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Ouachita’s Hickingbotham School hosts second annual Business Plan Competition

ARKADELPHIA, Ark.—Five finalists competed in Ouachita Baptist University’s second annual Business Plan Competition. A total of $9,000 was awarded to three student teams for their entrepreneurial ideas. Tweet

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OBU Business Plan Competition offers students practical experience

ARKADELPHIA, Ark.—Entering the competition was a long shot. He went for it, but no one really expected him to win. While his idea was innovative, his passion great and his research sound, he was still a freshman – and freshman never beat upperclassmen. Tweet

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Annual CAB Christmas Party set for Monday, Dec. 6

ARKADELPHIA, Ark.—Ouachita is full of tradition, especially around Christmas. The CAB Christmas party is one tradition that will be held in Evans Student Center on Monday, Dec. 6, from 7 to 9 p.m. Tweet

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5th Annual Ouachita Concerto Competition to be held Dec. 10

ARKADELPHIA, Ark.—The fifth annual Ouachita Baptist University Wind and Percussion Concerto Competition will be held at 3 p.m. on Dec.10 in Mabee Fine Arts Center’s McBeth Recital Hall. The competition is free and open to the public. Tweet

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Ouachita to host Dec. 7 reception honoring Miss Arkansas Alyse Eady

ARKADELPHIA, Ark.—Ouachita Baptist University will host a drop-in reception Tuesday, Dec. 7, honoring 2010 Ouachita graduate Alyse Eady, who was crowned Miss Arkansas 2010 earlier this year and will compete in the Miss America Pageant in January. Tweet

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Pruet School of Christian Studies faculty publish several new books

ARKADELPHIA, Ark.—Dr. Danny Hays and Dr. C. Marvin Pate, professors in Ouachita Baptist University’s Pruet School of Christian Studies, are in the process of releasing four books by various publishers. Tweet

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Ouachita, eight other schools join to form Great American Conference

ARKADELPHIA, Ark.—Ouachita Baptist University is officially joining with five other NCAA Division II universities from Arkansas and three from Oklahoma to form a new athletic league – the Great American Conference. Tweet

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Ouachita School of Fine Arts to host Festival of Christmas Dec. 3-4

ARKADELPHIA, Ark.—Once again it is time for Ouachita Baptist University’s School of Fine Arts to host Festival of Christmas. The annual event will be held on Dec. 3-4 at 7:30 p.m. in Jones Performing Arts Center. Tickets are on sale now for $8 each at www.obu.edu/finearts. Ouachita students receive one free admission with their student [...]

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Ouachita’s Hammons Gallery to feature guest artist Richard Cummings Nov. 22-Dec. 15

ARKADELPHIA, Ark.—Guest artist Richard Cummings will be the final artist to be featured this semester in Ouachita Baptist University’s Hammons Gallery. His series, “Bits of Redemption,” will be displayed Nov. 22-Dec. 15. Tweet

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Josiah Wheeler to present junior voice recital Nov. 19

ARKADELPHIA, Ark.—Ouachita Baptist University’s Division of Music will present Josiah Wheeler, a junior choral music education major from Jacksonville, Ark., in his junior voice recital Friday, Nov. 19, at 11 a.m. in Mabee Fine Arts Center’s McBeth Recital Hall. Tweet

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Inside The Battle of the Ravine

Everyone knows the importance of the “Battle of the Ravine“. It’s the Good Guys vs. The Bad, the Tigers vs. [...]

Skeet shooting with Steve

Ever heard of shooting skeet? It is a sport you may have seen while flipping through the channels on TV, [...]

Jody Persson earns Children’s Literature Association award

Jody Persson earns Children’s Literature Association award

  Ouachita student Jody Persson has been awarded the 2012 Carol Gay Award for her essay “Take It to the [...]

Kinesiology students teach local children at river

An honors seminar focused on developing a place-based education course around the Ouachita River was presented many years ago, sponsored [...]

A first for everything: Covering an NBA game press-side

Tension, anxiety, and raw excitement could all be words used to describe the initial feelings I had when covering my [...]

Feel the chemistry: students present at national meeting

Students from Ouachita’s American Chemical Society (ACS) student chapter went to the 243rd ACS National Meeting at the San Diego [...]