(Pictured, clockwise from top left) sand artist and storyteller Joe Castillo, wrongly imprisoned former professional boxer Dewey Bozella, artificial intelligence specialist Dr. Kathryn Conrad, and former NBA player and HOOPSLife founder Pat Burke headline the University of the Ozarks’ 2024-25 Walton Arts & Ideas Series (WAIS). WAIS is made possible by an endowment established by […]
Dr. Chris Hall, assistant professor of English at University of the Ozarks, presented research in progress this summer at the Derrida Today conference held in Athens, Greece, June 10-14. The conference is a biennial gathering of scholars writing on the work of philosopher Jacques Derrida and the theory of deconstruction. Hall’s paper, titled “Oikonomia, Geschlecht, […]
Dr. Juan Carlos Garcia-Pina Rosete, assistant professor of management at University of the Ozarks, is the lead author of a paper that has been accepted for publication in the prestigious Meditari Accountancy Research Journal. Garcia-Pina Rosete is the paper’s principal author along with co-author Dr. Rafael Hernandez Barros of the EAE Business School in Barcelona, […]
Dr. Sergio L. Molina has been named interim director of athletics at University of the Ozarks, effective immediately. Molina has been an assistant professor of physical education at U of O since 2021 and has served as the University’s faculty athletics representative (FAR) since February of 2022. He replaces Jimmy Clark, who transitioned to a […]
Micayla and Jacob Sharkey will join the University of the Ozarks’ Office of Student Life, University officials announced this week. Micayla will serve as the University’s new director of student engagement and Jacob will be the residence hall director. Micayla will begin June 24, and Jacob’s first official day will be July 1. The Sharkeys, […]
(Photos courtesy of Russell Jones, instructor of broadcast/video/multimedia storytelling) A group of University of the Ozarks faculty and students are taking part in a coordinated, multi-year research project that is examining the effects of an event that hasn’t occurred since Thomas Jefferson was president of the United States. The event is being called the Great […]
For the eighth consecutive year, the initial employment and graduate school placement success rate of recent University of the Ozarks graduates exceeds 90 percent, according to the University’s 2024 First Destination and Career Profile Report. The latest survey looks at the Class of 2023 graduates and whether or not they had employment or were in […]
After serving as an adjunct instructor for the past seven years, Pam Cogan has joined the University of the Ozarks full-time as an assistant professor or accounting. Cogan has more than 15 years of experience as an accountant and has taught as an adjunct accounting instructor at Ozarks since 2017. Among the classes she has […]
University of the Ozarks has announced its academic honor lists for the Spring 2024 Semester. To be included on the University’s President’s List, a student must carry at least 15 hours and maintain a 4.00 grade point average. To be included on the Dean’s List, a student must carry at least 15 hours and maintain […]
University of the Ozarks conferred degrees on 100 graduates on Saturday, May 11, during its Spring 2024 Commencement held on the campus mall. Alumnus and University trustee Peter Van Dyke served as the keynote speaker. The 1987 Ozarks graduate is the vice president of complex casualty claims at CNA Insurance headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. He […]