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Ouachita honors student achievements at annual Academic Awards Banquet

Ouachita honors student achievements at annual Academic Awards Banquet

More than 100 students from Ouachita Baptist University were recently honored at the university’s 2017 Academic Awards Banquet. The event recognized various academic and leadership achievements of the students throughout the past academic year. The annual banquet is sponsored by Ouachita’s Student Senate. Jace Bradshaw, a senior biology, chemistry and applied physics triple major from Arkadelphia, Ark., was awarded Ouachita’s…read more →

9 May, 2017

Ouachita professor Joe Jeffers publishes Frederick Sanger biography

Dr. Joe Jeffers, Ouachita Baptist University’s Charles S. and Elma Grey Goodwin Professor of Chemistry and Pre-medical Studies, recently published the book Frederick Sanger: Two-Time Nobel Laureate in Chemistry with Springer Publishing Company as part of the “Springer Briefs in Molecular Science: History of Chemistry” series. “To get to know a person in a way and at a level that…read more →

5 May, 2017
Three Ouachita science students present research at regional conference

Three Ouachita science students present research at regional conference

Three students from Ouachita Baptist University’s J.D. Patterson School of Natural Sciences presented research at the Midsouth Computational and Bioinformatics Society (MCBIOS) conference March 23-25 in Little Rock. Logan Clay, a sophomore biology and psychology double major from Benton, Ark.; Jake Edmondson, a junior biomedical studies from Benton, Ark.; and Nolan Games, a junior biology and computer science major from…read more →

7 Apr, 2017

Dr. J.D. Patterson, noted Ouachita supporter, remembered for life of ministry and service

Dr. J.D. Patterson, a noted alumnus, benefactor and former trustee of Ouachita Baptist University, died Sunday, March 26, at age 90. University trustees affirmed Dr. Patterson’s lifelong commitment to Ouachita by naming the J.D. Patterson School of Natural Sciences in his honor in 2002. A 1947 Ouachita alumnus, he received Ouachita’s Distinguished Alumnus Award in 1984 and an honorary Doctor…read more →

28 Mar, 2017
Trustees endorse nursing degree proposal, Berry renovation design plans

Trustees endorse nursing degree proposal, Berry renovation design plans

Members of the Ouachita Baptist University Board of Trustees addressed a number of issues during their quarterly board meeting held Dec. 8 on the Ouachita campus. Major items of business included authorizing a Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree and approving the exterior design and budget for renovations to Berry Bible Building and the addition of the Horne Center for…read more →

13 Dec, 2016

Three Ouachita students honored at Central Arkansas Undergraduate Research Symposium

Three Ouachita Baptist University students were among those honored at the fifth annual Central Arkansas Undergraduate Summer Research Symposium held July 20 at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. The symposium attracted a total of 114 undergraduate researchers from 15 colleges and universities across Arkansas as well as18 colleges and universities from 14 other states. Ouachita had the largest…read more →

1 Aug, 2016

Ouachita trustees celebrate campaign milestone, authorize feasibility study for new nursing degree

Convening Ouachita Baptist University’s first Board of Trustees meeting since the election of Dr. Ben Sells as OBU’s 16th president, trustees addressed a number of key issues, ranging from a major fundraising milestone to a nursing feasibility study. As trustees gathered on campus June 9 for their summer meeting, Board Chairman Jay Heflin affirmed that university leaders are “thankful to…read more →

16 Jun, 2016
Ouachita honors student achievements at annual Academic Awards Banquet

Ouachita honors student achievements at annual Academic Awards Banquet

More than 100 students from Ouachita Baptist University were recently honored at the university’s 2016 Academic Awards Banquet. The event recognized various academic and leadership achievements of the students throughout the past academic year. The annual banquet is sponsored by Ouachita’s Student Senate. Student Senate President Josh Rubin, a senior biology major from Dallas, Texas, presided over the event. Griffin…read more →

12 May, 2016
Ouachita biology students represent Arkansas on Capitol Hill

Ouachita biology students represent Arkansas on Capitol Hill

A Ouachita Baptist University research team presented their findings to members of Congress at the 20th annual Posters on the Hill event in Washington, D.C. Heidi Hughes and John Givler represented OBU on Capitol Hill among 60 undergraduate research groups from across the nation. Nearly 400 schools nationwide applied to attend the event, and Ouachita was the only university selected…read more →

9 May, 2016
Four Ouachita students earn “Speak Simply” awards at national ACS meeting

Four Ouachita students earn “Speak Simply” awards at national ACS meeting

Ouachita Baptist University students won four of the 15 “Speak Simply” awards in the Undergraduate Research Poster Contest at the American Chemical Society (ACS) national meeting held in March in San Diego, Calif. Approximately 1,400 students from across the nation were eligible to compete in the contest, which requires participants to clearly present their research in around two minutes, using…read more →

4 Apr, 2016