Gloria Arcia, Ed.D., has been promoted to executive vice president for finance and administration at University of the Ozarks, President Richard Dunsworth announced this week. The executive vice president is the second ranking officer of the University, acting for the president in their absence. Arcia has served as vice president for finance and administration […]
Dr. Daniel J. Fudge, assistant professor of political science at University of the Ozarks, has been selected to participate in the prestigious Leadership Arkansas Class XVIII. The Leadership Arkansas program was established in 2005 and is presented by the Arkansas State Chamber of Commerce and the Associated Industries of Arkansas. The nine-month program, which […]
The University of the Ozarks’ Office of Advancement and Alumni Engagement has announced its philanthropy and friends awards for Homecoming 2023, scheduled for Sept. 25 through Oct. 1. The recipients will be recognized during the Ozarks Awards Ceremony at 6 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 29, in the Rogers Conference Center. The 2023 recipients will include […]
Tina Lemons has been promoted to business manager and will oversee the operations and management of the University of the Ozarks Bookstore, effective Aug. 10. She will also continue to manage Pressed Ink, the University-owned screen printing and embroidery business in downtown Clarksville. In addition, Alexis Satterfield has been promoted from screen-printing technician to printshop […]
Rebecca Willems ’20 (pictured, left) has been promoted to associate director of admission and Morgan Douglas ’23 (right) has been hired as an admission counselor, University of the Ozarks officials announced this week. From Subiaco, Ark., Willems graduated with a business administration degree from Ozarks and joined the Office of Admission in June of […]
University of the Ozarks welcomed more than 30 new faculty and staff to campus on Monday for New Employee Orientation to kick off the 2023-24 academic year. Among the new employees who have joined Ozarks within the past 12 months include (seated, from left) Katrina Twitty, assistant professor of music; Rosa Torres, director of human […]
University of the Ozarks alumnus Vernon McDaniel ’55 of Ozark, Ark., has established a scholarship endowment at his alma mater to assist students majoring in communication studies. McDaniel (pictured, right, with University President Richard Dunsworth) graduated from then College of the Ozarks in 1955 with a degree in sociology and political science. During his senior […]
Spouses Dr. Darrin and Whitney Hunt have joined the University of the Ozarks faculty, beginning the 2023 Fall Semester. Whitney joins Ozarks as an assistant professor of sociology and Darrin as an assistant professor of biology. The Hunts, who met as undergraduate students at Wayne State University in Michigan, are moving from New York, […]
The J.E. and L.E. Mabee Foundation of Tulsa, Okla., has made a $1.5 million gift to University of the Ozarks to create an endowed scholarship fund for students. The gift was made in conjunction with the Mabee Foundation’s 75th anniversary. The scholarship will support full-time students who come from Arkansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, Missouri […]
Vanessa Hollowell (pictured, left) has been named the new director of the Student Success Center (SSC) and Whitleigh Wilhelmi has been promoted to assistant director of the Jones Learning Center (JLC), University of the Ozarks officials announced this week. Both promotions became effective on Aug. 1, 2023. Hollowell, who has served as the assistant […]