University of the Ozarks Network Manager Ethan Hefley has been named the recipient of the 2020 Dr. Rick and Sheree Niece President’s Above and Beyond Award. U of O President Richard Dunsworth made the announcement to the campus community on Monday during his weekly President’s Standup meeting, held via Zoom. The award is presented to […]
The University of the Ozarks’ Academic Services programs the Jones Learning Center and the Student Success Center, honored their outstanding tutors for 2019-20 during a May 6 ceremony held through Zoom. Tutors were nominated by their peers and evaluated based on qualities such as knowledge of material, preparedness, empathy, patience, enthusiasm and a strong desire […]
University of the Ozarks administrators and faculty presented the University’s top academic and division awards during the 63rd annual Honors Day ceremony, held Thursday afternoon via Zoom. Jake Sawyer, an environmental studies and English major from Mena, Ark., was the recipient of the Wiley Lin Hurie Memorial Award, presented to the outstanding senior in the […]
“Each man is the bard of his own existence.” – Cormac McCarthy In describing University of the Ozarks senior Jake Sawyer, one professor said, “If you combined his love of learning, writing, nature, and filmmaking, you would have Ken Burns, Walden and Thoreau with a camera.” Sawyer, an English and environmental studies major and communication minor […]
Four University of the Ozarks faculty and staff members have been recently recognized for either 25 or 30-Year Service Awards by the University. (Pictured from left) Steve Edmisten, special assistant to the president, reached the 25-year milestone at Ozarks, while Melodye Stickley, academic services assistant; Karen Schluterman director of human resources; and Dr. Frank Knight, […]
Four University of the Ozarks faculty and staff members have been recognized for 20-Year Service Awards by the University this month. (Pictured from left) Dr. Sean Coleman, professor of biology and dean of the division of Natural Sciences and Mathematics; Bo Funderburk, assistant director of public safety; Karla Harkreader, associate director for the Ozarks Annual […]
Karen Schluterman, director of human resources, and Greg Stone, network technician, have been named the recipients of the University of the Ozarks’ outstanding staff awards for 2019-20, it was announced Monday. Schluterman received the Alvin C. Broyles Outstanding Staff Award and Stone won the Arnie G. Sims Outstanding Staff Award. The awards were announced to […]
The University of the Ozarks Board of Trustees on April 25 voted to freeze tuition for the 2020-21 academic year amid the uncertainty brought on by the Covid-19 pandemic It is the sixth time in the last eight years that the University has not raised tuition. Since 2013, tuition at Ozarks has risen just 5 […]
Four University of the Ozarks faculty and staff members have been recognized for 15-Year Service Awards by the University this month. (Pictured from left) Dody Pelts, director of the Jones Learning Center (JLC); Michelle Loving, administrative assistant for Advancement and special projects manager, Debbie Carlton, JLC academic support coordinator; and Dr. Brian Hardman, professor of […]
University of the Ozarks Associate Professor of Business Dr. Christine Scott has had a research paper published in the March 2020 edition of the peer-reviewed Global Journal of Economics and Finance. Scott’s paper, “Strategies to Implement Efficient Closing Cycles,” stems from research from her doctoral dissertation that she completed in 2019 in earning a doctorate […]