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For the sixth consecutive year theUniversity of the Ozarks has beenranked as a “top tier” university in theU.S. News & World Report’s annual latesummer publication that examinesinstitutions of higher education.In the 2005 edition of “America’sBest Colleges,” released on Aug. 20,Ozarks was ranked in a tie for ninthoverall among 106 universities in thecategory of Comprehensive Colleges(Bachelor’s) in the South Region. Theninth-place ranking is the highest everfor U of O, which was ranked No. 12 inthe South in 2004 and No. 14 in 2003.In the annual “America’s BestColleges” edition, U.S. News & WorldReport ranked more than 1,400accredited schools nationally, based onsuch criteria as academic reputation,graduation and retention rates, facultyresources, student selectivity, financialresources and alumni giving. In the6 Today, FALL/WINTER 2004CampusNewsOzarks ranked in top tier for sixth yearScaccia, Weissjoin universityJeff Scaccia has joined theuniversity’s administration as chieffinancial officer, and Dr. Jesse Weisshas been hired as a sociology professor.Scaccia, who earned his undergraduatedegree at the University ofCentral Arkansas and his MBA fromArkansas-Little Rock, previouslyworked at Lake Hamilton Enterprisesin Little Rock. He replaces John Jones,who left during the summer for aposition at Columbia College.Weiss, a native of NorthwestArkansas, earned his Ph.D. from UtahState University. Weiss will teachsociolgy and environmental studies.In other faculty news, CynthiaLanphear has joined the Business,Communications and GovernmentDivision in a full-time capacity aftermagazine’s “Great Schools, GreatPrices” category, Ozarks ranked thirdoverall among the South’s 106Comprehensive Colleges (Bachelor’s).ScacciaWeissserving as an adjunct in previous years.She will teach marketing.In other personnel changes, SteveEdmisten has been named executivevice president after serving as vicepresident for Advancement, Kerry Lunnhas been named development officer,Chivon Cogan is a new Admissionscounselor, Glenda Gibson is StudentLife office manager, Ramona Cogan isPublic Relations office manager, CindyCunningham is Admissions officemanager and Hunter Jackson is a newrecruiter for the Jones Learning Center.Ozarks has been ranked in theSouth Region’s top five “Best Values”by the magazine in each of the past sixyears. The value rankings evaluate thecost of attending a college or universityrelative to the quality of the institution,according to the magazine’s rankingsystem.“I am pleased that the Universityof the Ozarks is once again recognizedby U.S. News & World Report as beinga top tier campus in the South Region,”said U of O President Dr. Rick Niece.“At Ozarks we continue to dedicateourselves to providing a high-quality,personalized education for our students,and it’s satisfying to have a nationalpublication commend our excellence.Equally gratifying is our ranking as thethird best value in the South. Theannual ranking and our continued highstatus are a tribute to everyoneconnected with Ozarks.”Several students and faculty from theTheatre Department brought home honorsfrom regional competition at the AmericanCollege Theatre Festival in Oklahoma inOctober. Among those who won honorsincluded (top row, from left) SaulPalencia, Dane Sanders, (bottom row,from left) Professor Bruce Brown, KristinaDavenport and Professor Dr. Pat Farmer.Not pictured is Diana Farrow. Ozarks’Theatre Department performed theproduction of “Wilde Tales.”
CampusNewsHumanities professors become authorsA lifelong interest in NativeAmericans was the common inspirationfor two new books written byprofessors in Ozarks’ Humanities andFine Arts Division.Dr. Dave Daily, assistant professorof religion, and Dr. Steve Oatis,assistant professor of history, recentlybecame first-time authors with thepublication of their scholarly books.Daily’s book, published by theUniversity of Arizona Press, is titled,Battle for the BIA: G.E.E. Lindquist andthe Missionary Crusade Against JohnCollier. Oatis’ book, which is publishedby the University of Nebraska Press istitled, A Colonial Complex: SouthCarolina’s Frontiers in the Era of theYamasee War, 1680-1730.Daily’s book is about an intenselypersonal and high-stakes battle forcontrol over the Bureau of IndianAffairs and the direction of federalIndian policy. Pitting G.E.E. Lindquist,an influential Protestant missionary,against John Collier, Commissioner ofIndian Affairs (1933-1945), this battleultimately changed the shape ofProtestant support for Indianassimilation, according to Daily.Daily said the inspiration for thebook dated back to his childhood whenhe and his family took vacations toArizona, NewMexico and Utah.“The scenerywas great, butlearning about theNavajos andPueblos was alsofun,” said Daily.“Then, during myfirst year ingraduate school, I took acourse on religious diversity andchange in the American West. Thecourse rekindled my interest in NativeAmerican history and missions toNative Americans.”Professors and first-time authors (fromleft) Dr. Dave Daily and Dr. Steve Oatis.The University of Arizona Presssaid Daily’s “survey of Lindquist’scareer raises important issues regardingtribal rights and the place of Nativepeoples in American society. It offersnew insights into the domesticcolonialism practicedby the United Statesas it tells of one ofthe great untoldbattles in thehistory of Indianaffairs.”Dr. Daily, whoearned his Ph.D.from DukeUniversity, has been atOzarks since 2000.Oatis’ book is billed as one of thefirst detailed studies of the conflictbetween an upstart British Colony inSouth Carolina and its Indianneighbors, most notably the Yamasees,a group whose sovereignty had becomeincreasingly threatened. The SouthCarolina militia retaliated repeatedlyuntil, by 1717, the Yamasees werenearly annihilated, and their survivorsfled to Spanish Florida. The war notonly sent shock waves throughoutSouth Carolina’s government, economy,and society, but also had a profoundimpact on colonial and Indian culturesfrom the Atlantic Coast to theMississippi River.Drawing on a diverse range ofcolonial records, “A Colonial Complex”builds on recent developments infrontier history and depicts the YamaseeWar as part of a colonial complex: Abroad pattern of exchange that linkedthe Southeast’s Indian, African, andEuropean cultures throughout the late17th and early 18th centuries.Oatis said the book is based on adissertation that he did in his Ph.D.work at Emory College.“I've always been interested inNative American history, from the time Iwas a kid, and when I got to graduateschool I was intrigued by all thepossibilities that were out there forstudying the interaction between Indiansand Europeans,” said Oatis, who hasbeen at Ozarks since 1999. “I chose tostudy the Yamasee War and the earlyhistory of South Carolina partly becauseI was going to grad school at Emorythat has a strong emphasis on Southernhistory and partly because the historicalrecords were relatively close by. Themore I got into the project, though, themore I learned just how much there wasabout the topic that hadn’t beenexplored or discussed yet.”Taddie attends conferenceDr. Daniel Taddie, Ozarks’ vicepresident for academic affairs anddean of faculty, recently attended theHarvard Institute for EducationalManagement at Harvard University inCambridge, Mass.Dr. Taddie was one of 94 highereducation senior leaders to attend thetwo-week program. The program wastaught by Harvard professors as wellas administrators from throughout thecountry. Topics included internal andexternal leadership, developing andworking with senior leadership teams,governance, finance, assessment,campus community, innovation andchange in a changing environment,technology, transformational learning,planning, vision and values.Today, FALL/WINTER 2004 7
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