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Ouachita trustee Phil Baldwin to chair “Defining the Difference” campaign

ARKADELPHIA, Ark.—Ouachita Baptist University trustee Phil Baldwin has been named chairman of Ouachita’s 125th anniversary “Defining the Difference” campaign. Defining the Difference is a major fundraising campaign designed to help finance a variety of priority campus initiatives. The public phase of the campaign is scheduled to launch on Sept. 6 in conjunction with the university’s [...]

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Ouachita trustees approve three new board members

ARKADELPHIA, Ark.—Ouachita Baptist University trustees elected three new members to the Board of Trustees during their Dec. 2 meeting on Ouachita’s Arkadelphia campus. Tweet

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Ouachita trustees honor generosity of Walker Charitable Foundation

ARKADELPHIA, Ark.—The Willard and Pat Walker Charitable Foundation, one of the leading charitable foundations in the state of Arkansas, was honored Sept. 9 by the Ouachita Baptist University Board of Trustees. The Walker Foundation recently provided a generous grant to establish the Willard and Pat Walker Charitable Foundation Pre-Medical Studies Scholarship at Ouachita. Funds from [...]

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Cosh named Ouachita vice president for community and international eng

ARKADELPHIA, Ark.—Ian Cosh, a longtime administrator at Ouachita Baptist University, has been named vice president for community and international engagement by Ouachita President Rex Horne. Cosh, a 1987 Ouachita graduate, has served since 1998 as assistant to the president for community development, director of the Ben M. Elrod Center for Family & Community and Director [...]

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Cosh named vice president for community and international engagement

Ian Cosh, a longtime administrator at Ouachita Baptist University, has been named vice president for community and international engagement by Ouachita President Rex Horne. Cosh, a 1987 Ouachita graduate, has served since 1998 as assistant to the president for community development, director of the Ben M. Elrod Center for Family & Community and Director of [...]

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2010 Ouachita grad Alyse Eady crowned Miss Arkansas 2010

ARKADELPHIA, Ark.—Alyse Eady, a 2010 graduate of Ouachita Baptist University, was crowned Miss Arkansas 2010 on Saturday, July 17, at Summit Arena in Hot Springs. “It was such a surreal moment. I’ve seen the crowning video, and it doesn’t feel like it’s me,” Eady said in an interview with KTHV-11. “I’m still so excited about [...]

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Ouachita officials to dedicate Heflin Plaza June 10

ARKADELPHIA, Ark.—Heflin Plaza, a $2 million construction project that features a 300-foot-long pedestrian bridge, will be dedicated June 10 at 9:30 a.m. on the campus of Ouachita Baptist University. Heflin Plaza is a key element in the university’s campus redevelopment and expansion effort approved in 2007 by the Ouachita Board of Trustees. The project is [...]

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Ouachita Baptist University dedicates Hammons House

ARKADELPHIA, Ark.—Continuing the legacy of faithful support of Ouachita Baptist University, trustees of the Hammons Charitable Foundation helped dedicate the Hammons House on Ouachita’s Arkadelphia campus April 27. Hammons House is one of 12 houses in Ouachita’s Student Village residential complex, which opened last August. The Student Village features two four-story residence halls configured in [...]

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Ouachita plans spring commencement for May 8

ARKADELPHIA, Ark.—Ouachita Baptist University will hold its 123nd annual spring commencement exercises on Saturday, May 8, at 9:30 a.m. on the front lawn of the university’s historic Cone-Bottoms Hall. The ceremony will honor more than 290 graduates with Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Science, Bachelor of Music and Bachelor of Music Education degrees. Tweet

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OBU’s annual Community Service Awards honor community leaders and students

ARKADELPHIA, Ark.—Ouachita Baptist University’s annual University Community Service Awards, presented by the Ben M. Elrod Center for Family and Community, recently honored two community leaders and dozens of university students for their service to the community and region. Tweet

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Ouachita Sounds, Tiger Blast in Concert

The members of Tiger Blast and Ouachita Sounds are preparing for their annual concert set for tomorrow in Jones Performing [...]

Seven Students Selected for Sigma Tau Delta Conference

Seven Ouachita students will be going to New Orleans on March 4 for the annual Sigma Tau Delta Convention. Tweet

Ouachita Softball Splits Double-Header With No. 20 Midwestern State to Open Season

ARKADELPHIA, Ark.- The Ouachita Lady Tiger softball team currently stands at 1-1 after Monday’s double-header with No. 20 Midwestern State [...]

Senteney wins Ouachita Concerto Competition

ARKADELPHIA, Ark.—Elyse Senteney, a junior music education major from Plano, Texas, recently earned first place in Ouachita Baptist University’s sixth [...]

Alumnus Named District Winner of Metropolitan Opera Auditions

Jacob Watson, a fall 2011 Ouachita graduate, recently was named the winner of the Arkansas District Auditions of the Metropolitan [...]

Ouachita Takes Second, Fourth in Business Plan Competition

Two Ouachita teams were among the winners of the second annual OBU/HSU Business Plan Competition at Arkadelphia City Hall yesterday. [...]