The Ozarks Mission

True to our Christian heritage, we prepare students from diverse religious, cultural, educational, and economic backgrounds to live life fully.

As an institution and as individuals we are called to follow the core values of our shared Christian heritage: 

SERVICE
At University of the Ozarks, we call one another to offer sustainable, life-affirming service to all we contact. We strive, as well, to offer our service with generosity and joy so that it can be received as a gift. We strive to ensure that our energies are spent wisely in the service of all of creation.

JUSTICE
Members of the University of the Ozarks community are called to right injustice. We are committed to engaging with the diversity in our local areas and in the larger world and speaking out when we find mistreatment of any living individual or group. To this end, we seek the courage to look around ourselves, ahead of where we are, and beyond our nearest horizons.

GROWTH
We are committed to the personal development of all members of the University of the Ozarks community, as well as the communal development of our University and its spirit. We seek to assist one another in identifying our academic, spiritual, personal, and institutional vocations and pathways.

HOSPITALITY
Having been blessed with a beautiful campus, surrounded by ample opportunities to experience the natural environment, we are called to welcome all who visit us, especially those who one might consider an outsider. Our campus and our lives are enriched by guests who enrich our community with new life and new possibilities.

HONESTY
University of the Ozarks is a place of communal living – we learn as a community in our academics, we live together in the residence halls, we work together in our offices and conference rooms. In order for our community to flourish, we are called to participate in truth-telling. Owning up to our own mistakes and gently reminding others of ways in which they can do better are essential to building and maintaining our community.

SABBATH
At the heart of the week, members of the University of the Ozarks community stop in a spirit of worship, of jubilee, and of rest and discernment. The importance of this Sabbath is to replenish our souls so that we can finish the race ahead of us mindful of our callings to service, justice, growth, hospitality, and honesty.

American Southwest Conference Sportsmanship Statement
Games are played under the rules and regulations of the National Collegiate Athletic Association and the American Southwest Conference. It is requested that the rules of good sportsmanship and conduct prevail throughout each contest. The University of the Ozarks, the NCAA and the ASC ask that all fans act responsibly and courteously to those around you. Consumption of alcohol, use of tobacco, abusive language or disorderly conduct is unacceptable. Team members and fans deserve your respect and courtesy. Your cooperation is appreciated.