Clarksville, Ark.-The University of the Ozarks athletic department has added four new assistant coaches for the 2011-2012 school year, it was announced by athletic director Jimmy Clark. Travis Rogers is the new assistant men’s basketball coach. Rogers, a native of Coldwater, Kansas, was the student assistant coach last year. Prior to Ozarks, Rogers served as […]
Clarksville, Ark. --- University of the Ozarks welcomed several new faculty and staff members during the 2011-2012 Opening Workshop, held Aug. 18 in the Seay Student Center. Among the new employees for the upcoming academic year are (seated, from left) Kristen Griffin, admission counselor; Lisa Hibbard, instructor of physical education; Stacy O’Mary, assistant women’s softball […]
An internship is a way to sneak a peek at the future before you get there. Faced with a number of career paths midway through college, the interning student samples a bit here and there from the buffet of possibility, discovering in this way what?s sweet or sour, bitter or pleasant to their career-palate. Terri […]
Clarksville, Ark. --- University of the Ozarks honored six faculty and staff members with awards during the 2011 Board of Trustees' Awards Banquet in April. The annual awards, sponsored by the Board of Trustees, are voted on by University personnel and honor faculty and staff members for the 2010-2011 academic year. The 2011 Bagwell Outstanding […]
Clarksville, Ark. --- University of the Ozarks and the city of Clarksville are teaming up to install pedestrian improvement areas to enhance safety along a stretch of College Avenue that runs through campus. The project will include a series of nine traffic calming areas, or "islands," that will stretch 1,280 feet, or just under a […]
Helping those in need can take you to some faraway places, but distance is not an obstacle to a group of Ozarks students who have gone for the past 14 years to help those in need hundreds of miles away. By most economic measures, Nicaragua is the second poorest country in the Americas. According to […]
It takes a heap o' loving to make a house a home. College campus, same thing. The old song says "Summertime, when the livin' is easy," but for the two dozen or so people who work in the Maintenance and Housekeeping department at the U of O, summertime is when the hammer comes down. The […]
Clarksville, Ark.-A pair of home races highlight the 2011 University of the Ozarks men's and women's cross country schedule this fall. Both teams will open the year at the Memphis Twilight, which features a number of NCAA I schools, September 3. Ozarks will travel to Joplin, Missouri, for the Southern Stampede hosted by Missouri Southern […]
Clarksville, Ark. --- University of the Ozarks will begin classes for the Fall 2011 Semester on Tuesday, Aug. 23. U of O officials are expected to welcome more than 200 new students to campus on Thursday, Aug. 18, for New Student Orientation as the university sets to begin its 177th academic year. This year’s theme […]
Clarksville, Ark. --- This fall, students at U of O will have an amazing and inexpensive opportunity to experience the natural beauty of the Ozarks. Ozarks Outdoors is offering three separate post-orientation trips especially for students late in August, as well as a special three-day event for students and the general public over the Labor […]