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Heather Teague
March 9, 2026 • Posted in

Teague Named OAS Student Account Manager 

Heather Teague has joined University of the Ozarks as the student account manager in the Office of Administrative Services (OAS). Her first day was Monday, Jan. 9. Teague most recently worked at First Security Bank in Clarksville. A native of North Carolina, she previously was the senior center coordinator/community manager for Blue Ridge Companies in […]

Senior Kalbe Jacobs
March 6, 2026 • Posted in

Senior Jacobs Earns Prestigious Grad School Fellowship

University of the Ozarks senior Kaleb Jacobs had to read the email twice to believe it was real. Just moments after leaving class earlier this semester, Jacobs opened a message informing him that he had been selected for a prestigious graduate fellowship worth more than $60,000 annually to attend graduate school at the University of […]

Richard Dunsworth
March 4, 2026 • Posted in

Dunsworth Elected Vice Chair of ACHE Board of Trustees

University of the Ozarks President Richard Dunsworth, J.D., has been elected vice chair of the Board of Trustees for the Arkansas Colleges of Health Education (ACHE) in Fort Smith, Ark. His two-year term began Jan. 1, 2026. ACHE is a private, not-for-profit institution situated on more than 500 acres in Fort Smith. Since opening in 2017, […]

Aaron Gentry
March 4, 2026 • Posted in

Gentry to Join Psychology Faculty in May 

Aaron Gentry, head baseball coach and assistant athletic director at University of the Ozarks, has been selected to join the faculty at the University as assistant professor of psychology, beginning this summer. Gentry will relinquish his coaching and assistant athletic director duties at the conclusion of the current semester in May. Gentry has served as […]

Artist Strause
March 3, 2026 • Posted in

Strause to display exhibit, “Women, Standing in Power” through March

Little Rock-based oil painter Katherine Strause will present her exhibit, “Women, Standing in Power,” at the University of the Ozarks’ Stephens Gallery through April 1 as part of the University’s Artist of the Month Series. There will be a reception to meet the artist from 5-6 p.m.  March 31 in the gallery. Strause said her […]

Farmer Lecture Series Speaker Bethany Molinar
March 3, 2026 • Posted in

El Paso Community Leader is Farmer Lecture Speaker 

Bethany Rivera Molinar, an ordained minister, community development leader and executive director of Ciudad Nueva Community Outreach in El Paso, Texas, will speak at University of the Ozarks on Tuesday, March 17, as part of the annual Farmer Lecture Series. The event will begin at 7 p.m. in the Rogers Conference Center. Molinar’s visit is […]

Visiting pastor Rev. Schrott
March 2, 2026 • Posted in

Rev. Schrott is Visiting Pastor

The Rev. Dr. Lisa Schrott, pastor of The Presbyterian Church of Okemos in Okemos, Mich., will visit campus on the week of March 2 as part of the University of the Ozarks’ Struthers Visiting Pastoral Study Leave Program. She will speak at the University’s weekly Chapel Service at 11:30 a.m. on Tuesday, March 3. Schrott […]

students and staff in TRIO program
February 25, 2026 • Posted in

U of O to Celebrate National TRIO Day on Feb. 26

University of the Ozarks will join colleges and universities nationwide this week in celebrating the 40th annual National TRIO Day, recognizing the impact of the Federal TRIO Programs and honoring the achievements of first-generation, income-eligible students, students with disabilities, and veterans pursuing higher education. Hosted by the University’s Student Support Services department, Ozarks will celebrate […]

Business Students in Nashville
February 18, 2026 • Posted in

Business Students Compete in National Competition

Highlighted by an individual national championship by senior Daniel del Moral Díaz, a dozen University of the Ozarks business students had the opportunity to put their skills to the test on a national stage this week at the National Collegiate Digital Marketing Championship, the National Collegiate Innovation Championship, and the National Collegiate Sports Analytics Championship […]

Pianist Juyeon Kang
February 18, 2026 • Posted in

Pianist Kang to Present March 4 Concert

Acclaimed pianist Dr. Juyeon Kang, a Steinway artist and educator, will present a concert at University of the Ozarks on Wednesday, March 4. The concert begins at 7 p.m in the Rowntree Recital Hall in the Walton Fine Arts Center. There is no cost for admission and the public is invited to attend. A native […]