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Ouachita Baptist University to host Arbor Day celebration April 29

ARKADELPHIA, Ark.—Ouachita Baptist University will host an Arbor Day celebration on Friday, April 29, beginning at 2 p.m. in the amphitheatre located on Ouachita’s campus. This service-learning event demonstrates Ouachita’s commitment to trees as part of the university’s environment as part of its environmental stewardship plan. Arbor Day is an annual observance that celebrates the [...]

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One Act Plays Dec. 9-10

ARKADELPHIA, Ark.—Ouachita Baptist University’s department of theatre arts will host its annual student-directed One Act Plays on Thursday, Dec. 9, and Friday, Dec. 10, at 7:30 p.m. in Verser Theatre. All performances are free and open to the public. Tweet

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Five Ouachita students named NATS finalists; Watson earns Governor’s Award

ARKADELPHIA, Ark.—Five Ouachita Baptist University students were recently named finalists in the annual Southern Region National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS) auditions held at Southeastern Louisiana University. Senior Jacob Watson also received the prestigious Governor’s Award. Tweet

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Three Ouachita students win awards at INBRE conference

ARKADELPHIA, Ark.—Ouachita Baptist University students represented the school with distinction at the Arkansas IDeA Network of Biomedical Research Excellence (INBRE) conference in Fayetteville. Among the 23 Ouachita students who participated, 20 presented research results via poster or oral presentations and three students won awards and cash prizes. Tweet

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Career Services Office to host Job/Internship Search Workshop Oct. 14

ARKADELPHIA, Ark- Ouachita Baptist University’s Career Services Office will host a Job and Internship Search Workshop on Thursday, Oct. 14, in the Ouachita Commons Alumni Room from 12 noon to 12:50 p.m. Students are welcome to come and go throughout that time. “The Career Services Office will be hosting the workshop for any and all [...]

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Ouachita students present scientific research

ARKADELPHIA, Ark.—Seventeen Ouachita Baptist University natural sciences students had the opportunity to work on a variety of research projects this past summer. Each of these students worked in partnership with a Ouachita professor or other mentor to gain further knowledge and to develop their research. Tweet

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Ouachita gears up for Fall Tiger Serve Day Sept. 25

ARKADELPHIA, Ark.—Ouachita Baptist University’s Ben M. Elrod Center for Family & Community will host the annual Fall Tiger Serve Day on Saturday, Sept. 25 from 8:30 a.m. to 12 noon. The day’s events will start at the Elrod Center with breakfast for volunteers and conclude at the Elrod Center with lunch, provided by Summit Bank. [...]

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Ouachita students present psychological research studies at national convention

ARKADELPHIA, Ark.—Ouachita Baptist University students presented three studies at the Association for Psychological Science Convention this summer in Boston. Tweet

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Ouachita students win Hot Springs Music Club Scholarships

ARKADELPHIA, Ark.—Ouachita Baptist University student Alexis Pace recently won the first place scholarship at the Hot Springs Music Club Scholarship Auditions. Incoming Ouachita freshman Houston Murray claimed second place in the competition. “When I got the message that I won, I was ecstatic,” said Pace, a freshman musical theatre major from Sugar Land, Texas. Along [...]

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Ouachita publications win Arkansas College Media Association awards

ARKADELPHIA, Ark.—Ouachita Baptist University’s Signal and Ouachitonian staff members received 24 awards at the Arkansas College Media Association 2010 Conference held April 9 in Fayetteville, Ark. “The fact that Ouachita is such a unique and exciting place makes for a unique and exciting yearbook,” said 2010 Ouachitonian Editor-in-Chief Megan Lindsey, a senior mass communications major [...]

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Ouachita names several new staff members for spring 2012 semester

ARKADELPHIA, Ark.—With the spring 2012 semester under way, several new staff members have been named to positions at Ouachita Baptist [...]

Girl’s Rush Spring 2012 Slideshow

Girl social clubs decorated and practiced skits in preparation for almost 200 prospective pledges during rush week. Pictures by Kristen [...]

Boy’s Rush Spring 2012 Slideshow

The Spring semester started off busy with rush week for social club members and prospective pledges. Pictures by Tanner Huffman, [...]

Video: Cheerleaders Discuss Their Seventh-Place National Finish

Video shot by Lindsey Upshaw. Video edited by Leah Garavelli. Tweet

OBU cheerleading team earns seventh-place finish in national competition

By Josh Fink, Sports Information Director ORLANDO, Fla.—Earning the squad’s highest national finish in school history, the Ouachita Baptist University [...]

OBU Tiger Day on Dec. 9 Geared to Prospective Students

ARKADELPHIA, Ark.—Student-faculty ratios, collegiate atmosphere and fitting in are many factors that prospective college students consider whenchoosing a university to [...]