Daniel Valencia, a senior-to-be from El Salvador, has been elected by the University of the Ozarks student body to serve as president of the Student Government Association (SGA) for the 2016-17 academic year. Daniel Valencia, a rising senior from El Salvador, was recently elected president of the Student Government Association for 2016-17. Valencia, a marketing […]
Janae Cantu's essay "Parks vs. Reserves: The Implications of a Name," took top honors in the University of the Ozarks' eleventh annual Earth Day Essay Contest, announced last week. Junior Janae Cantu won the university’s fourth-annual Earth Day Essay contest for her paper, "Parks vs. Reserves: The Implications of a Name." Cantu, a junior sociology […]
University of the Ozarks student Samantha Hutto has found an illuminating harmony in the unlikely double majors of history and mathematics. The junior from Arlington, Texas, enrolled at Ozarks planning to major in mathematics, but it didn’t take long for her to realize that she also had a passion for history. “I always liked history […]
University of the Ozarks art major Matt Wellborn will present his Senior Exhibit, "A. Deviant. Has. Disorders," from May 7-11 in the Stephens Gallery. Matt Wellborn’s self-portrait "Assumption vs. Reality," will be one of the artworks on display during his Senior Exhibit from May 7-11 in the Stephens Gallery. There will be a reception to […]
Nena Evans, Daniel Valencia and Amanda Paz took home top honors during the University of the Ozarks' fourth annual ARCH (Advanced Research and Creative Highlights) Symposium, held this week on campus. The annual competition is an opportunity for Ozarks students to showcase their research and art projects from throughout the academic year. This year’s event […]
University of the Ozarks will present its most prestigious student honors during the 2016 Academic Awards Program, scheduled for Wednesday, May 4. The ceremony will begin at 4:30 p.m. in the Seay Theatre, located in the Walton Fine Arts Center. Families and friends of U of O students are invited to attend and there will […]
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 Tuesday, April 26. The ceremony included current KDP members as well as faculty and administrators from the program and the university. […]
The University of the Ozarks Board of Trustees presented its annual faculty and staff awards during the 2016 Trustees Awards Banquet, held April 22 in the Rogers Conference Center. Among the recipients for 2016 were (pictured, from left) Donny Frost, assistant director of the physical plant; Dawn Holder, assistant professor of art; Susan Edens, assistant […]
The University of the Ozarks Theatre will present three performances of David Mamet's powerful two-character drama "Oleanna," on April 28, 29 and 30. The performances are scheduled for the Black Box Theatre in the Walton Fine Arts Center and will begin at 7:30 p.m. on April 28 and 29 and 3 p.m. on Saturday, April […]
University of the Ozarks will award bachelor degrees to approximately 90 graduating seniors during its 2016 Spring Commencement ceremony, scheduled for 10:30 a.m., Saturday, May 14, on the campus mall. Susan Smith Epperson, a 1962 Ozarks graduate, will serve as the keynote speaker at the 2016 Spring Commencement on May 14. A Baccalaureate Service will […]