Four Ouachita Baptist University faculty and staff members with more than a century of combined service to OBU will be honored at a retirement reception April 29 at 3:30 p.m. in Ouachita’s Walker Conference Center. Tweet
OBU’s entrance boulevard named in honor of Ben and Betty Elrod
Ouachita Baptist University Chancellor Ben M. Elrod and his wife, Betty Lou, were honored March 12 with the dedication of a new university entrance and boulevard on the Ouachita campus. Tweet
OBU trustees vote to honor Alex Nisbet, John Ward
Ouachita Baptist University’s board of trustees voted during their March 12 board meeting to honor longtime university professor Alex R. Nisbet and fellow trustee John C. Ward. Dr. Nisbet, who will retire after 46 years as a faculty member at Ouachita, has been named professor emeritus of chemistry. Tweet
OBU basketball coach Charlie Schaef resigns to accept SW Oklahoma post
Charlie Schaef, head men’s basketball coach at Ouachita Baptist University since 2001, has announced his resignation. He has accepted a position as head men’s basketball coach at Southwestern Oklahoma State University in Weatherford. Schaef, who compiled a record of 126 wins and 99 losses in his eight years at Ouachita, led the Tigers to a [...]
Ouachita events honor life and legacy of Martin Luther King Jr.
Ouachita Baptist University honored the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. with a Noonday service held Jan. 19 in Ouachita’s Berry Chapel. Noonday is a student-led worship service held three days a week in the university’s chapel. Tweet
More than 80 graduates honored during Ouachita’s final fall commencement
Eighty-two graduates received degrees during Ouachita Baptist University’s final fall commencement ceremony held Saturday, Dec. 20, in Jones Performing Arts Center. Tweet
Ouachita receives major gift for new School of Humanities building in memory of 1907 graduate
A major gift in honor of a Ouachita Baptist University alumnus who graduated more than 100 years ago was announced during Ouachita’s Dec. 11 board of trustees meeting on the university’s Arkadelphia campus. Tweet
E. A. Provine Chair of Chemistry endowed; Faught named to Heflin Chair of Business
Ouachita Baptist University trustees heard updates on two endowed academic chairs during their Sept. 11 board meeting on the Arkadelphia campus. Tweet
Student Village groundbreaking ceremony highlights Ouachita trustee board meeting
Groundbreaking for Ouachita Baptist University’s Student Village construction project highlighted the quarterly meeting of Ouachita’s board of trustees Sept. 11 on the university campus. The $45 million construction project, which also will include a new campus entrance, pedestrian bridge and other enhancements, “will be symbolic of the bridge that keeps us all together across generations,” [...]
Hurricane Ike prompts Ouachita to adjust plans for football, Family Day, Preview Day
Hurricane Ike is expected to make its presence felt across southwest Arkansas on Saturday afternoon, prompting Ouachita Baptist University officials to adjust the schedules for a number of campus activities. Tweet