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Prize-winning poet to speak at Ouachita

Prize-winning poet to speak at Ouachita

Greg Brownderville, who was recently awarded the Porter Prize for poetry, will speak on the Ouachita Baptist University campus April 7 at 8:30 p.m., at the Elrod Center. Tweet

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Setting, time alter for graduation

The spring commencement is over five months away, but plans for changing the event’s location and time are underway. Weather permitting, graduation will take place outside in front of Cone-Bottoms at 9:30 a.m. on May 10, 2008. The spring commencement is usually held in SPEC. Tweet

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Eleven pack their bags for Holy Land Tour this month

From December 31 to January 11, a group of Ouachita students, faculty and alumni will leave Arkadelphia to embark on the International Travel Program’s Holy Land Tour. The group of 11 travelers, headed by international travel coordinator Bill Dixon, will join a Texas group of approximately equal size to explore a multitude of sites in [...]

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The Web offers fast study tools

As students draw ever-closer to the end of this semester and all that it brings—stress, incredibly long papers, final exams—many may wonder where they can go to get help with their growing mounds of homework. Tweet

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Speer Writing Center offers hands-on writing assistance

The Speer Writing Center is a place where students can go for assistance in writing. The center has tutors who are qualified to help students in all aspects of writing. Tweet

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Infection threatens colleges, simple precautions advised

During the past few months, there have been several outbreaks of an infection called Staphylococcus aureus, commonly known as “staph infection.” Usually found in healthcare facilities, this infection has developed a drug resistant form called Methicillin-Resistant   Tweet

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Ouachita develops Film Society to view, discuss, critique films at a “deeper level”

Movies are no longer only a source of entertainment, but are becoming a field of academic study as well. Because of this shift, a group of professors at Ouachita has recently started a group called the Film Society, dedicated to investigating this burgeoning field. Tweet

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Flippen residents handle fire “well”

As the ladies of Flippen-Perrin Hall stood in the 50 degree night air around 10:45 last Wednesday, Oct. 24, red and blue police car and fire truck lights lit up the facades of the surrounding buildings. A charred refrigerator and microwave sat in the orange-yellow light of a street lamp and every one was asking [...]

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Kluck Student Enrichment Grants awarded to seven clubs, programs

Since 1998, Ouachita student organizations have had the opportunity to apply each semester for Kluck Student Enrichment Grants, or KSEGs. These grants, which average between $250 and $300 per organization, are used to maximize student involvement in the community and to enhance student growth. 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 [...]