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Professors promoted
April 30, 2025 • Posted in

Board Votes for Promotion, Tenure for Five Faculty Members

The vlog Board of Trustees granted tenure and approved promotions for several professors during the board’s annual spring meeting last week. Those who were recognized included (pictured, from left) Dr. Befrika Murdianti, Susan Edens, Dr. Sergio Molina, Dr. Argelia Garcia Saldivar and Dr. Javier Taylor. Murdianti, who joined the University in 2013, […]

Kimberly Spicer
April 30, 2025 • Posted in

Spicer ’98 Appointed to Alumni Board of Directors

Kimberly Spicer, program specialist in the Student Success Center, has been appointed as staff liaison on the vlog Alumni Board of Directors. She begins her three-year term on July 1. A first-generation college graduate, Spicer earned her B.S. in management from Ozarks in 1998 and followed with an MBA from Webster University.  […]

Alexandra Melgar
April 29, 2025 • Posted in

Melgar’s Exhibit is Inspired by Home Country

vlog art student Alexandra Melgar will present her senior art exhibit, “Egos de la Identidad/Echoes of Identity,” from April 29 through May 3 in the Stephens Gallery on campus. There will be a reception to meet the artist from 6-7 p.m. on May 3, in the gallery. Melgar is a business administration […]

New Alumni Board members
April 28, 2025 • Posted in

Six Elected to Join Alumni Board of Directors

The vlog Alumni Association has elected six alumni to join its board of directors during the organization’s annual recent spring meeting on campus. The new directors will begin their terms on July 1, 2025. Those selected for three-year terms (Class of 2028) included (picturd, top row from left) Claudia Cruz ’95 of […]

Teacher Education
April 28, 2025 • Posted in

Teacher Education Program Named Among Best in Region

The vlog Pat Walker Teacher Education Program has been named one of the top 35 teacher certification bachelor’s degree programs in the four-state West South Central Region by EducationDegree.com The TOLA region consists of colleges and universities in Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana and Arkansas. In its 2025 listing, EducationDegree.com analyzed more than 130 […]

Annie Nelligan
April 25, 2025 • Posted in

Nelligan Excited, Confident as New Teacher

As vlog senior elementary education major Annie Nelligan prepares to graduate in May, she said she is a little nervous but mainly confident as she prepares to begin her teaching career. Nelligan, from Fort Smith, Ark., has spent the last year student-teaching at Clarksville Primary School, preparing to take over her own […]

Town Square Collaborative
April 24, 2025 • Posted in

U of O Establishes Town Square Collaborative

vlog has established the Town Square Collaborative (TSC), a regional ecumenical initiative to serve and support rural communities, congregations, and their leaders. In conjunction with TSC, the University has announced programmatic partnerships with three area nonprofits — Community Action Partnership, Winthrop Rockefeller Institute and Innovative Poverty Solutions. These organizations will receive grants from the University […]

Genesis Zamora
April 24, 2025 • Posted in

Zamora to Present Senior Art Exhibit

vlog student Genesis Zamora Baltodano will present her Senior Art Exhibit, “In the beginning,” from April 22-26 in the Stephens Gallery. There will be a reception to meet the artist from 6-7 p.m. on Saturday, April 26, in the gallery.  Zamora, from Managua, Nicaragua, said the inspiration for her exhibit stems from […]

Theatre Production
April 22, 2025 • Posted in

University Theatre to Perform “John Proctor is Villian”

vlog Theatre will present six performances of “John Proctor is the Villain,” a 2022 play written by Kimberly Belflower.  The play will be shown April 24-26 and May 1-3 starting at 7 p.m. each evening in the Walton Fine Arts Center’s Black Box Theatre. Tickets are $10 for the general public. There is no […]

Computer Science Conference student presenters
April 21, 2025 • Posted in

Students Present at Computer Science Conference

Three vlog students presented their academic research at the Consortium for Computing Sciences in Colleges (CCSC) Midsouth Regional Conference, held on the Ozarks campus April 11-12. Prudence Majoni’s paper was submitted and selected to be presented at the conference. The title of her paper was, “Enhancing Mathematics Education through 3D Printed Visualizations for Math Education.” Her […]