If you ask Ozarks graduate Dr. Amanda Alders what has contributed most to her success, she'll say it was mostly a string of serendipitous opportunities of which she was lucky enough to take advantage. Look closer, and you'll see that Alders has been much more than lucky. She's been determined, persistent, and fearless; and it […]
University of the Ozarks Women (UOW) is entering its third decade of bringing Christmas joy to underprivileged children in Johnson County. In 1992, Ozarks teacher education professor Dr. Carol Yandell encouraged members of University of the Ozarks Women to help out with a new community Christmas project. Partnering with Joy Wilson from Children and Family […]
University of the Ozarks will hold its 2012 Fall Commencement at 4 p.m., Wednesday, Dec. 12, in Munger Memorial Chapel. The University is expected to confer bachelor’s degrees to 11 graduates during the ceremony. There will be a reception for the graduates and their families and friends in the Rogers Conference Center following commencement. David […]
On the evening of Tuesday, Nov. 6, Clarksville and the surrounding community had a new option for local, state and national election night news. Three communication classes from University of the Ozarks teamed up for an unprecedented election night watch party that was broadcast live for almost five hours from the courthouse square in downtown […]
Clarksville, Ark.-Men?s soccer players Shaun Keane and Matt Mouer were named to the American Southwest Conference All-Conference Team after a vote of the league?s head coaches. Keane, a sophomore defender, and Mouer, a senior goalkeeper, earned All-ASC Honorable Mention status. Keane, a 5-11, 150-pound native of Rockwall, Texas, started in 12 matches serving as the […]
Clarksville, Ark.-U of O Head Men?s Basketball Coach Doug Boxell and his Eagles have inched closer to making the playoffs over his three-year tenure. Now in year four, Boxell believes his team has what it takes to qualify for the post-season. Last season, the Eagles were on the brink of earning a playoff bid for […]
Clarksville, Ark.-The 2012-2013 University of the Ozarks women?s basketball team will need to replace all five starters from a year ago, but Head Coach Carl Ramsey?s young squad has a renewed sense of energy and enthusiasm entering the season. Finding replacements for all five starters isn’t easy, but the veteran coach Carl Ramsey doesn’t seem […]
You have to be "tough" to be an athlete. On the field, the track, or the court - we want the players on our teams to make those impossible catches, kick those game-winning goals, or jump the highest to pull down the rebound. It's a highly competitive environment that can put extraordinary demands on the […]
Even though Kurt Shemanske, a junior from El Reno, Okla., is only about half finished with his semester abroad in Sydney, Australia, his life has been already been irrevocably changed by his experiences there. Kurt Shemanske got an up close view of a Koala bear during his study abroad trip to Australia this semester. Shemanske’s […]
Twenty-four members of the university's Alpha and Omega spent a week this past summer volunteering in Belize. The children and families they helped may have been in spiritual and material need, but it was the members of Alpha and Omega whose lives were changed.? Alpha and Omega, a non-denominational Christian organization at Ozarks, is renowned […]