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Lisa Gruben Inness
March 24, 2022 • Posted in ,

Meet Your Alumni Board Members

Meet Your Alumni Board Members is an ongoing series where we highlight members of the Alumni Association Board of Directors. This month we are featuring Lisa Gruben-Inness, a 1993 graduate of Ozarks. Lisa has worked at Ozarks for a total of 15 years, including stints as director of Smith and MacLean residence halls, director of […]

Torie Parsons
March 24, 2022 • Posted in , ,

JLC Graduate Joins Alumni Board

Part of the Ozarks mission statement is to prepare students to live life fully and our students are given the space to discover what that phrase means to them. For Jones Learning Center alumni Torie Parsons, living life fully is a life of giving back to Ozarks. In a testament to that goal, Parsons was […]

Legacy Award
March 23, 2022 • Posted in ,

Ballard, Branscums to receive Legacy Award

The University of the Ozarks will present its prestigious Alumni Legacy Award to Bill Ballard ’56, and Cleveland “Cleve” ’63 and Barbara (Haynes) Branscum ‘63 during the Ozarks Awards Ceremony. The ceremony is scheduled for 6 p.m. on Friday, April 8, in the Rogers Conference Center. The ceremony is part of Homecoming Week. The Legacy […]

Author Kim Ruehl
March 14, 2022 • Posted in ,

Author to Discuss Book on Ozarks Alumna Zilphia Horton ’31

Author Kim Ruehl (pictured, left) will visit University of the Ozark on April 7 to discuss her 2021 book titled, “A Singing Army: Zilphia Horton and the Highlander Folk School,” which highlights the life and legacy of 1931 Ozarks graduate Zilphia Horton. The event, which is part of the University’s Walton Arts & Ideas Series, […]

Emerging Philanthropist
March 3, 2022 • Posted in ,

2007 Alums to Receive Emerging Philanthropist Award

A pair of 2007 University of the Ozarks graduates, Nathan Williams ’07 (pictured left) of Little Rock, Ark., and David Pridgin Jr., ’07 of Scranton, Ark., have been chosen to receive this year’s Emerging Philanthropist Award by the University’s Office of Advancement and Alumni Engagement. The awards will be presented during the Ozarks Awards Ceremony, […]

Alumni Board
March 2, 2022 • Posted in ,

Five Appointed to Alumni Board

The University of the Ozarks Alumni Association elected five 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, 2022. The new members are (pictured from left) Torie Parsons ’09 of Dallas, Texas; Jeremy Provence ’12 of Florence, Ala.; Thomas […]

Sam Scott
February 22, 2022 • Posted in ,

Scott ’79 Shares Love of Music Over the Airwaves

University of the Ozarks alumnus Samuel Scott has always had a love for music and he enjoys nothing more than sharing that passion with others. Scott, a 1979 graduate of Ozarks, owns and operates the radio station KQLO 91.9 FM out of his Clarksville home. The low-power (100 watts) non-commercial education station plays rhythm and […]

George and Naomi Lee
February 21, 2022 • Posted in ,

Meet Your Alumni Board Members

Meet Your Alumni Board Members is an ongoing series where we highlight members of the Alumni Association Board of Directors. This month we are featuring husband and wife board members George Lee ’85 and Naomi Shanti (Paranjothy) Lee ’85.  The Lees run a family business in Penang, Malaysia, with their two sons where they develop […]

Alumni Awards Homecoming
February 16, 2022 • Posted in ,

Four Alums to be Honored at Homecoming in April

The University of the Ozarks Alumni Association will present honors to four of its distinguished alumni during the University’s Homecoming ceremonies in April. The four will be recognized during the Ozarks Awards Ceremony, scheduled for 6 p.m. on Friday, April 8, 2022, in the Rogers Conference Center. For ticket information, please contact the Office of […]

Elizabeth Allcon
January 26, 2022 • Posted in ,

Meet Your Alumni Board Members

Meet Your Alumni Board members is an ongoing series where we highlight members of the Alumni Association Board of Directors. This month we are featuring board member Elizabeth (Thames) Allcon ’91 (pictured above, right, with her daughter, Laura). Elizabeth is a 1991 graduate of Ozarks who is an elementary school teacher living in Benbrook, Texas. […]