Samuel Binns, a sophomore English major from Hot Springs, Ark., took top honors at the opening night of the ninth annual Project Poet, held Tuesday in the formal lounge of MacLean Residence Hall. In front of a crowd of approximately 160 fellow students, Binns bested 17 other entrants in the memory and metaphor challenge with […]
Growing up in Washington, D.C., it was probably inevitable that Dr. Mark Scully would develop an interest in politics. That interest has evolved into a passion. Dr. Mark Scully, a new assistant professor of political science at Ozarks, has conducted considerable research on the connection between the American president and political parties. Dr. Scully is […]
Arkansas potter Stephen Driver will present his exhibit "Animals Stories/Tales of Extinction: Ceramic Effigy Vessels," throughout the month of October as part of the University of the Ozarks' Artist of the Month Series. Works by Arkansas potter Stephen Driver will be on display in the Stephens Gallery during the month of October. Driver will also […]
The Rev. Phillip Blackburn of First Presbyterian Church in Fort Smith, Ark., will visit University of the Ozarks during the week of Oct. 20 as part of the University's Pastoral Study Leave Program. The Rev. Phillip Blackburn of First Presbyterian Church in Fort Smith, Ark., will visit Ozarks on the week of Oct. 20 as […]
Dr. Rickey Casey, professor of management and business, has been selected as the incoming president of the Arkansas College Teachers of Economics and Business (ACTEB). Casey will begin his one-year term on Oct. 1. Casey, who served as vice president of the organization this past year, was elected president during the 63rd annual ACTEB meeting, […]
Tuesday nights are about to get a lot more exciting around the University of the Ozarks campus! Project Poet, the much-anticipated annual campus poetry competition, will begin its ninth year with the season premiere at 9:30 p.m., Tuesday, Sept. 30, in its new location, the MacLean Formal Lounge. Project Poet challenges students to draw on […]
University of the Ozarks sophomore Bethany Watts is more than happy to share her love of science, especially with young people. U of O student Bethany Watts shows the seventh-graders how to swab the inside of their cheek to procure cells that they can examine under a microscope. Watts was one of seven students from […]
While most University of the Ozarks students were kicking off their three-day Labor Day holiday, an intrepid few were flexing their technological muscles in a KUOZ TV-6 Boot Camp. Their mission: Learn how to procure, operate, store, and maintain the new, state-of-the-art JVC camera equipment provided by the generous endowment established to support Walker Hall […]
Around the University of the Ozarks campus, Chelsey Becker is known to many as the "Zumba Lady," but there's much more to the senior from Claremore, Okla. Senior Chelsey Becker spent a month in New York City this summer studying about the art gallery business and visiting galleries and museums. Becker is an art and […]
University of the Ozarks' 2014 Fall Semester enrollment is its largest in three years and marks the second consecutive year of rising numbers. As of Sept. 10, the official reporting day, the University’s enrollment was at 587, a two-student increase over last fall and the largest since 2011. Ozarks has seen a 2 percent increase […]