The Windgate Foundation has made a $2.2 million gift to the University of the Ozarks’ art department that will endow a current professorship position and allow the University to create a new graphic design curriculum. The gift includes a $2 million endowment to establish the Windgate Professor of Art position. This allows the University to […]
Dr. Chris Jones, who in 2022 became the first African-American to be nominated for governor by a major political party in Arkansas, will present a talk titled, “Politics and Faith: A Power Couple,” at University of the Ozarks on Tuesday, Feb. 27. Jones’ visit to campus is made possible by the Cecil and Ruth Boddie […]
University of the Ozarks art students swept the top awards at the 2024 Collegiate Art Competition at the River Valley Arts Center, held recently in Russellville, Ark. Mirian Miralda won Best of Show; Alexandra Melgar took first place; Taliana Schmidt and Keyannah Roberts tied for second place; Cheyanne Davis won third place; and Taichi Hara […]
A group of University of the Ozarks political science students earned an unprecedented achievement for its program recently. The students made up a University delegation that was awarded an honorable mention for Best Delegation at the National Model United Nations (NMUN) in Washington D.C. in November. It is believed to be the University’s first NMUN […]
Shooting clay pigeons helped get Wyatt McCaghren to college, but shooting video is where his future lies. The senior All-American clay target shooter from Mayflower, Ark., will graduate in May with a major in media production. He already has a head start on his future plans, having started a fledgling outdoor videography and apparel business […]
The Tibetan Monks of The Mystical Arts of Tibet from Drepung Loseling Monastery will be on the University of the Ozarks campus throughout the week of March 4-8 to construct a mandala sand painting and to present a pair of public lectures. The events are a part of the University’s 2023-24 Walton Arts & Ideas […]
University of the Ozarks junior Mirian Miralda has discovered a way to combine her love of art with her passion for the outdoors and the campus community is reaping the rewards. Miralda, an art and marketing major from Comayagua, Honduras, recently completed painting a large wall map mural in the University’s new Ozarks Outdoors space, […]
Little Rock photographer Brian Cormack, a 2001 graduate of University of the Ozarks, will present his photography exhibit, ”Intruders in the Dirt: The Architecture and Landscape of the Arkansas Delta,” throughout the month of February in the University’s Stephens Gallery. The exhibit is part of the U of O’s Artist of the Month Series and […]
The Rev. Joel Wood, pastor at First Presbyterian Church of Sand Springs, Okla., will visit campus on the week of Jan. 29 as part of the University of the Ozarks’ Struthers Visiting Pastoral Study Leave Program. He will lead the University’s weekly Chapel Service at 11:30 a.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 30. Wood is a graduate […]
A group of University of the Ozarks biology students were recognized recently in a NASA-supported national competition for their research project to help grow food on Mars. The team, Ozarks on Mars, received a best in show award for fall 2023 in the undergraduate/professional plant growth division of the Plant The Moon and Plant Mars […]