Micayla and Jacob Sharkey will join the University of the Ozarks’ Office of Student Life, University officials announced this week. Micayla will serve as the University’s new director of student engagement and Jacob will be the residence hall director. Micayla will begin June 24, and Jacob’s first official day will be July 1. The Sharkeys, […]
(Photos courtesy of Russell Jones, instructor of broadcast/video/multimedia storytelling) A group of University of the Ozarks faculty and students are taking part in a coordinated, multi-year research project that is examining the effects of an event that hasn’t occurred since Thomas Jefferson was president of the United States. The event is being called the Great […]
For the eighth consecutive year, the initial employment and graduate school placement success rate of recent University of the Ozarks graduates exceeds 90 percent, according to the University’s 2024 First Destination and Career Profile Report. The latest survey looks at the Class of 2023 graduates and whether or not they had employment or were in […]
After serving as an adjunct instructor for the past seven years, Pam Cogan has joined the University of the Ozarks full-time as an assistant professor or accounting. Cogan has more than 15 years of experience as an accountant and has taught as an adjunct accounting instructor at Ozarks since 2017. Among the classes she has […]
University of the Ozarks has announced its academic honor lists for the Spring 2024 Semester. To be included on the University’s President’s List, a student must carry at least 15 hours and maintain a 4.00 grade point average. To be included on the Dean’s List, a student must carry at least 15 hours and maintain […]
University of the Ozarks conferred degrees on 100 graduates on Saturday, May 11, during its Spring 2024 Commencement held on the campus mall. Alumnus and University trustee Peter Van Dyke served as the keynote speaker. The 1987 Ozarks graduate is the vice president of complex casualty claims at CNA Insurance headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. He […]
The Rev. Dr. Jim Freeman, pastor of the Broadmoor Presbyterian Church in Shreveport, La., will be the guest speaker during the University of the Ozarks’ Baccalaureate service at 4 p.m. on Friday, May 10, in Munger-Wilson Chapel. The University’s Baccalaureate service is a long-standing tradition at Ozarks on the day preceding the Spring Commencement ceremony. […]
University of the Ozarks Executive Vice President Gloria Arcia, Ed.D., has been named the new executive vice president for finance and administration and chief financial officer at Roger Williams University in Bristol, Rhode Island. Arcia has served as executive vice president for finance and administration at U of O since Aug. 2023. She was the […]
Jimmy Clark is stepping down as director of athletics at University of the Ozarks at the end of May to join the University’s development team as the new major gift officer for athletics. Clark, who was hired at Ozarks to coach baseball in 2001, has served as athletics director at Ozarks for 17 years — […]
The Rev. Sara Anne Berger has joined University of the Ozarks as the assistant director of the Thriving Congregations Program. Her first day at Ozarks was April 23. Berger will work with director Rev. Phillip Blackburn to assist the University in directing the Lilly Foundation’s recent $1 million Thriving in Ministry grant to support congregations […]