University of the Ozarks has been ranked the No. 2 Best Value and No. 6 overall in the South in the latest U.S. News & World Report’s annual college rankings. In the 2023 edition of Best Colleges, released this week, U of O ranked second in the “Best Value Schools” category among the nearly 100 […]
University of the Ozarks has been named one of the best colleges in the nation to work for, according to the Great Colleges to Work For® program. The results, released today (Sept. 12) in a special insert of The Chronicle of Higher Education, are based on a survey of 212 colleges and universities. In all, […]
The Rev. Marie Mainard O’Connell, a minister in the Presbytery of Arkansas, will visit campus on the week of Sept. 12 as part of the University of the Ozarks’ Struthers Visiting Pastoral Study Leave Program. Mainard O’Connell is currently serving as the interim director of adult education at Second Presbyterian Church in Little Rock. She […]
The University of the Ozarks’ incoming class for the 2022 Fall Semester represents a 19 percent increase over last year’s incoming class, University officials announced this week. A total of 785 students were enrolled at Ozarks as of the end of business on Sept. 7, the official day of record for the semester. It marks […]
Photo: The management team for Horn and Son Construction includes (from left) Chris Smith, property manager; Amie Hughes, office manager; Kenny Colvin, job superintendent; and owners Brianna and Travis Horn. Horn and Son Construction of Clarksville, which has partnered with University of the Ozarks on several recent facility projects, will receive the University’s 2022 Community […]
University of the Ozarks senior Colby Dorcély’s summer internship experience in Washington, D.C. was so successful that the company offered him a position once he graduated in May of 2022. The business administration and political science major from Pétion-Ville, Haiti, interned with Infineon Technologies Americas Corp. through The Fund For American Studies (TFAS) program. Headquartered […]
Clarksville natives Dr. Don Pennington ’68 and Philip Taylor Jr. ’85 will each be recognized by their alma mater, University of the Ozarks, with the prestigious Alumni Legacy Award during Homecoming 2022. Pennington (pictured, left) and Taylor will be honored during the Ozarks Awards Ceremony on Friday, Oct. 21, as part of the University’s annual […]
The University of the Ozarks art department will present a faculty art exhibit through Sept. 28 as part of the University’s Artist of the Month Series. The exhibit will feature (pictured, from left) Brandy Green-Russell, assistant professor of art; Tammy Harrington, professor of art; and Margo Duvall, visiting professor of art. The exhibit will be […]
When it came to pursuing his professional calling, 2022 University of the Ozarks graduate Vicente Vasquez Velasquez didn’t wait for the opportunity to come to him. He took the initiative. Vasquez is interning as a research assistant at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) in Panama. The STRI is considered a standard-setting global platform for […]
University of the Ozarks welcomed approximately 30 new employees to the University family on Aug. 16 for New Employee Orientation. Among the new faculty and staff who took part in the workshop were (seated, from left) Krista Denne, instruction and outreach librarian; Sierra Jasna, assistant softball coach, Dr. Daniel Fudge, assistant professor of political science; […]