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A group of Ouachita freshmen biology students are participating in a lab isolating and characterizing bacteriophages. The lab and class is part of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute Science Education Alliance grant, a program designed to enhance the undergraduate biology experience of students by providing…
Ouachita’s annual spring Tiger Serve Day will be held Saturday, March 31, from 8:30 a.m. to 12 noon. Hosted by OBU’s Ben M. Elrod Center for Family & Community, Tiger Serve Day is in its 15th consecutive year of facilitating student, faculty and staff service…
Judy Duvall was recently named Female Clark Countian of the Year in the Arkadelphia Daily Siftings Herald’s 2012 Readers’ Choice Awards. Readers of the newspaper are invited to vote each year on their top three choices in a variety of categories, including businesses, restaurants and…
It is not often that someone turns away the Smithsonian in favor of a small Baptist college in Arkansas. However, when it came time to decide the fate of musical giant and former professor Dr. William Francis McBeth’s manuscripts, notes and research materials, that was…
The Liverpool Legends, a Beatles experience group, will be in concert at Ouachita on March 15 at 7 p.m. in Jones Performing Arts Center. The two-hour show will feature the Ouachita Band as part of the Liverpool Legends’ “Help Keep Music Alive” program that promotes…
Three Ouachita students, along with Dr. Lori Hensley, assistant professor of biology, will travel to Washington, D.C., in April to present research to congressmen and senators on Capitol Hill at the annual “Posters on the Hill” event, sponsored by the Council for Undergraduate Reseach (CUR).…
Healthy Relationships Week is the new, more inclusive name for Dating, Engagement and Marriage Week. The name was changed to be more open to single students, some of whom felt the week was for couples only. “We’ve changed the name three times,” said Ian Cosh,…
Ouachita held the 40th Annual Arkansas Baptist Associational Missionaries Banquet in Walker Conference Center on Feb. 22, hosted by President Dr. Rex Horne and his wife Becky. Established in 1972 by then-President Dr. Daniel R. Grant and then-Vice President for Development Dr. Ben Elrod, Ouachita…
Kevin Wright has been named Ouachita’s head soccer coach effective March 19, according to Ouachita President Rex Horne and Athletic Director David Sharp. He succeeds Alex Denning who has accepted a position as head women’s soccer coach at Lubbock Christian University. Wright has served since…
The Theatre Arts Department will present Eurydice March 1-5 in Verser Theater. The March 1-3 and March 5 performances will be held at 7:30 p.m., and the Sunday matinee on March 4 will be at 2:30 p.m. Tickets are $8 each and may be purchased…
The International Club and the Daniel and Betty Jo Grant Center for International Education hosted the 2012 International Food Festival on Feb. 21 in Walker Conference Center. The festival was a fun way for the international students to educate their fellow peers on their culture…
The 2012 Miss OBU Pageant was held Saturday, Feb. 25, in Jones Performing Arts Center. Seventeen women competed for the title, along with awards for lifestyle and fitness, private interview, poise and presence in evening gown, talent and onstage question. Entertainment during the pageant included…
