Several students in the University of the Ozarks’ teacher education program recently gained valuable experience by taking part in professional education conference on dyslexia. The first “Teaching and Learning Conference Focus on Dyslexia: Building Bright Futures,” event was held Oct. 6-7 at the Fort Smith Convention Center. It was presented by the Guy Fenter Education […]
University of the Ozarks has combined its annual spring Alumni Weekend and the typical fall homecoming into one event, the new and improved U of O Homecoming celebration, scheduled for Oct. 14-16. The move was made so that alumni and current students would have more opportunities for interaction. “The transition of Alumni Weekend to coincide […]
University of the Ozarks held a ground-breaking ceremony on Friday for a new on-campus tennis facility. A large group of U of O students, faculty, staff, alumni and board members attended the ceremony on the north end of campus that marked the start of construction on the outdoor facility. The center will feature eight state-of-the-art […]
The Rev. Tracy Julian Williams, pastor of First Presbyterian Church in Bay City, Texas, will visit University of the Ozarks during the week of Oct. 10-14 as part of the University's Pastoral Study Leave Program. The Rev. Tracy Julian Williams, pastor of First Presbyterian Church in Bay City, Texas, will visit Ozarks on the week […]
Breanna Hiatt has taken full advantage of the liberal arts curriculum at University of the Ozarks to find her true calling. The senior from Russellville, Ark., entered college as a pre-medicine major and changed to education before deciding that her love of outdoors and nature would be a great fit for environmental studies. Now she […]
University of the Ozarks has announced a $10 million gift from the Walton Family Foundation establishing an endowed scholarship program to assist promising students from low and middle income families. President Richard L. Dunsworth announced the new Frontier Scholarship Program to the campus community in the University’s Munger-Wilson Memorial Chapel on Monday morning. “There has […]
University of the Ozarks? Jones Learning Center Director Julia Frost will attend several fairs and conferences throughout the country over the next few months to share the benefits of the JLC. On Oct. 24, she will represent the JLC and Ozarks in Northwest Arkansas at the Transition Resource Fair, hosted by Bentonville, Rogers and Heritage […]
Houston, Texas, printmaker Kelly Moran will present her exhibit, "Entanglement," in the University of the Ozarks' Stephens Gallery from Oct. 3-28. The exhibit is part of the University’s Artist of the Month Series. There will be a reception to meet the artist from 3-4 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 3, in the gallery. A native of […]
The University of the Ozarks’ psychology program as well as the student-led Psychology Club will host a series of events on campus in conjunction with the national Mental Illness Awareness Week, October 3-7. Sponsored by the National Alliance on Mental Health (NAMI), Mental Illness Awareness Week is held during the first week of October to […]
Mary Willingham, the whistleblower who helped uncover academic fraud involving hundreds of athletes at the University of North Carolina, will speak at University of the Ozarks on Thursday, Oct. 13. The event, which will begin at 7 p.m. in the Rogers Conference Center, is part of the University’s 2016-17 Walton Arts & ideas Series. It […]