News - Alumni

In August, Ozarks alumnus Cooper Mann completed the grueling 2012 Ironman U.S. Championship in New York City in just less than 11 hours 9 minutes.

John Hawkins '70 and Larry Patterson teamed up to shoot a 14-under-par 58 to win the University of the Ozarks' Alumni Golf Tournament, held Oct. 26 at the Clarksville Country Club. A total of 36 golfers competed in the two-person scramble, which was sponsored by the university’s Alumni Association. Proceeds from the event benefit the […]

Joe Pennington, local broadcast meteorologist and 2005 Ozarks alumnus, returned to campus October 1 to share his knowledge of the science behind weather forecasting and the realities of life at a television station. Pennington, originally from Altus, Ark., earned a degree in marketing from Ozarks in 2005 before deciding to return to college at Mississippi […]

It would be hard to ask for better weather on a late August morning. It was Wednesday, August 29, and here in Arkansas, the sky overhead was a vibrant blue. A soft breeze rustled through the leaves as the students at Ozarks made their way to class.?But 500 miles away near Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Ozarks […]

Joe Pennington still finds it difficult to believe how far he has come since enrolling at University of the Ozarks in the fall of 2001 as a shy, quiet freshman from the small town of Altus, Ark.

Amy Patton continues to shine. Patton, who graduated from Ozarks last year with a B.S. in biology on the pre-med track, is currently an Environmental Public Health Fellow at the Arkansas Department of Health Public Health Laboratory. Academically, she is thriving as well. She attends University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) in Little Rock […]

Andrea Muffuletto, who graduated from U of O in May with a degree in biology, took some of her award-winning work last month to the 2012 National Beta Beta Beta (BBB) Biology Honor Society convention, held in San Juan, Puerto Rico. At the end of March, Muffuletto won the John C. Johnson Award for her […]

Helping people who need help the most can sometimes be challenging, but a recent quartet of visitors to Ozarks showed the task as worthwhile despite its difficulties. Ozarks alumni Lee Goble (’10), Erica Eneks (’08), Samantha Whitten Mendez (’08), and Katy Crane (’05) returned to campus for the annual Inter-ACT panel. Each year during Alumni […]

Clarksville, Ark. --- The University of the Ozarks 2012 Alumni Weekend 5K Run/Walk, scheduled for Saturday, April 21, has been moved back to campus. The annual race was originally scheduled to be held for the first time on the university’s new cross country course, but the trail is soggy in some places due to recent […]

Clarksville, Ark. --- A lecture series featuring the long-time executive director of the Fort Smith Boys & Girls Club, a luncheon celebrating the Class of 1962,?and an awards banquet honoring nine distinguished alumni are a few of the highlights of the University of the Ozarks' Alumni Weekend 2012, scheduled for April 19-21. More than 500 […]