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 […]
Positive psychology has already taken Clayton Rodgers to California, and he expects it take him much further in the future. Rodgers, a junior psychology major from Springdale, Ark., recently presented a poster at the first Western Positive Psychology Association (WPPA) Conference in Claremont, Calif. Rodgers was one of the few undergraduate students at the conference, […]
The annual University of the Ozarks Alumni Golf Tournament will be held Friday, Sept. 26, at the Clarksville Country Club. The two-person scramble will begin with registration at 9 a.m. and a shotgun start at 10 a.m. Deadline to enter the tournament is Sept. 23. Cost to enter is $80 per team and at least […]
University of the Ozarks has been ranked the fourth best college in the South in the latest college rankings by "U.S. News & World Report." In its 2015 edition of America’s Best Colleges, which hit the newsstands on Sept. 9, U.S. News & World Report listed Ozarks fourth overall among the 117 Regional Colleges in […]
University of the Ozarks Theatre will kick off the 2014-2015 with the musical "Always?Patsy Cline," with performances on Sept. 25, 26 and 27. The production, which will be held in the Walton Fine Arts Center’s Black Box Theatre, begins at 7:30 p.m. on Sept. 25 and 26 and 3 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 27. The […]
From the Great Smoky Mountains in North Carolina to the high plains of New Mexico, University of the Ozarks theatre students hit the road this summer to take part in several internships that led to increased knowledge, improved skills and greater confidence. A total of six theatre majors participated in summer internships. Utah Robertson and […]
An article written by Jones Learning Center Director Julia Frost on helping students with learning disabilities transition from high school has been published by a leading education magazine. Frost’s article, "Transitioning to Postsecondary Education or the Workforce for Students With Learning Disabilities," was published in the Fall 2014 edition of SEEN magazine, which is produced […]
University of the Ozarks Professor of Art Tammy Harrington recently served as a juror at the 37th Annual Adult Competition at the Center for Art & Education in Van Buren, Ark. University of the Ozarks Art Professor Tammy Harrington and her husband, Neal, served as jurors in the 37th Annual Adult Competition at the Center […]
Alex Smith learned a little bit about baseball this summer, but he learned even more about himself. The sophomore marketing and management major from Springdale, Ark., spent eight weeks this summer serving an internship at Camp Pontiac, a summer sports camp in upper New York state. Smith, an outfielder on the Eagles baseball team, served […]