Clarksville, Ark.-Senior basketball players Dylan Ballard and Marcus Bobb were named to the National Association of Basketball Coaches Honors Court, it was announced last week. The NABC Honors Court recognizes those collegiate basketball student-athletes who excelled in academics during the 2012-13 season. In order to be named to the Honors Court, a student-athlete must meet […]
It was 8 a.m. on a Thursday morning, and Dr. Salomon Itza, associate professor of physics at Ozarks, had the Smith-Broyles Science building pretty much to himself.'He sat at a table in the physics lab with his iPad, entering a phone number into Skype. It took a few attempts, but the number finally connected."Buenos dias," […]
Bishop Bass and Whitney Lewis, two University of the Ozarks business students, are spending their summer helping the Clarksville-Johnson County Chamber of Commerce with community marketing efforts. Bass, a junior management major from Greenwood, Ark., and Lewis, a senior management/administration major from Clarksville, Ark., are both working with Chamber CEO Travis Stephens this summer to […]
Clarksville, Ark.-University of the Ozarks head men?s and women?s tennis coach Shaun Wiseman will conduct a tennis camp July 30-31. For ages 5-8, the camp will run from 9:00 a.m.-9:45 a.m. and cost $20. For ages 9-10, the camp will run from 9:00 a.m.-10:15 a.m. and cost $25. For those 11 and up, the camp […]
Alix Tiegs, a sophomore radio/television/video major at Ozarks, is spending his summer working for the minor league baseball's Oklahoma City RedHawks, the AAA affiliate of the Houston Astros. Ozarks sophomore Alix Tiegs is spending his second consecutive summer working as a kitchen manager for the Oklahoma City RedHawks, a minor league baseball organization. Tiegs, originally […]
Clarksville, Ark.-Emily Black?s story featuring the University of the Ozarks athletic department assisting at the 2013 Special Olympics Arkansas State Track and Field meet is being featured all month on the NCAA III Special Olympics web site. Fans can vote from three stories featured in the spotlight, with the winning school receiving $500 for next […]
University of the Ozarks senior Emily Toombs and Professor of Biology Dr. Sean Coleman are teaming up this summer to conduct biomolecular research, which is being funded by a grant from NASA that Toombs wrote herself. Emily Toombs, a senior biology major, is working on research this summer with her Ozarks professor, Dr. Sean Coleman. […]
Dr. Sean Coleman, professor of biology at University of the Ozarks, was selected once again to participate in the College Board's annual Advanced Placement (AP) Program Reading. Biology Professor Dr. Sean Coleman recently took part in the Advanced Placement Program Reading for biology in Kansas City. It’s the seventh year he has participated in the […]
Morgan O'Neil, a 2013 University of the Ozarks graduate, will join the Peace Corps next spring and spend 27 months doing service work abroad. O’Neil, who earned majors in political science, environmental studies, and English, had some difficult decisions to make her senior year. Initially, she planned to immediately enroll in law school after graduating. […]
Clarksville, Ark.-David Ferrell was named the new head men's basketball coach, it was announced by Athletics Director Jimmy Clark Wednesday. Ferrell has spent the last 21 years as the head boy’s basketball coach at West Fork High School where he posted a 458-176 (.733) record and made eight trips to the state tournament. He has […]