Richardson, Texas-Hardin-Simmons has been predicted to win its 11th consecutive and 16th overall American Southwest Conference women's soccer title, it was announced on Tuesday (Aug. 20) by the conference office after a vote of the league's 11 head coaches and sports information directors. Taking 2013 preseason player of the year honors were Mississippi College's Macey […]
Clarksville, Ark.-Two former U of O baseball standouts coached the Brazos Valley Bombers to the Texas Collegiate League championship August 14 in Bryan, Texas. Current U of O assistant baseball coach Robert Mummey served as the Bombers hitting and third base coach this summer. The Bombers are coached by Curt Dixon, who starred on the […]
Taylor Plugge, a 2013 University of the Ozarks graduate, has recently been hired by the University as an admission counselor. Taylor Plugge, a 2013 Ozarks graduate, will recruit Little Rock, South Arkansas, Mississippi and Tennessee, as an admission counselor for her alma mater. Plugge, who graduated with cum laude honors while earning a degree in […]
On Thursday, Aug. 22, more than 60 members of the University of the Ozarks' Student Foundation Board will be on hand to not only help incoming freshmen students move into their residence halls, but also to assist the new students with their early transition to college life. The University’s new student orientation, scheduled for Aug. […]
University of the Ozarks Shooting Sports Club Coach Mike Qualls has been selected to participate in a prestigious coaching clinic sponsored by the nation’s elite shooting program. Qualls will take part in the USA Shooting Collegiate Coach Clinic, scheduled for Aug. 25-28, at the USA Olympic Shooting Center in Colorado Springs, Col. The premier sports […]
Clarksville, Ark.-The University of the Ozarks men?s and women?s tennis teams earned the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Team Academic Award for the second straight year, it was announced by college tennis' governing body. The ITA Academic Team award is open to any ITA program that has a team grade point average of at least 3.20 […]
Todd Turner, a junior from Hot Springs, Ark., spent a portion of his summer interning with the nutritional laboratory at the Smithsonian's National Zoological Park in Washington, D.C. The biology major learned of the opportunity through Ozarks’ Professor of Biology Dr. Frank Knight, who is renowned on campus for his research involving armadillos. "One late […]
University of the Ozarks will begin its 179th academic year when classes for the 2013 Fall Semester begin on Aug. 27. Ozarks, which was founded in 1834 in Cane Hill, Ark., and moved to Clarksville in 1891, was recently recognized by the Arkansas Business publication as the second-oldest institution in Arkansas. Only the Rose Law […]
Clarksville, Ark.-Emily Black?s story featuring the University of the Ozarks' Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) working at the Special Olympics Arkansas State Track and Field event won the July NCAA Division III Special Olympics Spotlight Poll. The NCAA Division III Special Olympics Spotlight Poll is a story-telling initiative located on ncaa.org/D3SpecialOlympics and features three new stories […]
Last summer, Max Hilgendorf earned "goddess" status during his short internship with the Little Rock Marathon. This summer, he was invited back as a full-time, paid intern, and he took full advantage of all the opportunities that came his way. Hilgendorf, a rising senior, strategic communication major, and cross country runner from Fort Smith, Ark., […]