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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 cheerleading team finished seventh among NCAA Division II schools in the 2012 UCA/UDA College Cheerleading and Dance Team National Championship. Tweet

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OBU School of Fine Arts to feature Point of Grace in annual Festival of Christmas Dec. 2-3

ARKADELPHIA, Ark.—Ouachita Baptist University’s School of Fine Arts will present its annual Festival of Christmas in Jones Performing Arts Center on Dec. 2 and 3 at 7:30 p.m. The show will feature the Christian music group Point of Grace as the final event ofOuachita’s 125th anniversary celebration. Tickets are on sale now for $20 each [...]

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Constitution Day brings John DiPippa to speak on constitutional issues

ARKADELPHIA, Ark.—Ouachita Baptist University will host John DiPippa, dean of the William H. Bowen School of Law at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, in a Constitution Day lecture Sept. 15. The lecture, “First Amendment Issues as Related to Social Media,” will be held at 7:30 p.m. in Mabee Fine Art Center’s McBeth Recital [...]

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Steven Bryant Concert Scheduled for November 3rd

The Ouachita Baptist University Wind Ensemble will present a concert featuring composer and OBU alumnus Steven Bryant on Thursday, Nov. 3, at 7:30 p.m. in Jones Performing Arts Center on the Ouachita campus. The concert is free and open to the public. Bryant is performing with the Ouachita Wind Ensemble as part of Ouachita Baptist [...]

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New Wrestling Complex is Dedicated to Greg Hatcher

Ouachita commemorated the opening of its new wrestling facility in a ceremony this afternoon. Tweet

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Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee Visits Campus

Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee, a 1976 Ouachita graduate and former university trustee, spoke during a Ouachita 125th anniversary chapel service today. Tweet

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Semper Fidelis: Always Faithful

Semper Fidelis: Always Faithful by Haley Scott In the aftermath of Osama bin Laden’s death, it’s difficult to guess what the future will hold for the United States and its armed forces. Sergeant Justin Parker* of the United States Marine Corps said “it could make huge changes on future deployments and it could bring on [...]

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Desgregation Part 4

Desegregation: An Honors Seminar Part 4 of 5 Fifteen honors students contemplated the desegregation of public schools through research on the movement’s early days and trips to key sites in the history of the Civil Rights Movement. The students visited the museum and toured the school at the Little Rock Central High School National Historic [...]

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Desegregation Part 3

a href=”http://www.obusignal.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/little-rock-central-high.jpg”>Desegregation: An Honors Seminar Part 3 of 5 Fifteen honors students contemplated the desegregation of public schools through research on the movement’s early days and trips to key sites in the history of the Civil Rights Movement. The students visited the museum and toured the school at the Little Rock Central High School National [...]

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Desegregation Part 2

Desegregation: An Honors Seminar Part 2 of 5 Fifteen honors students contemplated the desegregation of public schools through research on the movement’s early days and trips to key sites in the history of the Civil Rights Movement. The students visited the museum and toured the school at the Little Rock Central High School National Historic [...]

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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. [...]