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Ouachita to present “The Drowsy Chaperone” April 19-22

Ouachita Baptist University’s Department of Theatre Arts and Division of Music will present The Drowsy Chaperone, a musical within a comedy that pays homage to the golden age of musical theatre. Performances will be held in Jones Performing Arts Center on Ouachita’s campus at 7:30…

Slideshow: Tiger Serve Day

Meeting the needs of more than 120 individuals, families and organizations in the Arkadelphia area, Ouachita’s semi-annual Tiger Serve Day attracted more than 970 volunteers during the March 31 community service blitz. Pictures by Nicole McPhate, Heather Ellis and Jason Pullano. Slideshow by Lindsey Upshaw.…

Spring Tiger Serve Day attracts more than 970 volunteers

Meeting the needs of more than 120 individuals, families and organizations in the Arkadelphia area, Ouachita Baptist University’s semi-annual Tiger Serve Day attracted more than 970 volunteers during the March 31 community service blitz. Tiger Serve Day, which began in 1997 in the wake of…

SIFE Donates Laptop, Software to Pregnancy Center

Ouachita’s Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE) presented board members of the Pregnancy Resource Center for Southwest Arkansas (PRCSA) a new laptop, customized software and a more than $750 donation on March 16 in Hickingbotham Hall. The SIFE team was awarded a $1,500 Walmart Women’s Economic…

Grace Johnson Named Finalist in Performance Showcase

Ouachita student Grace Johnson will compete as a finalist in the Trinity Presents Collegiate Performance Showcase sponsored by the Trinity United Methodist Church in Little Rock, Ark., on Sunday, April 1 at 6 p.m. Three other Ouachita students received honorable mentions in the competition. The…

Alumna Releases Second Album

Alumna Allison Cornell released her second Christian album Feb. 28 on iTunes. The five track extended play album, “Backwards Now — EP,” includes two songs written during her time at Ouachita. “[The song] ‘Family’ was birthed out of my experience of community at Ouachita,” she…

Student Center Renovations Planned

Evans Student Center will look very different in the fall, thanks to extensive renovations planned for this summer. The upgrade — which is paid for through gifts to the university — includes a new restaurant, a relocated Starbucks, expanded seating areas, a concert stage and…

Mass Communications Moves to Lile Hall

After 22 years of calling the dungeon-like basement of Mabee Fine Arts Center home, the mass communications department is moving to Lile Hall. “We have over 100 mass communications majors, and a number of speech majors as well. We just need more space,” said Dr.…