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Faces of 2022 graduates
September 14, 2023 • Posted in ,

Success Rate at 98 Percent for Recent U of O Grads

University of the Ozarks graduates continue to find employment and graduate school placement success at impressive levels, according to the University’s 2023 First Destination and Career Profile Report. The latest report looks at the Class of 2022 graduates and whether or not they had employment or were in graduate or professional school within six months […]

Alumni Artists Courtney Ford and Angela Teeter
September 7, 2023 • Posted in ,

Alums Ford ’09, Teeter ’10 Present Art Exhibit

University of the Ozarks alumni Courtney Ford ’09 (pictured, left) and Angela Teeter ’10 will be the featured artists for September in the University’s Artist of the Month Series in the Stephens Gallery. The exhibit, titled “Virtuosos,” will be on display through Sept. 29 in the gallery, located in the Walton Fine Arts Center.  There […]

Talen Woodard
August 30, 2023 • Posted in ,

Woodard to Coordinate Bookstore Operations

Talen Woodard has been hired as the new coordinator for the University of the Ozarks Bookstore, effective Aug. 18, 2023.   Woodard will assist Business Manager Tina Lemons with the planning and managing of Ozarks Bookstore operations as well with the supervising of store staff and providing customer service to visitors.   A native of […]

Alumni Donors and Friends
August 23, 2023 • Posted in , , ,

University to Recognize Donors, Friends

The University of the Ozarks’ Office of Advancement and Alumni Engagement has announced its philanthropy and friends awards for Homecoming 2023, scheduled for Sept. 25 through Oct. 1. The recipients will be recognized during the Ozarks Awards Ceremony at 6 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 29, in the Rogers Conference Center. The 2023 recipients will include […]

Vernon McDaniel and Rich Dunsworth

McDaniel ’55 Creates Scholarship for Communication Majors

University of the Ozarks alumnus Vernon McDaniel ’55 of Ozark, Ark., has established a scholarship endowment at his alma mater to assist students majoring in communication studies. McDaniel (pictured, right, with University President Richard Dunsworth) graduated from then College of the Ozarks in 1955 with a degree in sociology and political science. During his senior […]

young alumni at Wrecked Canoe
April 13, 2023 • Posted in ,

Alumni Events set for April 22 in Clarksville

The University of the Ozarks’ Alumni Engagement Office will present a pair of events on Saturday, April 22, in Clarksville that are open to all alumni and friends. The day will begin with a “Hot Dogs and Home Runs” event from noon to 2 p.m. during a U of O baseball game against American Southwest […]

Alumni Board of Directors
April 10, 2023 • Posted in

Nine to Join Alumni Board

The University of the Ozarks Alumni Association elected nine alumni to join its board of directors during the organization’s annual winter meeting in February. The new directors will begin their terms on July 1, 2023. The new members are (pictured, clockwise from top left) Katrina Mariswamy ’12, Rev. Gary O. Perry ’74, Andrea (Muffuletto) Cooper […]

Giselle Alfaro '05
January 18, 2023 • Posted in , ,

Alfaro ’05 Bridging Cultures Through Dance

“It is when different cultures meet that different experiences are created, and one learns about the other.” That is one of Giselle Alfaro’s favorite quotes and the 2005 University of the Ozarks’ alumna is doing her part to bring different cultures together through the art of dance. Alfaro, a native of El Salvador who graduated […]