The University of the Ozarks Alumni Association will present honors to eight of its distinguished alumni during the 2015 Alumni Weekend Awards Banquet, scheduled for Friday, April 17. The annual awards banquet will begin at 5 p.m. in the Rogers Conference Center. For the first time, the university’s Sports Hall of Fame induction ceremony will […]
Kentucky-based folk and gospel singer-songwriter Daniel Martin Moore will perform a concert at University of the Ozarks at 8:30 p.m., Wednesday, April 8. The concert, which is free and open to the public, will be held in Rowntree Auditorium in the Walton Fine Arts Center. The event is part of the University’s 2014-15 Walton Arts […]
A meeting with the former vice president of Nicaragua has turned into a monumental opportunity for one aspiring economist and politician from Central America. Gerardo Navarrete, a senior economics and political science major from El Salvador, had the opportunity to present a paper to former Nicaraguan vice president Sergio Ramirez during the dignitary’s visit to […]
University of the Ozarks Assistant Professor of Political Science Dr. Mark Scully has been named to the 2015 edition of “40 Under 40: Professors Who Inspire,” which is presented by the higher education website NerdScholar. Nerdscholar is the higher education branch of NerdWallet, a consumer finance website. According to the Nerdscholar website, the second annual […]
Grace Brown got into competitive shooting at an early age, but it wasn't until she started beating the boys that she became hooked. The freshman early childhood education major from Booneville, Ark., is a member of the University of the Ozarks’ women’s clay target team and one of the top female shooters in the region. […]
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 […]