The Department of Education announced a further delay to release batches of FAFSA information (ISIRs) to schools until the first half of March.
Despite this, Ozarks is aiming to roll out financial aid packages within two weeks of receiving FAFSA information.
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Artist Kasten Searles
23 hours ago • March 13, 2024 • Posted in

Arkansas Artist Searles to Display Exhibit

Arkansas artist Kasten McClellan Searles will have her exhibit, “PAINT / PIXELS,” on display in the Stephens Gallery at University of the Ozarks through May 9, 2024, as part of the University’s Artist of the Month Series. There will be a reception to meet the artist from 6-7 p.m. on April 11 in the gallery, […]

wrestler Jake Dado
2 days ago • March 12, 2024 • Posted in

Dado Ready to Compete in Wrestling National Championships

Fresh off a loss in the quarterfinals of the main draw at the NCAA III Lower Midwest Regional Championships two weeks ago and facing a daunting task of advancing out of the consolation round, Jake Dado felt a surprising calmness come over him. The University of the Ozarks senior from Lockport, Ill., used that tranquility […]

Political Scienc Club
3 days ago • March 11, 2024 • Posted in

Renewed Political Science Club Makes Immediate Impact

A group of civic-minded University of the Ozarks students have rejuvenated the Political Science Club on campus this semester, and their first event was a hit. The seven founding members of the club are (pictured from left) Cristhel Mejia (finance director), Estefania Bautista (secretary), Vanessa Martinez (public relations director), Fernanda Aguilar (logistics director), Dr. Daniel […]

Rev. Jason Ko
6 days ago • March 8, 2024 • Posted in

California Reverend Ko to Serve as Visiting Pastor

The Rev. Jason Ko, pastor of Community Presbyterian Church of La Mirada, Calif., will visit campus on the week of March 11 as part of the University of the Ozarks’ Struthers Visiting Pastoral Study Leave Program. He will lead the University’s weekly Chapel Service at 11:30 a.m. on Tuesday, March 12. Born in South Korea, […]

Tyra Nicole Omier
6 days ago • March 8, 2024 • Posted in

Nicole ’13: A Champion for the Vulnerable and Marginalized

In 2023, University of the Ozarks alumna Tyra Nicole Omeir ’13 earned the prestigious honor of representing her home country of Nicaragua as a “One Young World – European Commission Peace Ambassador” in the United Kingdom, capping a decade of work as a champion for the underserved and for victims of human trafficking. The former […]

Morgan Jackson and family
1 week ago • March 7, 2024 • Posted in

Team’s Success is Important to Jackson ’12

As director of global logistics-delivery for Walmart, there’s no better feeling for Morgan (Goates) Jackson ’12 than watching her team succeed. Jackson, who graduated from University of the Ozarks in 2012 with a degree in business, leads a team at Walmart that supports and manages the movement of containerized goods — merchandise, food, and perishables […]

Dr. Erin Macdonald
1 week ago • March 6, 2024 • Posted in

Astrophysicist, Star Trek Consultant to Speak at Ozarks on April 4

Dr. Erin Mcdonald, an astrophysicist, aerospace engineer, and science fiction consultant who has served as the science adviser for the Star Trek franchise since 2019, will speak at University of the Ozarks on Thursday, April 4, in the Rogers Conference Center. The event begins at 7 p.m. and is part of the University’s 2023-24 Walton […]

Lilian Cruz
1 week ago • March 6, 2024 • Posted in

Teaching Ethics Becomes Career Path for Cruz ’90

The Business Ethics class that Lilian Cruz de Santizo ’90 took at University of the Ozarks in the late 1980s made such an impact on her that she made it her career. The former Walton Scholar earned a business administration degree at Ozarks in 1990 before returning to her home country of Guatemala where she […]

Jae Lynn Huckaba
1 week ago • March 5, 2024 • Posted in

Law and Spanish Opened the World for Huckaba ’18

It didn’t take Jae Lynn Huckaba ’18 long to discover that her undergraduate education at University of the Ozarks gave her an advantage over her classmates at the University of Miami School of Law. The first-generation college graduate from Forrest City, Ark., earned majors in English and Spanish with high honors from Ozarks in 2018 […]

Lauren Ray
1 week ago • March 4, 2024 • Posted in

Ray ’13 Inspiring Love of Outdoors in Others

In the decade since graduating from University of the Ozarks, Lauren Ray ’13 can appreciate even more the customized undergraduate education she received at the University. Ray has worked for the National Park Service in a number of locations since leaving Ozarks, including Arches National Park in Utah, Pecos National Historical Park in New Mexico, […]