The number of students who filled out the federal aid form is down nearly 30 percent. The ramifications for access and enrollment could be devastating. In a typical year at LEAD Academy High School in Nashville, a college prep–focused charter school where Kelly Pietkiewicz used to work as a counselor, about 80 percent of students fill out a Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FASFA). This year, with only a few weeks until graduation, that number has dropped to 20 percent.
Cooper ’12 Named Director of Career Services
January 25, 2021
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University of the Ozarks 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 will be located in the Seay Student Center. She replaces Ruth Walton, who retired in December.
As director of career services, Cooper will provide career discernment support, professional development, job search assistance and graduate school/internship placement assistance to current Ozarks students as well as alumni. Her position will also play a vital role in establishing and maintaining effective and cooperative working relationships with students, alumni, faculty, staff and the general public and will initiate contact with local, state and national