Meritorious Award Program

The purpose of our awards program is to recognize outstanding achievements of alumni, faculty and friends and to encourage interest in College of the Ozarks. The Alumni Association's awards program broadens the scope of the Alumni Association's program to include faculty, friends and students in addition to alumni. You may nominate on-line.

Categories and Eligibility:

1. Meritorious Alumni Award for Distinguished Achievements -- School/College of the Ozarks alumni.
2. Distinguished Community Service Award -- School/College of the Ozarks alumni.
3. Distinguished Young Alumni Award -- any School/College of the Ozarks alumnus who has graduated less than twenty years ago and is not older than forty-five.
4. Distinguished Service to College of the Ozarks Award -- faculty, staff and administration, friends or any other worthy individual.

Guidelines:

1. The nominee must be living at the time of notification of the award selection and be present, if possible, at Homecoming to accept the award.
2. Nominees must show current and continued interest in College of the Ozarks.
3. Nominees must complete an official nomination form listing dates and achievements.

The Honors and Awards Committee, appointed by the President of the Association every two years, determines selection of awardees. The Alumni Council approves the Honors and Awards Committee's selections before awards are published. Nominees' files are kept active for two years following nomination.

Nomination deadline is the second Friday in March each year.

View list of past recipients.

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