University of the Ozarks senior history major Tanner Russell is making some history of his own this spring when he graduates with the University’s first social studies teaching licensure. Russell, who was named the 2025 Outstanding Student in Secondary Education this week at Honors Day, is graduating on May 17 with Magna Cum Laude honors. […]
University of the Ozarks honored several of its students from the Pat Walker Teacher Education Program with a pinning ceremony on May 7 as part of Honors Day. The pinning ceremony is a symbolic, time-honored tradition marking the occasion when students are formally welcomed into the teacher education program. The newest inductees received a pin […]
University of the Ozarks senior Raegan Swafford, an English and psychology major from Van Buren, Ark., has been named the recipient of the prestigious 2025 Hurie Award, given to the outstanding member of the graduating class. The award was announced during Wednesday’s Honors Day ceremony. She is pictured center with University of the Ozarks President […]
University of the Ozarks administrators and faculty presented the University’s top academic and division awards for the 2024-25 academic year during the 69th annual Honors Day ceremony, held Wednesday afternoon in the Walton Fine Arts Center. Raegan Swafford was named the recipient of the 2025 Wiley Lin Hurie Memorial Award, presented to the outstanding senior […]
The University of the Ozarks’ Board of Trustees presented its annual faculty and staff awards during the 2025 Trustees Awards Banquet, held April 25 in the Rogers Conference Center. Among the recipients for 2025 were (pictured, from left) Margo Duvall, Dr. Christie Sampson, Nicole England ’18, Hunter Jackson ’12, Crystal Buchanan and Glendon Jenkins ’13. […]
University of the Ozarks art student Elisabeth Hays will present her senior art exhibit, “The Inbetween,” from May 6-10, in the Stephens Gallery on campus. There will be a reception to meet the artist from 6-7 p.m. on May 10 in the gallery, located in the Walton Fine Arts Center. Hays, an art major from […]
Kelly Robins of Reno, Nevada, a 2003 graduate of University of the Ozarks and a former Eagles soccer player, has made a $127,500 gift for the soccer press box in the University’s new Wilson Athletic Complex. The press box will be named Robins Nest in honor of the gift, according to University officials. The University […]
The University of the Ozarks Board of Trustees granted tenure and approved promotions for several professors during the board’s annual spring meeting last week. Those who were recognized included (pictured, from left) Dr. Befrika Murdianti, Susan Edens, Dr. Sergio Molina, Dr. Argelia Garcia Saldivar and Dr. Javier Taylor. Murdianti, who joined the University in 2013, […]
Kimberly Spicer, program specialist in the Student Success Center, has been appointed as staff liaison on the University of the Ozarks Alumni Board of Directors. She begins her three-year term on July 1. A first-generation college graduate, Spicer earned her B.S. in management from Ozarks in 1998 and followed with an MBA from Webster University. […]
University of the Ozarks art student Alexandra Melgar will present her senior art exhibit, “Egos de la Identidad/Echoes of Identity,” from April 29 through May 3 in the Stephens Gallery on campus. There will be a reception to meet the artist from 6-7 p.m. on May 3, in the gallery. Melgar is a business administration […]