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Internatinal Food Festival highlights cultural diversity on campus

Ouachita students and the Arkadelphia community are invited to take a culinary trip around the world through Ouachita’s annual International Food Festival on Tuesday at 5:30 p.m. in Walker Conference Center. A joint effort of the International Club and the Daniel and Betty Jo Grant…

Library offers “blind date” with a book

The Riley-Hickingbotham Library is hosting its own version of Library Lovers Month for the Ouachita community. The “Blind Date with a Book” program has been and will continue to be displayed near the library’s front desk until the end of the month. According to Kristi…

Ouachita students to compete in Shambarger Competition

The 19th annual Shambarger Music Competition will be held in McBeth Recital Hall at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 21. This competition is in honor of former voice teacher, Mary Shambarger. Mrs. Shambarger served on the faculty at Ouachita for 32 years, and during this…

Ouachita to host Special Olympics events; student volunteers needed

Ouachita will host two sports events for students with disabilities. The first event will be held on Tuesday, Feb. 21, and the second will be on Thursday, Feb. 23. Both are basketball events and will take place in the Sturgis Physical Education Center. Children from…

Ouachita Rec Life to host mountain biking trip

Rec Life will host a mountain biking trip Thursday, Feb. 16, along the Iron Mountain trial near Lake Degray in the Caddo Valley area. Bikers will meet at 3:30 p.m. in the upper SPEC parking lot, outside the climbing and rental center. The bikes will…

Elrod Center to host Alzheimer’s awareness event

The Elrod Center for Family and Community, in partnership with the Alzheimer’s Association, will host two Alzheimer’s awareness programs in the Elrod Center this afternoon at 3 and 5 p.m. Both programs, which are being offered as a part of Ouachita’s Christian Focus Week (CFW),…

2017 marks 50th annual Miss Ouachita Baptist University Pageant

The 50th annual Miss Ouachita Baptist University Pageant will be held on Saturday at Jones Performing Arts Center, as eight contestants compete for the title of Miss OBU. This pageant serves as a preliminary to the Miss Arkansas Scholarship Pageant, so in addition to the…

Honors program to host Black and White Reception

The Carl Goodson Honors Program is hosting the annual Black and White reception tonight at 6:30 p.m. in Walker Conference Center. This event is one of the honors program’s largest and most celebrated events of each spring semester during which new members to the program…

Ouachita men participate in rush week, clubs grow

Two weeks ago, the men of Ouachita participated in the 81st annual men’s Rush Week on campus. After the events of the week, the men on campus are excited about the new members being inducted into their clubs. Many people know that for women, Rush…