The Department of Education announced a further delay to release batches of FAFSA information (ISIRs) to schools until the first half of March.
Despite this, Ozarks is aiming to roll out financial aid packages within two weeks of receiving FAFSA information.
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Arkansas Valley Electric Coop. officials
9 hours ago • March 28, 2024 • Posted in

AVECC Continues Student Scholarship Support

The Arkansas Valley Electric Cooperative Corporation continued a long tradition this week of supporting University of the Ozarks students through scholarships. Representatives from AVECC made a $3,500 donation to the University’s Wallace M. Milton Scholarship Fund on March 27. Those attending the presentation included (from left), Audra Kimball, director of foundations and major grants; Lori […]

Art students
February 19, 2024 • Posted in ,

Windgate Foundation’s $2.2 Million Gift Enhances Art Program

The Windgate Foundation has made a $2.2 million gift to the University of the Ozarks’ art department that will endow a current professorship position and allow the University to create a new graphic design curriculum. The gift includes a $2 million endowment to establish the Windgate Professor of Art position. This allows the University to […]

Wilson Athletic Complex
January 8, 2024 • Posted in , ,

Mabee Foundation Awards $700K Challenge Grant to University

University of the Ozarks has been awarded a $700,000 challenge grant from the J.E. and L.E. Mabee Foundation of Tulsa, Okla., to help fund the University’s new $10.75 million Wilson Athletic Complex.  In order to receive the challenge grant funds, the University must raise an additional $3,278,329 by Oct. 10, 2024. The University began construction […]

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 […]

Dawn Dvoracek
April 12, 2023 • Posted in , ,

Dvoracek Reflects on 30-Year Career at Ozarks

As Dawn Dvoracek, director of leadership gifts and church relations at University of the Ozarks, reflected on her 30-year career at University of the Ozarks, it came down to two words: dream job. Dvoracek, who has led the University’s church relations since 2005, will retire this summer from the University that she first joined as […]

Eddie Ardeneaux teaches class
April 4, 2023 • Posted in , , ,

Faculty Receive Professional Development Through McElree Endowment

Eight University of the Ozarks faculty members are gaining invaluable professional development opportunities this academic year, thanks to the Dr. Helen McElree Faculty Enrichment Endowment. The McElree endowment was established in 2015 by the Ozarks alumna and long-time professor of biology at Emporia (Kan.) State. Dr. McElree created the fund to support faculty scholarly and […]

Audra Kimball
March 27, 2023 • Posted in ,

Kimball Named Director of Foundations and Major Grants

Audra Kimball has joined University of the Ozarks as director of foundations and major grants. Her first day was March 20, 2023. Kimball will work out of the Advancement and Alumni Engagement Office and will identify, cultivate, solicit and maintain foundation and corporate support for the University. She replaces Rebecca Lester, who accepted a position […]

Arkansas Valley Electric Cooperative supports scholarships
March 14, 2023 • Posted in ,

AVECC Continues Tradition of Supporting Scholarships

The Arkansas Valley Electric Cooperative Corporation continued a long tradition this week of supporting University of the Ozarks students through scholarships. Representatives from AVECC made a $3,500 donation to the University’s Wallace M. Milton Scholarship Fund on March 14. Those attending the presentation included (from left), U of O alumnus and AVECC board member Philip […]