The Rev. Sara Anne Berger has joined University of the Ozarks as the assistant director of the Thriving Congregations Program. Her first day at Ozarks was April 23. Berger will work with director Rev. Phillip Blackburn to assist the University in directing the Lilly Foundation’s recent $1 million Thriving in Ministry grant to support congregations […]
Solena Martinez Aleman was named the recipient of the prestigious Wiley Lin Hurie Memorial Award on Wednesday at the University of the Ozarks’ 67th annual Honors Day ceremony. The Hurie Award is presented to the outstanding senior in the graduating class as voted on by the faculty. It is named in honor of the long-time […]
University of the Ozarks administrators and faculty presented the University’s top academic and division awards for the 2023-24 academic year during the 67th annual Honors Day ceremony, held Wednesday afternoon in the Walton Fine Arts Center. Solena Angeli Martinez Aleman was named the recipient of the 2024 Wiley Lin Hurie Memorial Award, presented to the […]
The University of the Ozarks Pat Walker Teacher Education Program honored several of its students on April 30 with a pinning ceremony and inductions into the Ozarks Student Education Association (OSEA) and Kappa Delta Pi (KDP). The newest inductees included, (pictured, from left) Haley Howard (K-6 elementary education), Aislinn Zapata (K-6 elementary education), James Johnson […]
When Joel Rossmaier decided to moonlight as an adjunct faculty member at University of the Ozarks in 2002, he quickly discovered that he had found his calling. Rossmaier, instructor of accounting, will retire from the University at the conclusion of the Spring 2024 Semester after 22 years at Ozarks. He was originally asked in the […]
The University of the Ozarks’ Board of Trustees presented its annual faculty and staff awards during the 2024 Trustees Awards Banquet, held April 26 in the Rogers Conference Center. Among the recipients for 2024 were (pictured, from left) Joey Hughes, Kenneth Kennedy, Dr. Daniel Fudge and Dr. Stewart Hart. Also receiving an award was Josh […]
Rain showers halted in time Thursday afternoon for officials at University of the Ozarks to hold a groundbreaking ceremony for the new $27 million, four-story residence hall on North College Avenue (Highway 103). The ceremony was attended by numerous students, faculty, staff, trustees, alumni and Clarksville city officials as well as representatives of Kinco Constructors […]
(Photo Caption: Rev. Keppel Levy is shown after allowing her congregation to shave her head for charity recently.) The Rev. Elana Keppel Levy, co-pastor at Trinity Presbyterian Church in Bixby, Okla., will visit campus on the week of April 29 through May 3 as part of the University of the Ozarks’ Struthers Visiting Pastoral Study […]
Cody Williamson, a rising senior political science major from Fayetteville, Ark., was elected earlier this month by the student body as University of the Ozarks’ Student Government Association president for the 2024-25 academic year. As a 24-year-old with a one-year-old child, Rowan, and a fiancé, Ashton Nickell, Williamson believes he can bring a new perspective […]
To call Halle Bollman a University of the Ozarks legacy student might be an all-time understatement. Bollman, who will graduate from Ozarks with honors on May 11, is no less than the 12th member of her extended family to attend Ozarks dating back to 1964. Even more remarkable is the fact that there has been […]