior biology major from Alvin, Texas, is […]
Cyrus Smith, a 2006 graduate of University of the Ozarks, has been named the University's new director of public safety. He replaces Jeannette Willis, who retired from the position in June. Smith has worked as an investigative specialist with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in San Antonio, Texas, since 2010. He will begin his […]