Samuel Binns, an English major from Hot Springs, Ark., took home the top honors during Tuesday night's Project Poet Winter Formal round. Binns, who also won the first-week Project Poet challenge, advances to next week’s finale, along with Sandra Davis, Daniel Garcia, Utah Robertson and Amanda Rushing. All five finalist are guaranteed a part of […]
University of the Ozarks communication students received several top honors at the second annual Spring Creek Arts Festival, held Oct. 23 thru 25 in Springdale. Rebecca Phillips won first place in both the News Story and Music Video categories, Billy Easley took first in the Sports Story and Broadcast categories, Corey Pintado took first in […]
University of the Ozarks President Richard Dunsworth, J.D., has been selected to serve as a member of the NCAA Division III Financial Aid Committee, effective immediately. U of O President Richard Dunsworth was recently appointed to the NCAA Division III Financial Aid Committee. Dunsworth was appointed to the 12-person committee to fill a vacancy left […]
John Harlan Norris, an art professor at Arkansas State University in Jonesboro, will present his artwork exhibit at University of the Ozarks throughout most of November as part of the University's Artist of the Month Series. Titled, "John Harlan Norris: Visage," the exhibit will be on display in the Stephens Gallery on the Ozarks campus […]
Classically trained operatic soprano Christine Westhoff will perform a concert at University of the Ozarks on Tuesday, Nov. 11. Soprano Christine Westhoff will present a concert on Tuesday, Nov. 11, in Munger-Wilson Chapel. The concert will begin at 7 p.m. in Munger-Wilson Memorial Chapel. The event, which is sponsored by the Walton Arts & Ideas […]
University of the Ozarks will be the host site for the 2014 Arkansas Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival (KCACTF). The festival will include fully-staged productions from four colleges in Arkansas and Oklahoma and will run from Nov. 6-8 in the University’s Seay Theatre, located in the Walton Fine Arts Center. The festival is sponsored, […]
Several students and faculty members from University of the Ozarks' RTV program attended the 23rd annual Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival this past weekend. Those who attended were, (from left) KUOZ Executive Producer Alix Tiegs, Assistant Professor of Communication Dr. Rhonda Shook, Director of Broadcasting Susan Edens, and KUOZ Producer Ryan West. The group attended […]
Johnson County native Rebecca "Becky" Jones, who has spent more than 30 years in senior management positions for numerous retail companies, was named the University of the Ozarks' 2014 Business Leader of the Year by the University's Division of Business, Communication and Government. Jones, a native of Clarksville, recently retired as senior vice president for […]
One of the largest audio/video festivals in the region will have a strong University of the Ozarks flavor when it gets under way next week in Northwest Arkansas. Spring Creek Festival 2014 will take place October 23-25 at the Jones Center in Springdale. The festival allows high school and college students to collaborate with professionals […]
The Rev. Douglas E. Neel, a Biblical historian and author, will present a lecture and buffet dinner connected to his 2013 book, "The Food and Feasts of Jesus," at University of the Ozarks on Tuesday, Oct. 28. The Rev. Douglas E. Neel will present a lecture and meal on Oct. 28 titled, "The Food and […]