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with an English degree, earning Summa
Cum Laude honors.
In August 2009, Dr. Sean Coleman,
associate professor of biology and chief
health professions advisor, completed
the publication of 1,100 PowerPoint
Lecture Notes as an instructor resource
for McKee and McKee’s Biochemistry:
The Molecular Basis of Life, Fourth
Edition. The publisher is Oxford University
Press.
Bristle McIntare, a 2009 Ozarks
graduate, joined the Admission Office
as an admission counselor in September.
McIntare graduated from Ozarks
U of O President Dr. Rick Niece (right) recently
thanked Arkansas State Legislators
(from left) Rep. George Overbey of Lamar
and Rep. John Paul Wells of Paris for
helping the university secure $253,429 in
federal stimulus money from the State Fiscal
Stabilization Funds, authorized under
the American Recovery and Reinvestment
Act of 2009. The University will use the
money for energy-efficiency modernization
of a chemistry lab and to install energyefficient
windows in the Smith-Broyles
Science Building. Rep. Overbey represents
District 69 and Rep. Wells, a 1978 graduate
of U of O, represents District 84.
University Chaplain Rev. Nancy Benson-Nicol
served as one of the plenary
Bible study leaders at the Presbyterian
Women’s Churchwide Gathering held
during the summer of 2009. She was
also tapped to write the Presbyterian
Women’s 2012-2013 Bible study on the
epistles. Last year she wrote the worship
resource for Celebrate the Gifts
of Women Sunday. Benson-Nicol has
served as University Chaplain since
August of 2006.
Dr. Rickey Casey, professor of management
and business and executive
director of international studies, teamed
with Dr. Jay Robbins, professor of management
at Ouachita Baptist University,
to write an article titled “A Comparison
of the Elements of Motivation in the
Hospital Industry versus the Retail and
Manufacturing Sectors,” which was accepted
for publication in the Journal of
Diversity Management.
Several new members were elected
to the Board of Trustees during the
Board’s October meeting. Elected to
the Class of 2012 were Darby Logan
of Hot Springs, Ark.; Sue Tull of Little
Rock, Ark.; Doug Black of Houston,
Texas; and Sylvester Benson ’67 of
Manhattan, Kan. Elected to the Class
of 2012 from the April Board meeting
were Ivan Quant ’98 of Managua, Nicaragua,
and Jim Struthers of Stillwater,
Okla.
For the 11th consecutive year, University
of the Ozarks has been ranked as
a “top tier” university in the U.S. News
& World Report’s annual late summer
publication that analyzes institutions of
higher education. In the 2010 edition
of “America’s Best Colleges,” released
to the public on Aug. 20, Ozarks was
Dr. Stewart Dippel, professor of political
science, had his new book, “The Sacralization
of the World in the 17th Century: The
Experience of Holiness in Everyday Life,”
published in the fall of 2009 by The Edwin
Mellen Press. The book will initiate a new
series by the Mellen Press called 17th Century
Studies. This is Dippel’s second book.
In 1999 he authored “The Professionalization
of the English Church from 1560 to
1700: Ambassadors for Christ.”
ranked second in the category of “Great
Schools, Great Prices” among 97 universities
in the 12-state South Region
that are considered Baccalaureate Colleges.
It is the 10th time in the last 11
years that Ozarks has been ranked in the
top five of the best value category. In
the overall rankings of the universities,
Ozarks was ranked seventh among 97
universities that fall in the Baccalaureate
Colleges category in the South
Region.
Dr. Glenda Ezell has been named the
new chair of the Division of Education,
replacing Dr. George Stone, who
retired in December (see pages 10-11).
Ezell earned her bachelor’s and master’s
degrees from U of O and her Ed.D.
from the University of Arkansas. She has
taught at Ozarks since 2006.
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