The University of the Ozarks' psychology department will be well represented at the 2015 Southwest Psychology Association (SWPA) convention next month. Senior psychology major Jessica Gibson and Dr. Joel Hagaman, assistant professor of psychology, will both present papers at the annual convention, being held April 10-12 in Wichita, Kan. Gibson’s paper is titled, "Effects of […]
University of the Ozarks has an award-winning radio show produced on campus and the man behind the production is a dedicated, laid-back junior Radio-Television-Video (RTV) major from Houston, Texas. For the past two years Alix Tiegs has produced the weekly, one-hour "The Big Show: Professors of Pop Culture," featuring professors Dr. Sean Coleman and Dr. […]
Thoughts become things. Things become you. Your actions are your thoughts You think to be true. Those words are the central theme behind a children’s book written by University of the Ozarks student Theodore "Taz" Beard IV. The senior from Tyler, Texas, who also sketched the illustrations for the book, hopes to get it published […]
University of the Ozarks Professor of Art Tammy Harrington will be featured in the exhibit, "The Arkansas River Valley Artists Show," on display at the Arkansas Capital Corporation Group in Little Rock. Harrington, in her 13th year of teaching at Ozarks, will be joined by Arkansas Tech University professors Neal Harrington and David Mudrinich in […]
The University of the Ozarks' Communication program will present the public premiere of the eight-part video mini-series "Bridging the Past and Future: The Mulberry," on Friday, March 13, in the Rogers Conference Center. The screening of the series, which focuses on the Mulberry River region, will run from 6-8 p.m. and there is no cost […]
A short film by University of the Ozarks strategic communication major Becca Phillips has been selected for inclusion in the first Delta Flix Film and Media Festival at Arkansas State University in Jonesboro. Becca Phillips, a junior strategic communication major from Arkadelphia, Ark., had one of her short films selected for the Delta Flix Film […]
The University of the Ozarks' health science/physical education majors organization will present the first annual Healthy Ozarks Health Fair on campus on Tuesday, March 3. The event, which is open to the entire campus community, will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Rogers Conference Center. Several Johnson County health partners will […]
Sergio Ramirez, former vice president of Nicaragua and renowned novelist and essayist, will speak at University of the Ozarks on Tuesday, March 10, as part of the University's Walton Arts & Ideas Series. Sergio Ramirez, who served as Daniel Ortega’s vice president in Nicaragua from 1985-90 and who has gone on to write more than […]
Jabali Afrika, a multi-faceted musical and dance group from Kenya, will perform at University of the Ozarks at 7 p.m. on Monday, March 2, in the Rogers Conference Center. The event is part of the University’s 2014-15 Walton Arts & Ideas Series and is free and open to the public. Jabali Afrika’s three members are […]
Tuesday, February 3, started out like any typical mid-week day for Taylor Parker. But it quickly turned into one of the most memorable days of his life. That was the day that the senior health science major from Hot Springs, Ark., received a highly anticipated email informing him that he had been accepted into the […]