Christian author, speaker and historian Jemar Tisby will speak at University of the Ozarks on Monday, March 1, as part of the Cecil and Ruth Boddie Farmer Chapel Guest Speaker Series. Tisby’s talk is titled, “How to Fight Christian Nationalism,” and it will begin at 7 p.m. in the Walton Fine Arts Center. The in-person […]
Valentine’s Day may never be the same, thanks to the University of the Ozarks Theatre’s dark comedy, Murder’s Disposal, written and directed by Dr. Rhonda Shook, associate professor of communication. John Dunn has been swindled. Twenty thousand dollars has disappeared, along with his new girlfriend. When he turns to Murder’s Disposal to recover the money […]
Dr. Sherilyn W. Poole, who in January became the first African American to chair the University of the Ozarks’ Board of Trustees, will present a virtual talk at 6 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 18, as part of the University’s Black History Month celebration. The event will be presented live on the Zoom platform and is open […]
University of the Ozarks will present an evening of storytelling with performing artist Ebrin R. Stanley at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 18, as part of the University’s 2020-21 Walton Arts & Ideas Series. The event will be held via Zoom and the public is invited to tune in. The link for the event is […]
Majoring in theatre may not seem like the most logical route to law school, but don’t tell that to Haley Grace Clark. The University of the Ozarks senior from Tulsa, Okla., will attend Southwestern Law School in Los Angeles this summer as she pursues a career in entertainment law. The theatre and communications (radio/television/film) major […]
University of the Ozarks has entered into an affiliation agreement with Arkansas Colleges of Health Education (ACHE) in Fort Smith, Ark., that will help facilitate the admissions process for U of O students into the medical college’s graduate level programs. Though the agreement does not guarantee admission, it does accelerate the application process by guaranteeing […]
University of the Ozarks alumna Andrea (Muffuletto) Cooper ’12 has been named the University’s new director of career services, effective Monday, Feb. 1, 2021. Cooper has served as the college guidance counselor at Subiaco (Ark.) Academy since 2014. She will be a part of the University’s Office of Advancement and Alumni Engagement and her office […]
Alumni Featured in Covid Panel Discussion on Jan. 28 The University of the Ozarks Office of Alumni Engagement will present a virtual panel discussion on the Covd-19 pandemic at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 28. The panel will include two U of O alumni — Dr. Cori Dyson ’97 and Dr. Ross Halsted ’05. The […]
The vulnerable life of a small-town girl with big-time faith. That’s how University of the Ozarks senior Casie (Zapf) Ballard of Cabot, Ark., succinctly summarizes her new book, “Do You Have a Minute?” Ballard, an English and business administration major who will graduate with honors in May, wrote the self-published book over the past two years. […]
Construction began this week on the University of the Ozarks’ new $18.1 million science center, the largest single capital construction project in University history. The Thomas and Frances Wilson Science Center is expected to be completed by next January, in time for the Spring 2022 Semester. The project includes a complete renovation of the current […]