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 […]
Clarksville, Ark. --- The University of the Ozarks Bookstore will be open Saturday, Aug. 6, and Sunday, Aug. 7, for customers to take advantage of the Arkansas Tax Free Weekend. The Bookstore, located on the bottom level of the Seay Student Center, will be open from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 6, […]
As Shayla Morrow's plane made its approach for landing in Morelia, Mexico, the University of the Ozarks senior knew she was in for perhaps the most challenging six weeks of her life. Little did she know it would also be among her most rewarding. Shayla, a senior Spanish, English and secondary education major from Hartman, […]
Clarksville, Ark. --- Qualified high school juniors and seniors in Johnson County can get a head start on their college course work by taking tuition-free classes at University of the Ozarks as part of the university's Concurrent High School Program. High school seniors can take up to two courses a semester and juniors can take […]
Clarksville, Ark.-University of the Ozarks baseball player Mitchell Powers was named to the Atlantic Baseball Confederation Collegiate League All-Star game, the ABCCL commissioner announced. The game will be played Monday, August 1 at 3:00 pm on the campus of Kean University. Powers, who played in the middle infield for the Toms River Hurricanes, helped his […]