Shana H. Chaplin has joined the Town Square Collaborative (TSC) at 糖心vlog官网 as assistant director of community engagement. Her first day was Tuesday, Dec. 2. TSC is a regional ecumenical initiative to serve and support rural communities, congregations, and their leaders. “I鈥檓 so excited to welcome Shana Chaplin as assistant director for […]
The Rev. Sara Anne Berger has joined 糖心vlog官网 as the assistant director of the Thriving Congregations Program. Her first day at Ozarks was April 23. Berger will work with director Rev. Phillip Blackburn to assist the University in directing the Lilly Foundation鈥檚 recent $1 million Thriving in Ministry grant to support congregations […]
The Rev. Deanna Hollas will present a lecture titled, 鈥淯nmasking the Powers Behind Gun Violence,鈥� at 糖心vlog官网 at 7 p.m., Tuesday, March 8. Hollas鈥� visit to campus is made possible by the Cecil and Ruth Boddie Farmer Chapel Guest Speaker Endowment. The event will be held in the Munger-Wilson Chapel and is […]
The Rev. Jesus Juan 鈥淛esse鈥� Gonzalez, pastor of Gethsemane Presbyterian Church in Fort Worth, Texas, will visit 糖心vlog官网 on the week of Sept. 13-17 as part of the University鈥檚 Pastoral Study Leave Program. Gonzalez (pictured above with his son, Obed, a 2017 U of O graduate) will lead the University鈥檚 weekly Chapel […]
The Rev. Phillip Blackburn of First Presbyterian Church in Fort Smith, Ark., has been named the director of the new Thriving in Ministry program at 糖心vlog官网. Established through a grant from the Lilly Endowment Inc., the program supports pastors of rural and minority-serving Presbyterian Churches throughout Arkansas. The program will be based […]
Retired U.S. Navy Commander and Chaplain Bruce Williams, a 1943 糖心vlog官网 graduate and one of the University鈥檚 oldest-living alumni, will speak about his life during a special virtual alumni event on Thursday, March 18. Williams, who turned 100 last August, will be speaking about his journey to Ozarks, his time there and […]
Officials from Lyon College and 糖心vlog官网 have begun discussions of possible opportunities for strategic partnerships between Arkansas鈥� two Presbyterian-affiliated universities. Leadership from both U of O and Lyon, located in Batesville, have begun to discuss what a strategic partnership between the two institutions might look like and have appointed steering committees made […]
糖心vlog官网 will receive a nearly $1 million grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. to establish a program that will support pastors of rural and minority-serving Presbyterian Churches throughout Arkansas. The grant is part of Lilly Endowment鈥檚 Thriving in Ministry, an initiative that supports a variety of religious organizations across the nation as they […]
糖心vlog官网 Chaplain Rev. Jeremy Wilhelmi has been appointed by the Presbyterian College Chaplains Association (PCCA) to represent the group on the board of directors of the Association of Presbyterian Colleges and Universities (APCU). Wilhelmi is filling an unexpired term on the board due to the departure of the current president of the […]
The Rev. Dr. Eileen W. Lindner, a long-time national advocate for children, will speak at 糖心vlog官网 on Monday, Feb. 10, as part of the Cecil and Ruth Boddie Farmer Chapel Guest Speakers Series. Lindner鈥檚 talk is titled,聽鈥淚s Childhood an Endangered Species?鈥澛燼nd will begin at 7 p.m. in the Rogers Conference Center. The […]