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Little Rock Nine member Melba Patillo Beals spoke at the Birkett Williams Lecture yesterday. Addressing her time at Little Rock Central High School, as one of the nine Afircan-American students who integrated in 1957, Beals discussed the aversity she faced, equality and specifically, how this…
Melba Patillo Beals, a member of the Little Rock Nine, will be the speaker at Ouachita’s Birkett Williams Endowed Lecture Series Tuesday, April 2, at 7 p.m. in Jones Performing Arts Center. After being among the first nine African-American students to integrate Little Rock Central…
Students from across campus will gather at Epoch Church in Little Rock this Friday night, Oct. 26, for a night of fellowship and worship at an event called Worthy. Worthy is a worship night orchestrated by a group of students at Ouachita. It was created…
Last August, at the national Conference for Student Advancement in Louisville, KY, Ouachita’s annual Tiger Tunes won the award for Outstanding Student Advancement Program presented by the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE ASAP). Ouachita beat out over 700 other big name schools…
Little Rock, Ark. – Ouachita Baptist University and Baptist Health today announced a partnership to address the shortage of nurses in the state and region. Ouachita recently received approval from its accreditor, the Higher Learning Commission, to offer a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN)…
ARKADELPHIA, Ark.—Dr. Ben M. Elrod, former president and longtime chancellor of Ouachita Baptist University, passed away Aug. 7 at age 87. He is remembered for a lasting legacy of leadership and service at Ouachita during his decade as president and beyond. Dr. Elrod served as…
ARKADELPHIA, Ark.—Ouachita Baptist University students earned 46 awards at the recent Arkansas College Media Association (ACMA) conference, including two top awards in general excellence. Andy Henderson was named Photographer of the Year for his work with The Signal student newspaper and Ouachitonian yearbook, and Ethan…
CONWAY–The Conductor today announced that Southern Bloodline Apparel is the winner of the $10,000 first-place prize in the Collegiate Venture Competition, a competition created by the Conductor to celebrate successful, post-revenue companies run by college students or recent college graduates. In its first year, the…
The William H. and Peggy Sutton Center for Integrity hosted the Campus Integrity Project again this year. The top was humility and students from across campus entered their videos. Below are the first and second place winners, and some other entries from the contest. First…
Ouachita Baptist University will host the national traveling exhibition “Hometown Teams,” presented by the Smithsonian Institution, from Oct. 28-Dec. 9. The exhibit, which will be located in Hammons Gallery in Mabee Fine Arts Center, is free and open to the public. “It is an honor…
The Student Senate elections were held yesterday for the Freshmen class and the results are as follows: President– Kori Goudeau Vice President– Jordan Ford Senator- Luke Roberson Senator- Kat Allen Senator- Abigail Anderson Student Senate also voted on sophomore positions and one senior position that…
ARKADELPHIA, Ark. – With the threat of heavy rainfall and severe storms moving into the area later this week, the Ouachita Tiger Football home opener versus Northwestern Oklahoma State University has been rescheduled. The game will now be played on Wednesday, August 30, one day…
