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 […]
Three University of the Ozarks faculty and staff members have been recognized for 10-Year Service Awards by the University this month. (Pictured from left) Dr. Christine Scott, associate professor of economics and business; Joey Hughes, associate director of enrollment; and Dr. Karen Frank, associate professor of history, have each marked their 10-year anniversaries at Ozarks. […]
In an effort to better serve all University of the Ozarks students, a reimagined Jones Learning Center will take the lead in a campus-wide initiative to provide a broader-reaching support system for students in areas such as college success, academic advising and life skills. In the new model, which begins the Fall 2020 Semester, the […]
University of the Ozarks Associate Professor of English Dr. Amy Oatis has been granted tenure by the University’s Board of Trustees, effective immediately. During its April 25 meeting, the board approved the unanimous recommendation of the University’s Professional Affairs Committee that Oatis receive tenure. Oatis joined Ozarks in 2000 as an instructor and served as […]
University of the Ozarks faculty members Dr. William “Bill” Eakin and NaLisa Brown have been selected as recipients of the 2020 Bagwell Outstanding Faculty Awards, it was announced Monday. The awards were announced Monday morning during the weekly campus-wide President’s Standup meeting via Zoom. The Bagwell Awards are named in memory of long-time University trustee […]
Ramona Cogan has retired after nearly 16 years as the office manager of the Marketing and Public Relations Office at University of the Ozarks. Cogan stepped down in March after nearly two decades of coordinating and facilitating many of the University’s printing and communications projects. “You would be hard-pressed to find a more dedicated, diligent […]
University of the Ozarks will provide prorated credit adjustments for room and board fees for students who have moved off campus since the University transitioned to an all-online course delivery format. In addition, students who have remained on campus will receive a credit adjustment for diminished dining services during this period. Students who were under […]
Several U of O students recently placed in the Arkansas Phi Beta Lambda (PBL) 2020 State Leadership Conference. The conference was held online via Zoom on April 7. Ozarks received five first-place finishes in the annual business competition. The team of Guillermo Hernandez and Tanner Young won first in Hospitality Management and the team of […]