ARKADELPHIA, Ark.—Ouachita Baptist University’s Division of Music and Department of Theatre Arts will present the musical Seussical, based on the books of Dr. Seuss April 15-18. Performances will be held in Jones Performing Arts Center on Ouachita’s campus at 7:30 p.m. Thursday through Saturday, April 15-17, and 2:30 p.m. Sunday, April 18. Dr. Jon Secrest, [...]
Ouachita’s second annual Juried Art Exhibit deadline is March 30
ARKADELPHIA, Ark.—Ouachita Baptist University’s Department of Visual Arts is inviting all OBU students to submit artwork to the 2010 Juried Student Exhibit. All Ouachita students are eligible and encouraged to enter pieces in three categories: photography, graphic design and studio art (paintings, drawings, ceramics, etc). The juror this year is Delores Justus, owner of the [...]
Elisabeth Hipp earns first-place recognition in annual Shambarger music competition
ARKADELPHIA, Ark.—Elisabeth Hipp was named winner of Ouachita Baptist University’s 12th annual Mary Shambarger Competition for Singers, held Feb. 23. The competition repertoire rotates annually among musical theatre, arias from opera and oratorio and art songs. Twenty students competed in this year’s musical theatre competition. Hipp, a junior vocal performance major from Memphis, Tenn., won [...]
OBU to host 12th annual Shambarger Competition Feb. 23
Arkadelphia, Ark.—Ouachita Baptist University will hold its 12th annual Mary Shambarger Competition for Singers Feb. 23. The competition repertoire rotates annually among musical theatre, arias from opera and oratorio and art songs. “This year’s repertoire will feature selections from the Broadway stage and other music theatre works,” said Dr. Jon Secrest, OBU professor of music. [...]
Merribeth D. Bruning, OBU education dean, appointed to NCATE review board
ARKADELPHIA, Ark.—Dr. Merribeth D. Bruning, dean of Ouachita Baptist University’s Huckabee School of Education, was recently appointed to the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) Program Review Board due to her work with the Association for Childhood Education International (ACEI). Ouachita recently earned national re-accreditation from NCATE for meeting the “rigorous professional standards [...]