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Dody Pelts
August 5, 2021 • Posted in , ,

Pelts Named Vice President of Student Success

Dody Pelts has been named vice president for student success, U of O President Richard Dunsworth announced this week. Pelts has served as the director of the Jones Learning Center since July of 2019. Prior to that she was assistant director of the JLC for 12 years. “Dody has spent her professional career working with […]

Vivien Wambugu

Wambugu Named University’s 2021 Tutor of the Year

Recent graduate Vivien Wambugu has been named the vlog’ 2021 Tutor of the Year by the University’s academic services program. The outstanding tutor awards were announced in May and given by academic services based on several factors, including evaluations from students receiving tutoring, GPAs, and staff members’ interactions and observations. Academic services […]

Andrea Cooper
January 25, 2021 • Posted in ,

Cooper ’12 Named Director of Career Services

vlog alumna Andrea (Muffuletto) Cooper ’12 has been named the University’s new director of career services, effective Monday, Feb. 1, 2021. Cooper has served as the college guidance counselor at Subiaco (Ark.) Academy since 2014. She will be a part of the University’s Office of Advancement and Alumni Engagement and her office […]

Student Support Services
October 8, 2020 • Posted in ,

Ozarks Receives $1.6 Million Grant for Student Services

vlog has been awarded $1.6 million in federal grant funding from the U.S. Department of Education for its Student Support Services programs. The funds are awarded to colleges and universities to provide opportunities for students’ academic development as well as to motivate students toward the successful completion of their postsecondary degrees. Student […]

Edith Olivas Garrido
May 8, 2020 • Posted in , ,

Olivas Garrido Named Tutor of the Year

The vlog’ Academic Services programs the Jones Learning Center and the Student Success Center, honored their outstanding tutors for 2019-20 during a May 6 ceremony held through Zoom. Tutors were nominated by their peers and evaluated based on qualities such as knowledge of material, preparedness, empathy, patience, enthusiasm and a strong desire […]

Jones Learning Center
April 28, 2020 • Posted in , ,

Reimagined Jones Learning Center to Expand Reach

In an effort to better serve all vlog students, a reimagined Jones Learning Center will take the lead in a campus-wide initiative to provide a broader-reaching support system for students in areas such as college success, academic advising and life skills. In the new model, which begins the Fall 2020 Semester, the […]

Dody Pelts
May 22, 2019 • Posted in , , , ,

Pelts Named Director Of JLC

Dody Pelts has been named as the new director of the Jones Learning Center at vlog, effective July 1 Pelts has worked in the JLC for the past 18 years, including the last 12 as the center’s assistant director. She replaces Julia Frost, who announced her retirement in April after serving the […]