Former NBA player Pat Burke, founder of the youth-development program HOOPSLife, will speak at University of the Ozarks on Thursday, Oct. 10, as part of the University’s 2024-25 Walton Arts & Ideas Series. The event will begin at 7 p.m. in the Rogers Conference Center. There is no cost for admission and the public is […]
The Rev. Jane Anabe, pastor and head of staff at The Presbyterian Church of La Porte, Indiana, will visit campus on the week of Sept. 23 as part of the University of the Ozarks’ Struthers Visiting Pastoral Study Leave Program. She will speak at the University’s weekly Chapel Service at 11:30 a.m. on Tuesday, Sept. […]
Coming from the small town of Scranton, Arkansas, and never having had the opportunity to travel abroad, University of the Ozarks senior Alexia Olmos took a giant leap of faith this past summer. Olmos spent the months of June and July studying abroad in Buenos Aires, Argentina, where she took a class through the University […]
University of the Ozarks will present two couples who have each supported the University for more than three decades with the Pay it Forward Champions Award during the 2024 Ozarks Awards Ceremony on Friday, Oct. 18. Gilbert Parks and Susan Burden ’67 of Clarksville (pictured, left) and Dr. C. Gene and Lynda Adkins Stephenson of […]
Dr. Kaethe Hoehling, director of counseling services at University of the Ozarks, has co-authored a recently published article in the “Journal of the American Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress.” Hoehling teamed up with four other scholars to write the article, “Women serving in special operations forces: Practical recommendations for mental health providers.” “I am […]
The University of the Ozarks’ entering class of first-time freshmen for the 2024 Fall Semester represents a 10.6 percent increase over last year’s incoming class, University officials announced this week. A total of 782 students were enrolled at Ozarks as of the end of business on Sept. 11, the 11th day census “snapshot,” required by […]
CLARKSVILLE, Ark. — A recent agreement between University of the Ozarks and the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission (AGFC) has launched the public phase of a fund-raising campaign by the University to build an Olympic-level shooting sports facility in Clarksville. The memorandum of understanding outlines the construction and operation of the facility and was signed […]
The University of the Ozarks’ Communication Department has started a new student organization, KUOZ Productions, a co-curricular initiative that will encourage and support students’ media creation. “KUOZ Productions is a co-curricular space for students of all majors who are interested in making media,” said communication instructor Russell Jones, who will lead the organization alongside professor […]
The University of the Ozarks Alumni Association will honor four of its own during the 2024 Ozarks Awards Ceremony, held in conjunction with this year’s Homecoming celebration. The ceremony is scheduled for 6 p.m., Friday, Oct. 18, in the Rogers Conference Center. Tickets for the event are $25 and can be purchased by visiting: https://ozarks.edu/alumni/homecoming/ […]
University of the Ozarks President Richard L. Dunsworth, J.D., has been named as a finalist in the inaugural Arkansas Business’s 2024 Executive of the Year award. President Dunsworth, entering his 12th year leading the Clarksville university, is one of five finalists in the publication’s state-wide Large Nonprofit Company category. The winner will be announced during […]