Students in Susan Edens' Backpack Journalism class at University of the Ozarks are gaining real-world video production experience this semester thanks to a collaboration with the U.S. Forest Service. The Radio-Television-Video (RTV) students are working on an eight-part video mini-series titled, "Bridging the Past and Future: The Mulberry," that officials with the Ouachita & Ozark-St. […]
"To survive the world, one must survive oneself." Those are the poignant words that begin the artist’s statement of University of the Ozarks senior Brittany Green as she described her life-long battle with mental illness and how art has helped her better understand and cope with her daily struggles. Green, an art major from Malvern, […]
University of the Ozarks will hold its Fall 2014 Commencement ceremony at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 18, in Munger-Wilson Memorial Chapel. The University is expected to confer diplomas to 15 graduates during the ceremony. There will be a President’s Reception in the Rogers Conference Center following Commencement.
The joint student business organization PBL/Enactus inducted its officers and new members for the 2014-15 academic year during a special ceremony held recently in the Trustee Room of the Robson Library. Students receive their certifications of membership during the PBL/Enactus induction ceremony held on Nov. 28 Seniors Andrea Chamorro of Managua, Nicaragua, and Catalina Chen […]
University of the Ozarks student Tyler Rideout will present his Senior Art Exhibit, titled A Mundane Moment, from Dec. 1-9 in the Stephens Art Gallery. Rideout, who is scheduled to graduate during the University’s Fall Commencement ceremony on Dec. 18, said he has strived to create feelings of both comfort and horror through his artwork. […]
University of the Ozarks will present its annual Service of Lessons and Carols at 6 p.m., Friday, Dec. 12, in Munger-Wilson Memorial Chapel. The time-honored Christmas tradition will feature music by the University’s Chapel Choir as well as the University Chamber Singers, both under the direction of Dr. Sharon Gorman, Walton Professor of Music. The […]
University of the Ozarks Professor Dr. Rhonda Shook and her Art on the Edge class will present the Bid & Benefit Art Show and Silent Auction from 5-8 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 21, at the KXIO Coffee House in downtown Clarksville. Several unique artworks by students in the Art on the Edge class will be […]
The University of the Ozarks Theatre took home 16 company and individual honors, including the prestigious Director's Choice Award, at the Arkansas Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival, held on the U of O campus Nov. 6-8. The University Theatre’s production of "Rabbit Hole," was awarded the Director’s Choice Award, which makes the play eligible […]
Human rights activist and retired Presbyterian minister Rev. John Fife will speak at University of the Ozarks on Wednesday, Nov. 19, as part of the University's Walton Arts & Ideas Series. The Rev. John Fife, a retired Presbyterian minister who started the human rights effort Sanctuary Movement in the early 1980s, will speak at Ozarks […]
Samuel Binns is the 2014 Poet Laureate of the Spadra Valley. Samuel Binns was named 2014 Poet Laureate of the Spadra Valley. The English major from Hot Springs, Ark., took home the top honors in the finale of season nine of project Poet, held Tuesday night in front of a crowd of 150 fellow students […]