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Ouachita students aid community during Thanksgiving

For three years, Ouachita students have been giving of their time and resources during the Thanksgiving season. The Ben M. Elrod Center for Family and Community directs the Thanksgiving basket project which invites students to distribute baskets of food to area residents in need. This year the project produced a record 44 baskets. Tweet

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Operation Christmas Child: Toys needed for project

Through through Nov. 18, the Elrod Center will collect toys and other items to put into shoe boxes for this project. Don’t forget to support your dorm to win the dorm competition! Tweet

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Students bring Thanksgiving to people in need

Ouachita students, faculty and staff have an opportunity to serve the community this Thanksgiving. The Elrod Center is hosting a Thanksgiving basket ministry. Tweet

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Food, volunteers needed for Thanksgiving meal distribution

Thanksgiving is just around the corner and many of us look forward to an abundance of food, rest and time with family on this day. For the neediest families in our community, Thanksgiving can be a reminder of how hard life can be. Tweet

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Audio Slide Show: Disaster Relief Team

Thirteen of the disaster relief team members worked through the Mid Chambers Christian Caring Center in Anahuac, Texas during fall break. They helped to repair homes in Smith Point Texas, an area hit hard by Hurricane Ike. The team worked in five homes, but did extensive work in three. Judy Duvall, accompanied the team to [...]

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Tiger Serve Day brings a helping hand to the Arkadelphia community

Carol Perry awoke on the morning of Sept. 27 with no idea that a group of 40 young men scheduled to do volunteer work on her house would make such a difference in her day—and in her home.  “I didn’t know anybody would do anything like that,” recalls Perry.  “It was just amazing.” Tweet

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Students make a difference on disaster relief team

Ouachita students have a chance to make a difference in areas affected by natural disasters. This semester the Elrod Center and a group of students have formed the OBU Disaster Relief Team. Tweet

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International missions fair to educate, raise awareness

Students desiring more information about missions need look no farther than the student center on Sept. 30 and Oct. 1 where 18 missionaries and representatives will gather for an international missions fair. Tweet

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Big Brother/Sister club kick-off party

The Big Brother/Sister club started the fall semester with a kick-off party Wednesday, Sept. 17. Tweet

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Ouachita Baptist University to hold fall Tiger Serve Day

Ouachita Baptist University will hold Tiger Serve Day on Saturday, Sept. 27. Tiger Serve Day (TSD) is a semiannual event for the Ouachita community to serve the greater Arkadelphia community, fulfilling OBU’s Christian mission and dedication to service. 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 [...]